Hi apogio, yes Monero’s use of RingCT and their trans are confidential (Ring Confidential Transactions)

but i guess there is a misunderstanding let me go explain some potential privacy risks, lets say you are using cex and if you withdraw from it repeatedly to the same wallet, or if you combine multiple known outputs in a single transaction. This could make it easier for someone (like an internal records) to link your activity and see who you are. This is a potential privacy risks for me and i wanted warn others. Thats why spending in parts could avoid this. (attention from the exchange or link to your activity)

(fake) example story : a h*cker demands a ransom of $250,000 in Bitcoin, which is (lets say) 3.62 BTC and he is paid 3.62 BTC. He knows that Bitcoin is tracked and goes to an exchange that does not require KYC, any documents and exchanges his BTC for XMR in several transactions. Since he doesn't trust this exchange, he transfers XMR several times to cold wallets, and after that, he exchanges XMR for Bitcoin somewhere and sends it to Binance to withdraw these funds to his bank account. It seems like a complex chain: Bitcoin > XMR > XMR > Bitcoin and this can be tracked, all due to the volume and time interval (because it can link to your activity). The volume of $250,000 is quite large, and even if it occurs over a week, there may be only 1 or 2 similar operations for that amount, which greatly simplifies tracking, as such operations stand out among the mass of others.

There are real people, h*ckers, dr*g cartel etc. who have received real prison sentences, established precisely through payments in Monero, they believed transactions are confidential and safe but use it on wrong way and get caught.

Hi apogio, yes Monero’s use of RingCT and their trans are confidential (Ring Confidential Transactions)

but i guess there is a misunderstanding let me go explain some potential privacy risks, lets say you are using cex and if you withdraw from it repeatedly to the same wallet, or if you combine multiple known outputs in a single transaction. This could make it easier for someone (like an internal records) to link your activity and see who you are. This is a potential privacy risks for me and i wanted warn others. Thats why spending in parts could avoid this. (attention from the exchange or link to your activity)

(fake) example story : a h*cker demands a ransom of $250,000 in Bitcoin, which is (lets say) 3.62 BTC and he is paid 3.62 BTC. He knows that Bitcoin is tracked and goes to an exchange that does not require KYC, any documents and exchanges his BTC for XMR in several transactions. Since he doesn't trust this exchange, he transfers XMR several times to cold wallets, and after that, he exchanges XMR for Bitcoin somewhere and sends it to Binance to withdraw these funds to his bank account. It seems like a complex chain: Bitcoin > XMR > XMR > Bitcoin and this can be tracked, all due to the volume and time interval. The volume of $250,000 is quite large, and even if it occurs over a week, there may be only 1 or 2 similar operations for that amount, which greatly simplifies tracking, as such operations stand out among the mass of others.

Hi apogio, yes Monero’s use of RingCT and their trans are confidential (Ring Confidential Transactions)

but i guess there is a misunderstanding let me go explain some potential privacy risks, lets say you are using cex and if you withdraw from it repeatedly to the same wallet, or if you combine multiple known outputs in a single transaction. This could make it easier for someone (like an internal records) to link your activity and see who you are. This is a potential privacy risks for me and i wanted warn others. Thats why spending in parts could avoid this. (attention from the exchange or link to your activity)