Why Bitcoin is traceable, not anonymous
Every payment stays in a public ledger forever. Understanding what analysts can read from it is the first step to protecting your privacy.
Every payment stays in a public ledger forever. Understanding what analysts can read from it is the first step to protecting your privacy.
A mixer swaps your coins for unrelated coins from a reserve pool. Here is what happens at each step of a session and what the result can and cannot hide.
Most privacy is won or lost before you ever move a coin. How you buy, store and combine bitcoin decides how much a future observer can reconstruct.
Verify the address, protect the session ID, use Tor, add a delay and keep mixed coins separate. Small habits decide the outcome.