user10658: If I publicize a "request address" with the intention of allowing people to support my online efforts, am I risking my privacy?  i.e. if many people send me Bitcoin via that address, ostensibly that leaves a visible chain of money going into that "account" (for lack of a better word).  
Even if I immediately transfer money from that "request address" into my main wallet address, there is still going to be a money trail, no?
What can be done to mitigate that?  Should I change the address every time someone sends me money, or perhaps every week or month?
As a for-instance, ThePirateBay has a Bitcoin address on their main page; it looks like they've received 12.3 Bitcoins via that address.

user62772: This is the design of Bitcoin; you can use multiple wallets to obfuscate the transactions (or third parties etc.), but ultimately there is always a paper trail that anyone can access; the privacy comes from not being able to tell who is operating any wallet.
If this public-ledger is a concern for you, you should look at various privacy coins such as Monero (here's a guide to the most common ones I just Googled), as this is the whole reason they exists instead of their users just using Bitcoin.

10658: <p>If I publicize a "request address" with the intention of allowing people to support my online efforts, am I risking my privacy?  i.e. if many people send me Bitcoin via that address, ostensibly that leaves a visible chain of money going into that "account" (for lack of a better word).  </p>

<p>Even if I immediately transfer money from that "request address" into my main wallet address, there is still going to be a money trail, no?</p>

<p>What can be done to mitigate that?  Should I change the address every time someone sends me money, or perhaps every week or month?</p>

<p>As a for-instance, ThePirateBay has a Bitcoin address on their main page; it looks like they've received 12.3 Bitcoins via that address.</p>
 62772: <p>This is the design of Bitcoin; you can use multiple wallets to obfuscate the transactions (or third parties etc.), but ultimately there is always a paper trail that anyone can access; the privacy comes from not being able to tell who is operating any wallet.</p>

<p>If this public-ledger is a concern for you, you should look at various privacy coins such as Monero (<a href="https://masterthecrypto.com/privacy-coins-anonymous-cryptocurrencies/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here's a guide to the most common ones I just Googled</a>), as this is the whole reason they exists instead of their users just using Bitcoin.</p>
