Privacy on this networkBitcoin is a public blockchain network. Confidentiality on Bitcoin: Coordination-based privacy only.
Bitcoin has no confidential transactions. Privacy depends on coordination techniques such as CoinJoin, PayJoin and silent payments, and that layer took heavy legal damage: Samourai's founders were sentenced and zkSNACKs closed its coordinator, leaving smaller anonymity sets behind. Bitcoin Core still ships no wallet-level support for silent payments.
Key facts
- Entry type
- Privacy on this network
- Category
- Coordination-based privacy only
Private by design.
See how confidential transactions work on the networks you already use.