Bitcoin On-Chain Privacy Deep Dive: How They Track You

Описание: Bitcoin is completely public and permanent — every transaction you make is recorded on the blockchain forever. In this video I break down exactly how your on-chain activity can be used to track you, and the everyday habits and advanced tools you can use to defend your privacy. We'll cover UTXOs, change, address reuse, common ownership, chain surveillance, CoinJoin, and more using Sparrow Wallet and Mempool Space.

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🔗 Tools mentioned in this video:
Sparrow Wallet: https://sparrowwallet.com
Mempool Space: https://mempool.space
Start9: http://store.start9.com/discount/SOUTH
More on the Samourai Wallet situation: https://freesamourai.com

📺 Videos mentioned:
Bitcoin Privacy Fundamentals -    • Bitcoin Privacy Fundamentals: How to Stay ...  
Silent Payments Tutorial -    • Bitcoin Silent Payments: Sparrow, BlueWall...  
Mempool Space Tutorial -    • Mempool.Space Tutorial - Track Bitcoin Add...  
Start9 Tutorial -    • Start9 Tutorial: Set up your Bitcoin Node ...  
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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 — Introduction
1:30 — Need help?
2:51 — Why privacy matters
3:40 — The Foundations: Understanding UTXOs
9:32 — How Spending UTXOs Works
13:00 — Bitcoin Change
16:26 — Tracing Transactions on Mempool Space
17:42 — How You Are Tracked
18:38 — The Biggest Privacy Mistake
20:06 — Common Ownership Heuristic
22:06 — Tracking Change Addresses
23:51 — Tracking Change: Heuristics & Clues
27:39 — Common Ownership Example
29:23 — Chain Surveillance and Clustering
31:15 — Defending Your Privacy: Best Daily Habits
32:42 — Defending Against Common Ownership
40:24 — Managing Small UTXOs: Consolidation Strategies
41:49 — Separate KYC and NO-KYC
43:04 — Making Change Harder to Track
46:25 — Advanced Privacy Techniques
46:48 — Reusable Addresses: Silent Payments & BIP47
48:10 — CoinJoin
53:28 — CoinJoin Mistakes
54:15 — Fake CoinJoins & Stonewall Transactions
55:58 — Layer 2 Privacy: Lightning & Liquid
57:33 — Swapping with Monero
59:10 — Conclusion

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