Which Bitcoin Privacy Technologies Leave a Blockchain Footprint and Create “Tainted” Coins?
In Bitcoin, all on-chain activity is permanently visible, and most privacy-enhancing techniques leave recognizable patterns. These can lead to “taint” — where coins are flagged by blockchain surveillance tools (like Chainalysis, Elliptic, or TRM Labs) as suspicious or high-risk.
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