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by hesk 1486 days ago
No, they are arguing against extreme positions.

With public ledgers like Bitcoin, everybody can reconstruct your financial history if they know your wallet address.

With privacy-focused blockchains, nobody can do that.

However, with a bank, your financial history is not publicly available but the bank still can perform checks to guard against money laundering.

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> With privacy-focused blockchains, nobody can do that.

There are several different levels of privacy [1]. Some hide amounts and wallet addresses, while still exposing the transaction graph.

[1] https://forum.grin.mw/t/scalability-vs-privacy-chart