"We've killed people based on metadata" - Former USA CIA director. [1] It really isn't that nuanced at all for Bitcoin. If I know your wallet I can see all of

"We've killed people based on metadata" - Former USA CIA director. [1] It really isn't that nuanced at all for Bitcoin. If I know your wallet I can see all of your transactions. Period. And if you want to trade money with me, you need to give me your wallet. Once I find it, thought, it is game over. [2] There are "tumblers" that attempt to obfuscate the chain by turning one transaction into millions of little ones, but it is just a matter of tree search to reconstruct. [1] https://www.rt.com/usa/158460-cia-director-metadata-kill-people/ https://www.rt.com/usa/158460-cia-director-metadata-kill-peo... [2] https://www.blockchain.com/explorer https://www.blockchain.com/explorer