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Are there different types of bitcoins? Is there anything called private or anonymous bitcoin which can not be traced?
This question may sound stupid but I am facing this question right now. I have a client who wants to pay in bitcoins. However the kind of bitcoins he is talking about I have never heard of.
For verification he opened a separate wallet for me from a website called www.fifthelement.io (I never heard of it). Then he transferred a bitcoin and 0.001 in that wallet. Then I transferred that bitcoin back to his wallet for testing. However the confusing part is that I checked these wallets
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on blockchain.info, it does show the wallets but doesn't show any transaction history which I assume means no record on the ledger.
I am posting the image of that wallet. I know very little about bitcoins so help in this matter will be highly appreciated.
Thanks very much. Your answer has been very helpful. – user90474 – 2018-12-12T15:55:07.743
I couldn't possibly add much more to the answer. Raghav nailed it. Never "use" a wallet someone tells you to use. If "testing" always confirm with a few blockchain explorers. If explorers fail to pick up the transaction, it's probably not the main chain. – cleanmarker – 2018-12-17T22:30:56.050