Last night, I got a bit scared… I almost treated a single on-chain transfer as a “privacy transfer.” Then I thought something was off, stopped, and went to check the instructions. To put it simply, on-chain privacy is more about “making it harder for others to see through at a glance,” but it’s not “nobody can ever trace it,” especially when it comes to exchange deposits and withdrawals, or when your address has had some connection with your real-name identity—then the compliance line suddenly becomes very clear.

My current expectation for regular users is: don’t fantasize about complete anonymity—at most, you can reduce the odds of being openly observed by passersby. If you truly want it to be clean, first figure out the flow of your funds; don’t get impulsive and randomly shuffle addresses on the spot. The same goes for re-staking and yield compounding—what looks like an extra layer of “security/yield” is actually lengthening the chain. If something goes wrong, you won’t be able to clearly explain what you’re doing… Anyway, I’d rather go slower, like stirring pudding—uniformity is what matters most. That’s it for now.