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Bitcoin => Electrum => Topic started by: PrivateRyan11 on March 23, 2019, 05:26:16 PM



Title: is my ip revealed if i have electrum wallet on my phone?
Post by: PrivateRyan11 on March 23, 2019, 05:26:16 PM
I have an electrum wallet on my iphone.... I receive payments and sometimes send them from my home address with my isp.. i dont have a vpn on my phone...

does this mean my bitcoin wallet IP can be revealed to my home address?

(i dont use any tumble services)


Title: Re: is my ip revealed if i have electrum wallet on my phone?
Post by: ABCbits on March 23, 2019, 05:59:28 PM
Looks like you're confused with some terms/terminology. But if you meant whether your IP could be used to track your Bitcoin activity usage, then :

Short answer : Yes, it can
Long answer :
1. Your ISP know you use Bitcoin because you connect to Electrum server without VPM/Tor
2. Electrum server could log all information of anyone who connect to itself
3. If owner of Electrum server and ISP working together, they would know all your Bitcoin wallet information (balance, address list, received/sent transaction, etc.)


Title: Re: is my ip revealed if i have electrum wallet on my phone?
Post by: PrivateRyan11 on March 23, 2019, 06:18:17 PM
Thank you very much for this answer.


Looks like you're confused with some terms/terminology. But if you meant whether your IP could be used to track your Bitcoin activity usage, then :

Short answer : Yes, it can
Long answer :
1. Your ISP know you use Bitcoin because you connect to Electrum server without VPM/Tor
2. Electrum server could log all information of anyone who connect to itself
3. If owner of Electrum server and ISP working together, they would know all your Bitcoin wallet information (balance, address list, received/sent transaction, etc.)