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The Bitcoin whitepaper's focused discussion on privacy is in Section 10 "Privacy" (page 6 of the PDF), with Sections 1 and 2 providing background. Its core idea is: public transaction records, protecting privacy by isolating the link between public keys and real identities. Specifically, it means the following layers: Traditional payments require users to disclose additional information. Section 1 points out that because transactions can be reversed and merchants need to prevent fraud, customers are asked to provide information that would not otherwise be necessary. This is the background of the privacy issue, but the paper does not develop it into a dedicated privacy solution. Public transactions are the premise for solving double spending. Section 2 explains that without a trusted third party, the network needs to make transactions public and reach consensus on their order. Therefore, privacy cannot rely on hiding transaction records. The focus of privacy protection is "keeping public keys anonymous." Section 10 compares two models: banks restrict access to transaction information; Bitcoin makes transactions public but tries to block the link between transactions and real identities. The public can see transfer amounts and transaction relationships, but identities should not be directly exposed. The paper uses the stock exchange as a metaphor: market data is public, but the identities of the trading parties are not. Each transaction uses a new key pair to reduce linkage. The paper calls this an additional protective measure aimed at making it harder for outsiders to determine that multiple transactions belong to the same person. This refers to new key pairs and should not be understood as "using the same address without a name is enough." Transaction linkage weakens privacy and may also expose history. The paper explicitly acknowledges that in the conventional multi-input transactions it describes, multiple inputs reveal a common owner relationship. Once the identity corresponding to a key is identified, other related transactions may also be attributed to that person. The whitepaper proposes conditional identity privacy, not unconditional anonymity guarantees. Its key to protecting privacy lies in whether the link between real identity and public transactions can remain broken; at the same time, the paper admits that the transaction structure itself may allow this link to be re-established. It does not propose a complete mechanism to hide transaction amounts, conceal fund paths, or prevent all identity tracking.