Can VPN protect your bitcoin transactions

[casey15]

Hello Bitcointalkers
One way or the other, we have made use of a VPN but it doesn't just stops at hiding your IP address or location. There's more to it which helps to protect your bitcoin transactions from criminals.

• A VPN encrypts your entire internet connection. It makes your data unreadable to hackers by creating a secure channel between your device and the VPN server. This encryption is very important against man-in-the-middle attacks where cybercriminals tries to intercept your sensitive information such as your login credentials for crypto exchange or wallet access phrase.
• A VPN hides your real IP address. This prevents third parties from linking your real world location and identity to your bitcoin transactions and wallet address.
• Public wifi are not advised to be used because of how vulnerable they are to cyberattacks. But if it cannot be avoided, a VPN can help serve as a shield for your data to avoid eavesdropper from stealing your information. The best practice is to never access your crypto wallet or exchange using a public wifi

While a VPN can do all these, we should know that is not an holy grail and you should practices security measures at all times. Bitcoin is pseudonymous and as such, all transactions are recorded on a public ledger, a VPN will only protect your internet connection but does not make you anonymous in the blockchain. Always combine VPN with other security practices like 2FA(two-factor authentication) on all your accounts.

[Mia Chloe]

Hello Bitcointalkers
One way or the other, we have made use of a VPN but it doesn't just stops at hiding your IP address or location. There's more to it which helps to protect your bitcoin transactions from criminals.

The level of security that VPNs give you when you connect to nodes and broadcast transactions is limited and there are other things they can still see like your addresses and your transaction history. So technically speaking you are not making 100% private transactions by connecting to a node with VPN alone.

For better privacy it's best to actually run your own node and make use of a VPN too. Some people also use silent payments to further make the transactions private.

[DubemIfedigbo001]

• A VPN hides your real IP address. This prevents third parties from linking your real world location and identity to your bitcoin transactions and wallet address.

Be sure not to reuse wallet address and avoid CEX or sending coins to and other address that somehow points to your real image. Remember chain analysis can still deanonymize you and link your transactions to a real person. A VPN and running your own node can protect your IP address to a high extent but it cannot hide your transactions on the Blockchain since Bitcoin uses a public ledger to record transactions, hence your transactions could still be be analyzed and linked back to you.

[hugeblack]

Why does it look like an AI-generated post? 
running a full node via Tor is better for enhancing your privacy, or Tor with an SPV wallet, but we're talking about privacy, not protecting your bitcoin transactions or being exposed to scam.

[promise444c5]

While a VPN can do all these, we should know that is not an holy grail and you should practices security measures at all times.

VPN is not really about security it’s more about privacy… connecting to a VPN / VPN proxy will still keep a log of your real ip and the provider can somehow sense your type of connection, not your transaction now but somehow your provider knows you’re connecting to bitcoin network.
if you want more privacy route your. connection through Tor

Always combine VPN with other security practices like 2FA(two-factor authentication) on all your accounts.

Security is just how you setup and protect your wallet and it backups.. Imo, storing your seed phrase properly is enough when it comes to security, all you need is just a cold storage.. Extra layer of security i still prefer is using a passphrase on my seed while creating wallet.
2FA isn’t really that important if you can do what’s  necessary to keep your wallet safe..but if you want it Electrum does have it. But, it’s offered through a third party , TrustedCoin

Unlesss your emphasis is all on CEX in the first place 

[tech30338]

Hello Bitcointalkers
One way or the other, we have made use of a VPN but it doesn't just stops at hiding your IP address or location. There's more to it which helps to protect your bitcoin transactions from criminals.

• A VPN encrypts your entire internet connection. It makes your data unreadable to hackers by creating a secure channel between your device and the VPN server. This encryption is very important against man-in-the-middle attacks where cybercriminals tries to intercept your sensitive information such as your login credentials for crypto exchange or wallet access phrase.
• A VPN hides your real IP address. This prevents third parties from linking your real world location and identity to your bitcoin transactions and wallet address.
• Public wifi are not advised to be used because of how vulnerable they are to cyberattacks. But if it cannot be avoided, a VPN can help serve as a shield for your data to avoid eavesdropper from stealing your information. The best practice is to never access your crypto wallet or exchange using a public wifi

While a VPN can do all these, we should know that is not an holy grail and you should practices security measures at all times. Bitcoin is pseudonymous and as such, all transactions are recorded on a public ledger, a VPN will only protect your internet connection but does not make you anonymous in the blockchain. Always combine VPN with other security practices like 2FA(two-factor authentication) on all your accounts.

Are you trying to protect or are you trying to hide?
Ah so you want to be private and protect your identity, in the subject protect bitcoin transactions, those transactions are already secured and cannot be altered and don't need vpn, but if you want to be private like what you said, then you need vpn.
Just one advice, use a vpn that is highly trusted and that they don't store logs etc, also free vpn's are not that safe, if you really not in a hurry why use public wifi, use data, or just open your wallet at home then send transactions, if not that important.

[fullfitlarry]

No, VPN is not going to protect us from Bitcoin transactions. When we go and uses VPN, we uses our account at least a email address.

So that alone can be tracked down by VPN services and there are news that some of the VPN ha data leaked so they couldn't be trusted. You might be well off with using Tor for privacy and the obvious tumbling services around to hide your track.

[Mironte]

Hello Bitcointalkers
One way or the other, we have made use of a VPN but it doesn't just stops at hiding your IP address or location. There's more to it which helps to protect your bitcoin transactions from criminals.

• A VPN encrypts your entire internet connection. It makes your data unreadable to hackers by creating a secure channel between your device and the VPN server. This encryption is very important against man-in-the-middle attacks where cybercriminals tries to intercept your sensitive information such as your login credentials for crypto exchange or wallet access phrase.
• A VPN hides your real IP address. This prevents third parties from linking your real world location and identity to your bitcoin transactions and wallet address.
• Public wifi are not advised to be used because of how vulnerable they are to cyberattacks. But if it cannot be avoided, a VPN can help serve as a shield for your data to avoid eavesdropper from stealing your information. The best practice is to never access your crypto wallet or exchange using a public wifi

While a VPN can do all these, we should know that is not an holy grail and you should practices security measures at all times. Bitcoin is pseudonymous and as such, all transactions are recorded on a public ledger, a VPN will only protect your internet connection but does not make you anonymous in the blockchain. Always combine VPN with other security practices like 2FA(two-factor authentication) on all your accounts.

I don't think a VPN can protect assets like BTC. As far as I know, storing BTC in a hardware wallet is more secure.

[LayerzWallet]

op question is not about protecting the bitcoin but rather obscuring transactions

[casey15]

I don't think a VPN can protect assets like BTC. As far as I know, storing BTC in a hardware wallet is more secure.

The thread isn't about protecting BTC... It's about protecting your transactions so that sensitive information won't get leaked and stolen by cybercriminals

[Charles-Tim]

The level of security that VPNs give you when you connect to nodes and broadcast transactions is limited and there are other things they can still see like your addresses and your transaction history. So technically speaking you are not making 100% private transactions by connecting to a node with VPN alone.

For better privacy it's best to actually run your own node and make use of a VPN too. Some people also use silent payments to further make the transactions private.

For maximum privacy, run your own node with Tor and not VPN. VPNs are centralized services. Also while using a noncustodial wallet like Electrum, configure the proxy to .onion and run it with Tor on computer or Orbit on mobile devices like Android.

It is also worth knowing that this is not about security but about privacy.

Why does it look like an AI-generated post?  
running a full node via Tor is better for enhancing your privacy, or Tor with an SPV wallet, but we're talking about privacy, not protecting your bitcoin transactions or being exposed to scam.

I used some AI tools to know if it is AI or not, it is 100% human written.

[dzungmobile]

For maximum privacy, run your own node with Tor and not VPN. VPNs are centralized services.

It is more useless, and even more dangerous if people use Free VPNs, not bought ones. It will give them untrue belief that they can mask their IP address well and get privacy.

Also while using a noncustodial wallet like Electrum, configure the proxy to .onion and run it with Tor on computer

[ANN] Bitcoin (BTC) on Tor addnodes Project.

or Orbit on mobile devices like Android.

On Android, it's Orbot, not Orbit.
https://support.torproject.org/glossary/orbot/
https://orbot.app/en/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.torproject.android

[PostQuantumBTC]

2FA isn’t really that important if you can do what’s  necessary to keep your wallet safe..but if you want it Electrum does have it. But, it’s offered through a third party , TrustedCoin

You can also use 2FA on Blockstream Green wallet which is similar to Electrum. Electrum 2FA is 2 of 3, but you can use 2 of 2 or 2 of 3 on Blockstream Green.

If you want a 2FA that is similar to those exchanges in a way that it is not multisig, you can use Cake wallet for it. It will be a single signature wallet but 2FA enabled.

[Kagaru]

Seeing the OP's post reminded me of a friend of mine's . Last year a friend of mine was fearlessly transacting Bitcoin from a coffee shop thinking that running a VPN would keep everything safe. One day he got flustered when he saw an unknown login attempt from an exchange but luckily he had 2FA so it wasn't a big deal. After that incident I realized that VPNs help a lot but they're not a complete solution. In fact a VPN encrypts all traffic between your device and the VPN server; as a result hackers can't easily capture your login credentials or session cookies in a man in the middle attack. VPNs also hide your real IP which makes it difficult for third parties to link your real location and identity to blockchain transactions or wallet addresses. VPNs on public WiFi act as a useful shield to reduce the risk of that network but the best practice is to not log in to exchanges or wallets on public networks.

[dkbit98]

A VPN encrypts your entire internet connection. It makes your data unreadable to hackers by creating a secure channel between your device and the VPN server.

Nobody is using VPN to protect from hackers, and this is not going to stop them from taking your login credentials or other sensitive information.
Don't trust anything you heard from AI 

A VPN hides your real IP address. This prevents third parties from linking your real world location and identity to your bitcoin transactions and wallet address.

You are already using third party - that is VPN provider, and they know your reallocation with bitcoin transactions.
This is even more obvious if you sent your personal information to VPN provider and if you paid with credit card.
Only a few VPN services are not asking anything from it's users, for example Mullvad, NYM vpn, etc.

[casey15]

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Nobody is using VPN to protect from hackers, and this is not going to stop them from taking your login credentials or other sensitive information.
Don't trust anything you heard from AI 

You are already using third party - that is VPN provider, and they know your reallocation with bitcoin transactions.
This is even more obvious if you sent your personal information to VPN provider and if you paid with credit card.
Only a few VPN services are not asking anything from it's users, for example Mullvad, NYM vpn, etc.

Have you heard of a man-in-the-middle and man-in-the-mobile attacks... These are cyber attacks that are more common than you think... A VPN literally helps prevent such attacks... You think your data cannot be rerouted?

[Tamedbeast]

VPNs = internet location spoofing
Mixers = hiding Bitcoin transactions.

You should know what you need by now.

[TokenTikas]

Why does it look like an AI-generated post? 

At first, I thought the post was about AI. But after looking closely, I realized that it wasn't actually about AI. The post was about an important social issue. Later, I verified that it was actually a post by a real person and human write.

[bitcoindusts]

op question is not about protecting the bitcoin but rather obscuring transactions

I think this statement makes it obvious that @OP is talking about security:

Hello Bitcointalkers
One way or the other, we have made use of a VPN but it doesn't just stops at hiding your IP address or location. There's more to it which helps to protect your bitcoin transactions from criminals.
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 Always combine VPN with other security practices like 2FA(two-factor authentication) on all your accounts.

If you look at the context of the message, it is more on protecting than obscuring... Which the VPN can't do since it is mainly use to hide the IP address of the user.

Why does it look like an AI-generated post? 

Possibly @OP got the idea but uses AI tool to refine his message and give a clear point of what he wanted to talk about.

[Dogedegen]

Have you heard of a man-in-the-middle and man-in-the-mobile attacks... These are cyber attacks that are more common than you think... A VPN literally helps prevent such attacks... You think your data cannot be rerouted?

That's what you say.. have you ever found someone who got hacked by such an attack versus traditional login credentials? A lot of people write about MITM attacks here like it happens regularly every day on a mass scale. I have person never even heard of anyone losing anything to such an attack. Neither crypto nor traditional login information to websites such as crypto.

Possibly @OP got the idea but uses AI tool to refine his message and give a clear point of what he wanted to talk about.

Most of the information that AI gives you is incorrect. Both in general direction and in details.. If you ask it whether using pigeons can help you secure your crypto assets, it will find a way how it can.. even if very incorrect.