Can anyone see my wallet balance?

Yes. What a public ledger reveals, and what it doesn't.

Yes. Every balance and every transaction on a public blockchain is readable by anyone, permanently, using free tools. This is not a setting you can change.

What the ledger does not contain is your name. Addresses are long strings with no identity attached, which is why the honest description is pseudonymous rather than anonymous.

The distinction collapses the moment one address is linked to a person, and links are easier to make than most people expect. Buying on a platform that verified your identity connects your name to the address you withdrew to. Posting an address publicly connects it to your account. Receiving a payment from someone who knows you connects it to them.

Once one link exists, the entire history of that address is visible — everything it ever received, everything it sent, and the current balance — and it works backwards as well as forwards.

Practically, this matters in two ways. If you publish an address to receive something, you are publishing your balance to everyone who sees it. And large holdings at a publicly known address are a personal safety consideration, not just a privacy one.

Using a separate address for anything public, and keeping savings at an address you have never posted anywhere, costs nothing and removes most of the exposure.

Last checked 19 Oct 2026.