No worries. Too many parrots out there with a lack of understanding nuances.

0xbitcoiner

, all inputs are linked together, no matter if he sends them to a new address or not.

I would still use a new address since this slightly increases privacy: with a new address, it is not guaranteed that the output belongs to the same owner of the first address.

bitcoin_beginners

Question About UTXOs Consolidation

I think you just didn’t get @0xbitcoiner‘s point: **in the case of consolidation**, all inputs are linked together, no matter if he sends them to a new address or not.

I would still use a new address since this slightly increases privacy: with a new address, it is not guaranteed that the output belongs to the same owner of the first address.