alfred on Nostr: Tor doesn't help because Electrum bulk requests all your addresses from the remote ...
Tor doesn't help because Electrum bulk requests all your addresses from the remote server. At best Tor will keep your IP private but all your addresses are correlated as belonging to the same entity the moment you connect.
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2024-05-22 23:13:49Event JSON
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