Bitcoin Core 31.0 Privacy Feature Exposed IP Risk in Edge Cases

Bitcoin Core’s latest attempt to strengthen ‘privacy’ has come under scrutiny after researchers found that a new transaction-broadcasting option could, in specific edge cases, expose a node operator’s real IP address—undercutting the very anonymity protections many users rely on.

MEXC Ventures said in a recent research note that Bitcoin Core version 31.0’s privatebroadcast option may bypass Tor proxy settings under certain network conditions, potentially allowing direct IPv4 or IPv6 connections during transaction relay. The issue was formally acknowledged in June 2026 when the Bitcoin Core…  Read more

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