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Is Bitcoin private?

Bitcoin transactions are public. They can be viewed by anyone.

Financial privacy is important. Even though Satoshi’s invention of Bitcoin was fundamentally necessary for economic freedom, it’s incomplete, as Satoshi recognized at the time. Zcash improves upon Bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies, using shielded transactions to keep all your financial information private and in your control.

 

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