How do I send bitcoin to multiple recipients at once? Like this. Also, I would like to know if the reason I see people do this is for privacy reasons? As when I sell items online they usually send the btc to multiple recipients at once.
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You can "send to many" addresses in the same transaction, most of the wallets have options to create a transaction with multiple output addresses.
Also, I would like to know if the reason I see people do this is for privacy reasons?
There can be lot of reasons. Batching is normally done by exchanges and businesses to use bitcoin in a better way and pay less fees. I am not sure if there is any benefit related to privacy in batching except if the outputs are of similar amounts or amounts are hidden in the case of L-BTC(Liquid) confidential transactions.
Batching can save upto 80% fees by David Harding: https://bitcointechtalk.com/saving-up-to-80-on-bitcoin-transaction-fees-by-batching-payments-4147ab7009fb
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