Bitcoin’s transparency is an advantage as an open and auditable currency, but it’s also a serious privacy flaw for everyday payments. BTC is more like a public financial system that anyone can verify, while XMR is more like digital cash that keeps your financial activity private by default.

Wasabi Wallet is an open-source, non-custodial Bitcoin wallet for desktop platforms that includes privacy features such as Tor, CoinJoin, and coin control. It helps reduce the traceability of Bitcoin transactions, but it does not make them completely anonymous or private by default.