Bitcoin Privacy Is Thinner Than Most Users Think

Bitcoin privacy has an awkward flaw: sometimes the trail starts before anyone sends a coin.A company paying a supplier in BTC may think it is revealing only the invoice amount. In reality, a reused wallet address can expose who was paid, how much moved, when it happened, and potentially what else that wallet has done.For a competitor, the information is sitting in plain sight. A block explorer can turn a payment into a map of counterparties, treasury movements, and deal activity without needing