this behavior is true for every wallet I can think of.
you install Stack and create a monero wallet,
it immediately connects to Stacks node and knows your IP address.
this is normal behavior. we dont holler "surveillance"about it usually.
Hanshan
npub1lx…6svxa
2025-10-28 12:19:56 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…zld6
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