<p>Bitcoin is not yet built with a privacy layer, all transactions are public and immutable, meaning they are visible to everyone, everywhere, forever.</p>

<p>If you wish to make a private transaction, you are better off using another blockchain like <a href="https://www.getmonero.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Monero</a>, <a href="https://z.cash/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Zcash</a>, or one of the many others focused on maintaining user privacy.</p>

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Vinnie James
<p>Your address is a classical <code>1</code> (Pay-to-public-key-hash) address. Your friend has a newer <a href="https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/74791/what-the-difference-between-old-segwit-3-and-new-segwit-address-bc/74792#74792">Bech32</a> Pay-to-Witness-public-key-hash-type address. The block explorer you referenced is partially compatible with Bech32. Sometimes, it doesn't work. On the other hand, there's nothing that prevents you from looking at your friend's transactions using a different block explorer such as <a href="https://Blockstream.info" rel="noreferrer">https://Blockstream.info</a> or <a href="https://blockchair.com/" rel="noreferrer">https://blockchair.com/</a>.</p>

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MCCCS
<p>Please take a look at this transaction link of bitcoin :<br>
<a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/blablablabla" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/blablablabla</a></p>

<p>My bitcoin address is :  <code>blablablabla</code><br>
You can see all of my transactions by this link :<br>
<a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/blablablabla" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/blablablabla</a></p>

<p>My friend address is :  <code>bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz</code><br>
But you can't see all of his transactions by this link :<br>
<a href="https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz</a>
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What is this address : <code>bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz</code><br>
And why is it undetectable?<br>
How can i hide my transactions from others like that address?   </p>

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How can I hide my bitcoin transactions to protect anonymity from others?
SilverLight
# How can I hide my bitcoin transactions to protect anonymity from others?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-04-07)

Please take a look at this transaction link of bitcoin :  
<https://www.blockchain.com/btc/tx/blablablabla>

My bitcoin address is : `blablablabla`  
You can see all of my transactions by this link :  
<https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/blablablabla>

My friend address is : `bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz`  
But you can't see all of his transactions by this link :  
<https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz>

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What is this address : `bc1qhkshfzwzm6cl8ezsg5fw7yhpsdqtp4r3vfzzzz`  
And why is it undetectable?  
How can i hide my transactions from others like that address?

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2019-04-07. Score: 6 | Accepted answer

Your address is a classical `1` (Pay-to-public-key-hash) address. Your friend has a newer [Bech32](https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/74791/what-the-difference-between-old-segwit-3-and-new-segwit-address-bc/74792#74792) Pay-to-Witness-public-key-hash-type address. The block explorer you referenced is partially compatible with Bech32. Sometimes, it doesn't work. On the other hand, there's nothing that prevents you from looking at your friend's transactions using a different block explorer such as <https://Blockstream.info> or <https://blockchair.com/>.


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### Answer by username_1 on 2019-04-07. Score: 4

Bitcoin is not yet built with a privacy layer, all transactions are public and immutable, meaning they are visible to everyone, everywhere, forever.

If you wish to make a private transaction, you are better off using another blockchain like [Monero](https://www.getmonero.org/), [Zcash](https://z.cash/), or one of the many others focused on maintaining user privacy.


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