# Stealth Address A stealth address is a way to make it much harder for people to figure out which address is receiving funds in a blockchain transaction. It's designed to protect the privacy of the recipient. *** ## How it Works Instead of the sender sending money directly to the recipient's main, public address (which everyone can see on the blockchain), here's what happens: 1. **Stealth Address Creation:** The sender trigger some mathematical magic (based on the recipient's public key) to create a fresh, one-time-use address for that ***specific transaction***. This is your stealth address. 2. Sending Payment: The funds are sent to this newly generated stealth address. To anyone monitoring the blockchain, it just looks like the money went into a random, never-before-seen account. 3. Private Retrieval: You, the recipient, are t***he only one*** who can find and access the funds sent to that stealth address. This is because the stealth address is *cryptographically generated* using the keys that only your main wallet controls. ## Key Benefits * **No Linking:** Since a new address is created for **every single incoming transaction**, it's impossible for outside observers to link all those payments back to the recipient's single main identity or wallet. * **Better Privacy:** It stops people from analyzing the recipient's main address to see how much money they have or who they've been receiving payments from. It's basically a fun way to keep your financial life nice and private on a public ledger, **aka the blockchain**! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.pivy.me/basics/concepts/stealth-address.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.