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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Safety of Btc ussage
by
kryptqnick
on 17/12/2024, 13:02:19 UTC
I have been using bitcoin successfully, and NO issues...Recently a friend of mine that it is not safe because it can be tracked. My friend
said that I should use MXR instead.  Someone please provide some clarification. If I should convert to XMR or isthis guy exaggerating?!?
As others mentioned, it's not that it can be tracked, but that transactions are public by design. So yes, any on-chain transaction is out there for anyone to see. But then the matter of identifying the people or entities behind the wallets and transactions is a different issue, which largely depends on a person. If you leave your BTC address online in profiles that contain identifiable information, someone with a proper interest and enough time can figure things out. But that's not a BTC design issue and not generally an issue, unless you're severely privacy-oriented.