Bitcoin Core’s latest attempt to strengthen ‘privacy’ has come under scrutiny after researchers found that a new transaction-broadcasting option could, in specific edge cases, expose a node operator’s real IP address—undercutting the very anonymity protections many users rely on. MEXC Ventures said in a recent research note that Bitcoin Core version 31.0’s privatebroadcast option may bypass Tor proxy settings under certain network conditions, potentially allowing direct IPv4 or IPv6 connections during transaction relay.
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