# Anonymity of deposit when XMR -\> BTC

**URL:** <https://bisq.community/t/anonymity-of-deposit-when-xmr-btc/11079>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 11, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anonymity-of-deposit-when-xmr-btc/11079 "2021-09-11T00:18:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![MnM](https://bisq.community/user_avatar/bisq.community/mnm/32/257_2.png) [@MnM](https://bisq.community/u/MnM)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://bisq.community/t/anonymity-of-deposit-when-xmr-btc/11079/2 "2021-09-13T19:24:35Z")

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You’re not wrong, the best privacy practice even for Bisq is to coinjoin before and after every trade.

> [@Best Practices Guide](https://bisq.community/t/best-practices-guide/10347/4):
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> I didn’t know where to put that, too small for the wiki. Nice thread, I wish it keeps growing! Privacy TLDR: To maximize privacy, coinjoin pre and post sending to or withdrawing from Bisq wallet. KYC can’t be undone. A Bisq trade needs to use a security deposit that is temporary held on a the deposit address (together with trade funds) and that is returned to each of the trades when trade succeeds. On the blockchain, the security deposit is a link between previous and post trade state, that c…

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