# What token transaction information is NOT private?

**URL:** https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-token-transaction-information-is-not-private/5958
**Category:** General / FAQ
**Created:** [May 7, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-token-transaction-information-is-not-private/5958 "2022-05-07T21:17:44Z")
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### Author: ![Harry](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/harry/32/3410_2.png) [@Harry](https://forum.scrt.network/u/Harry)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-token-transaction-information-is-not-private/5958/1 "2022-05-07T21:17:44Z")

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I am reading that SCRT coin transactions are not private, but all tokens are private.

What part of token transactions are private on the Secret Network? If wallet A sends quantity N of token T to wallet B, does the public record reflect A, N, T, or B?

Looking at the block explorer, I see many “wallet A interacted with contract T” so I think wallet A and token T are publicized, while the recipient wallet B or the quantity N are not revealed.

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### Author: ![assafmo](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/assafmo/32/440_2.png) [@assafmo](https://forum.scrt.network/u/assafmo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2022, 8:28am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-token-transaction-information-is-not-private/5958/2 "2022-05-08T08:28:16Z")

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You’re correct, but also you can’t assume that A sent tokens. Maybe they updated their viewing key or set an allowance. So essentially you know that account A executed contract T, but you don’t know what function was called inside T with what parameters.

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### Author: ![ertemann](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.scrt.network/ertemann/32/3688_2.png) [@ertemann](https://forum.scrt.network/u/ertemann)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2022, 8:04am UTC](https://forum.scrt.network/t/what-token-transaction-information-is-not-private/5958/3 "2022-05-09T08:04:09Z")

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Clarification via example:

If wallet A sends 100 sSCRT to wallet B this will happen:

- Block explorer denotes that wallet A interacted with the sSCRT smart contract (It is not known whether this was a send, buy of NFT, viewing key etc. Amount of tokens is also unknown)
- Wallet B will NOT have an interaction listed on chain (aka on the block explorer)
- Wallet B can use their viewing key to decrypt the receiving transaction so will see the Address of the sender and the amount they got.

So in general, paying someone in SNip-20 tokens means you give away your own address. You can circumvent this by using a [private walllet](https://medium.com/@secretnetwork/private-secret-wallet-how-to-a842776c6531) or using blackbox.cash deaddrop functionality.
