MixyBitcoin Privacy Best Practices
Technical tools only work when paired with disciplined operational habits.
Privacy is a system property, not a single transaction setting. These practices reduce exposure before you ever reach for a mixer.
Never reuse addresses
Address reuse collapses unrelated payments into one cluster, making graph analysis trivial. Use HD wallets that generate fresh receive addresses automatically.
Segregate wallet roles
Maintain separate wallets for saving, spending, and receiving untrusted payments. Never merge UTXOs from a public donation address with your cold storage.
Minimize exchange interaction
Each KYC deposit links your identity to on-chain activity. Use non-KYC acquisition where legal, and mix before depositing to custodial services if privacy matters.
Consider network-level privacy
Your IP address leaks to peers when broadcasting transactions. Tor, VPNs, or the reduce network-layer correlation.
Know when mixing is warranted
After receiving large visible payments, before connecting wallets to identity-linked services, or when coins may carry unknown taint — mixing provides a clean slate. See what mixers do.