We support privacy and your right to privacy. It is one reason why we created a wallet that supports all major privacy coins: Monero, ZCash, and Pirate Chain. Unfortunately, privacy is not as simple as just using one coin over another coin. There is a lot involved -- it is an entire process! For example, let's pretend you are using Monero and you generate a transaction and send this through to a remote node you are connected to for broadcast. That remote node would then know that transaction is associated with your IP address. Sure, they won't know every detail since they won't know who it was sent to or which of the inputs was used to create it is real or decoy. However, they know quite a bit by knowing that your specific IP is the one that generated the transaction. That alone is enough to reduce your privacy!

Luckily, there is a solution to this problem and that is using the Tor Network, so remote nodes never know your IP address. We at Tails Wallet are dedicated to make privacy easier for you to accomplish which is why we created an easy to use wallet that can help you properly utilize coins to exercise your human right to privacy. Tails Wallet protects your IP address from node operators so you always have maximum privacy.

What is the Tor Network and how does it protect privacy?

The Tor Network enables anonmyous access to the internet. It does this through a process called Onion Routing which will route your network traffic through a series of 3 other computer nodes and as a result no node in the series knows who sent the traffic or where the traffic is going. The result is that when you make a connection the computer you are connected to cannot know your real IP address. You can think of it like an advanced VPN.

Tails Wallet has Tor built-in so your privacy is protected at all times by the Tor Network. Going back to our Monero example... If you are using Tails Wallet when you create your Monero transaction the remote node you are connected to cannot know your IP address because Tails Wallet utilizes the Tor Network to anonymize your wallet traffic. The end result is that you gain one more tool to enhance your privacy.