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by zaxbeast 1640 days ago
Even if the blockchain does not, I think that someone could if they pay attention.
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That is where Dandelion routing and anonymity networks comes in.

A global passive observer could track cleartext transaction hashes and flag the first IP seen broadcasting them. Bitcoin peer-to-peer CAN support Tor for transaction routing. Monero blockchain can use I2P to hide transaction source also.

_Most_ adversaries do not have such visibility over global internet flows.