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📨 New wallet attribute: 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘀

You wouldn't publish your bank statements online for all to see.
Yet crypto payments today reveal just as much.

Walletbeat now checks if wallets integrate privacy tech for token transfers by default.

Raising the bar.

The only wallets that implement such tech today call themselves "privacy wallets".

But as @vitalik.eth states, you shouldn't have to download a "privacy wallet" to get privacy.

Privacy is a human right.
Privacy is normal.
Privacy should be the default everywhere.

Contributor @ /walletbeat.

Censorship resistance requires privacy.

"Privacy wallets" are not a thing. They are just wallets.

It is the other wallets that are "non-private wallets".

Would you walk around with one of these?

The lack of onchain privacy has hampered mainstream adoption, as it's below even web2 levels.

It is also a physical safety issue. If paying a merchant reveals your balance to them while you're in their store, you're exposing yourself to the perfect setup to get wrench-attacked.

Software developer, crypto tinkerer, buidler with the BuidlGuidl, follower of Jesus

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Privacy is near and dear to my heart, and the one where there's the most work to do in wallet-land.

Glad you are adding this. This is the best way to begin to make privacy an expectation in most wallets.