Crox Road on Nostr: Bitcoin doesn't have balance columns. It tracks unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs). ...
Bitcoin doesn't have balance columns. It tracks unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs).
Unlike a bank statement showing a single number, your wallet is a set of specific coins. To send 0.5 BTC, you must combine smaller UTXOs and generate change. This breaks account linkage, making network-level tracking to a single "user" significantly harder than with ledger-based chains.
Which model do you find more intuitive for understanding privacy?
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2026-09-15 09:37:10 UTCEvent JSON
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"content": "Bitcoin doesn't have balance columns. It tracks unspent transaction outputs (UTXOs).\n\nUnlike a bank statement showing a single number, your wallet is a set of specific coins. To send 0.5 BTC, you must combine smaller UTXOs and generate change. This breaks account linkage, making network-level tracking to a single \"user\" significantly harder than with ledger-based chains.\n\nWhich model do you find more intuitive for understanding privacy?",
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