Bitcoin Privacy

Bitcoin's blockchain is public. Every transaction, every address, every amount: all permanently visible to anyone who looks. Privacy on Bitcoin is not automatic; it is something you actively design for.

This section covers what the chain reveals, how surveillance firms link addresses to identities, and the tools and habits that keep your financial life your own.

In this section

• Why Privacy Matters: the case for financial privacy, even if you have nothing to hide
• Chain Analysis: how surveillance firms cluster addresses and trace flows
• Protecting Privacy: practical habits that limit what the chain reveals
• CoinJoin: collaborative transactions that break heuristics
• CoinJoin Tutorial: hands-on mixing with JoinMarket NG and Jam
• PayJoin: cooperative payments that hide the true sender
• UTXO Management: coin control, consolidation, and source separation