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I know that, you know that, but is that something the average person is aware of or do they think it works like Venmo?

If I go to a bar should I have to cycle currency between addresses to pay for a drink and avoid the bar man knowing my complete financial history? That sounds like a terrible UX.

I shouldn’t have to think about it. This is why I like the concept of privacy coins.

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The wallet UI should do that for you automatically. Wallets which reuse addresses have been a constant source of privacy breaches and even lost coins (is it iota where you can lose coins if you use the same address as few a two different times?)

Most wallets these days don't reuse addresses, but without mixing, confidential transactions, or another approach, it's trivial to cluster a wallet via its chance outputs, etc.

Iota is/was incredibly broken, and shouldn't be used as an example IMO.

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