Privacy Networks Overview
NozyWallet can route some traffic through privacy networks (Tor, I2P) for metadata resistance when connecting to nodes or services.
Status: Experimental. Production ZEC path today assumes direct or VPN-protected Zebrad RPC.
Why privacy networks
- Hide wallet IP from RPC provider
- Reduce network-level correlation
What they do not hide
- On-chain shielded cryptography (already private for amounts/parties in Orchard)
- Malicious RPC — use trusted nodes regardless of Tor
CLI entry
nozy privacy-network --help
Subcommands test connectivity and configure proxies per build.