Does Your Phantom Wallet Need a VPN? Security Myths vs Reality About IP Privacy and Wallet Anonymity
A user downloads Phantom, a self-custodial wallet supporting Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, and several other blockchains, and then wonders whether they should route it through a VPN before sending transactions. The concern is understandable: cryptocurrency involves money, and privacy feels important. But the question mixes two separate problems—IP address privacy and transaction privacy—as if a single…