Privacy & Anonymity

Bitcoin is pseudonymous, not anonymous — this article explains how chain-analysis techniques like the common-input-ownership heuristic can trace transactions, alongside privacy-enhancing technologies such as CoinJoin, Taproot, and Silent Payments. It also covers the growing regulatory pressure on privacy tools since 2024, including the prison sentences handed to Samourai Wallet's two operators in November 2025 and the conviction of Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm.