Can Bitcoin wallet be traced by IP address?

[Pmalek]

Don't forget the massive surveillance coming from social media companies. Their spyware is included in many websites, and even if you don't use social media, they track you for advertising purposes.

Sure, but since they target anything and everything that breathes, I didn't think it was important to mention it specifically for the purposes in the OP. They could become a major threat in the future though. Can you imagine Facebook and Instagram with its spyware helping governments identify users who participate in crypto activities in whatever form they deem illegal? I can.

But that's something we will have to worry about far, far in the future. A future where we will have to use programmable money and take vaccines every 3 months. And we wont be able to leave our home or enter a restricted city district. Cameras everywhere recording our every movement, and armed police asking for ID, proof of address, and proof of vaccination... oh wait...     

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[Lucius]

No, the mobile version doesn't have TOR if you are looking for a bitcoin wallet with the TOR feature then the only Android wallet that I know is the Schildbach Bitcoin wallet that you can download on Play Store.

In addition to the already mentioned wallets, another mobile wallet that has TOR is Samourai. That wallet has some other features that can further contribute to privacy. However, it should be emphasized that TOR is not something that provides absolute privacy, because if a real player (three letters agency) targets you, it will not help you remain anonymous either.

[Rruchi man]

is it possible for any agency to use Bitcoin wallet transaction and track a persons IP to know their location?

If the agency dust attacks you and you get dusted without you noticing, you location can be determined in  little while after. Cyber criminals use dust attacks to get personal information about the user from an anonymous address linked to an account that has been KYC verified. Cybercriminals get a lot of details from these attacks, Government agencies can use the same strategy.

 Be on the look out always for dust attacks.

[panganib999]

I don't think your IP can be tracked I tried to check my all transactions on the explorer but it shows different IP.
Based on what I understand from the transactions the IP came from the peers or nodes where your wallet is connected to so there is a possibility that they can track your IP if the owner of the peer/nodes has IP records.

So if you want to protect your IP then you can set up your wallet to tor setup. Electrum and Bitcoin core has these features.

Sir please I don't understand all the abbreviations and how to use the Tor is what I don't know

Would you mind to tell us what wallet you currently using?

I use trust wallet and that's is because it's the popular wallet that every body is using in my village, will it track my IP?

Ah. The problem is that Trust Wallet collects IP Addresses for "security reasons". If you've used your trust wallet to facilitate transactions, which also means it is connected to the internet, then there's a good chance that your info is at risk. What I would highly suggest is you switch to a more secure cold wallet, as TOR doesn't necessarily offer the protection that you think it does. So your best bet if you want to be as secure as possible is to buy a hardware wallet, that probably would cost around the ballpark of 100 to 1000 bucks and only ever use it for safekeeping of your bitcoins, because the moment you connect it to the internet in any way whatsoever it's already at risk, and is just like any other wallet out there.

[af_newbie]

I am just so conciouse about Bitcoin security because my country is not a Bitcoin friendly place, so I just want to be awear, is it possible for any agency to use Bitcoin wallet transaction and track a persons IP to know their location?

Get a router that supports OpenVPN (or Wireguard), signup for double hop VPN, run your own node, connect Bitcoin Core client to it.

Your transactions will be transmitted by your node (which will be visible as an exit IP of your VPN connection), your real IP will be lost
in the entry node of your two hop VPN connection.

If you use OpenVPN VPN provider with no logs, nobody would be able to track your transactions down. Unless they get
the VPN provider watch your connections in real time and log them.

Most VPN providers these days drop logs after connection is done, or don't log at all, unless they are forced by the court order.

If you are paranoid, change the country/VPN server location every time you connect your node or perform a new transaction.