🥷 Staying Private in Crypto and Web3 in 2025

The good news is simple. You can still stay remarkably private if you build a few habits. No need for paranoia. Just consistent practice.

🔐 Rotate your wallet addresses

Never reuse the same address for everything. Each reuse builds a perfect public history. Good wallets already create a fresh address automatically, but check that the feature is actually on.

🎭 Separate your identities

Use different wallets for different parts of your life.

A public wallet for social platforms.

A cold storage wallet that never touches the internet.

A few small hot wallets for daily activity.

Avoid moving funds directly between them on chain. Use a no KYC swap or Monero as the bridge when needed.

⚠️ Keep sensitive activity away from KYC exchanges

If you KYC on a major exchange, that wallet sits under your real name forever. Use KYC platforms only for fiat on and off ramps and withdraw to a fresh private wallet right away.

Popular no KYC options include Bisq, Haveno, NoOnes, Hodl Hodl, Peach Bitcoin and swap services like SimpleSwap or FixedFloat.

🔍Use Monero for anything that must stay private

Bitcoin and Ethereum are transparent. Monero is not. If you need to break the link between sender and receiver, XMR remains the most effective tool.

🪙 For Bitcoin, use CoinJoin properly

Wasabi and JoinMarket remain the main choices. Use multiple rounds. Consolidate UTXOs only after the join, not before.

🪙For Ethereum, use privacy layers

Tornado Cash is sanctioned in the United States. Better choices now are Railgun, Aztec and Nightfall. Use fresh wallets, use a VPN and discard the wallet afterward if the activity should not be linked to you.

🌍 Always use a good VPN or Tor

Your IP address is a major leak. Wallet activity without a VPN exposes your location. Mullvad, IVPN and Proton are strong choices.

🌐 Keep your browser clean

Use a separate browser or profile for crypto.

Use Brave or Firefox with uBlock Origin.

Disable WebRTC.

Never log into Google, Discord or Twitter in the same profile.

Firefox Multi Account Containers is extremely useful.

⚙️ Use hardware wallets and keep your seed offline

Sign offline whenever possible. Never type a seed phrase into any website. That rule has no exceptions.

🥷 Stop flexing

Every portfolio screenshot and every ENS name becomes an entry in an analytics database. Privacy does not survive public clout chasing.

Most people do not need perfection. Doing only four things rotating addresses, separating identities, avoiding KYC for private activity and using a VPN will already cover most real world threats.

Stay safe. The chains remember everything, but you can make it very expensive for anyone trying to follow you.

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🥷 Staying Private In Crypto And Web3 In 2025