5. Protecting Your Bitcoin From Surveillance & Financial Censorship
Learn how to protect your Bitcoin from surveillance, maintain financial privacy, and resist censorship.
Full Course Description:
As governments tighten financial surveillance and central banks push for more control through CBDCs, maintaining privacy with Bitcoin is more important than ever.
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand the difference between pseudonymity and true privacy in Bitcoin.
- Avoid privacy leaks through KYC exchanges and poor wallet practices.
- Use CoinJoin, PayJoin, and the Lightning Network to protect transaction privacy.
- Set up compartmentalised wallets for spending vs. saving.
- Navigate the risks of blockchain surveillance firms and government overreach.
- Embrace tools and techniques to make censorship financially unviable.
This module empowers you to take control of your financial sovereignty and stay private while living on a Bitcoin standard.
Key Learning Outcomes:
- Understand how Bitcoin privacy works — and where it breaks down.
- Learn how to avoid surveillance by avoiding KYC and using privacy wallets.
- Use CoinJoin and Lightning to make your Bitcoin harder to trace.
- Structure your wallets to reduce linkability and protect your savings.
- Defend against financial censorship through self-custody and jurisdictional arbitrage.