diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqSetup.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqSetup.java
index 6e9e32b8a6b..7b4a634f826 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqSetup.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/app/BisqSetup.java
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ public BisqSetup(DomainInitialisation domainInitialisation,
         this.localBitcoinNode = localBitcoinNode;
         this.appStartupState = appStartupState;
 
-        MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.init(socks5ProxyProvider, preferences);
+        MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.init(socks5ProxyProvider, preferences, localBitcoinNode);
     }
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/btc/wallet/http/MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.java b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/btc/wallet/http/MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.java
index 921b7718903..ab116273648 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/btc/wallet/http/MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/bisq/core/btc/wallet/http/MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package bisq.core.btc.wallet.http;
 
+import bisq.core.btc.nodes.LocalBitcoinNode;
 import bisq.core.user.Preferences;
 
 import bisq.network.Socks5ProxyProvider;
@@ -50,13 +51,16 @@
 public class MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster {
     private static Socks5ProxyProvider socks5ProxyProvider;
     private static Preferences preferences;
+    private static LocalBitcoinNode localBitcoinNode;
     private static final ListeningExecutorService executorService = Utilities.getListeningExecutorService(
             "MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster", 3, 5, 10 * 60);
 
     public static void init(Socks5ProxyProvider socks5ProxyProvider,
-                            Preferences preferences) {
+                            Preferences preferences,
+                            LocalBitcoinNode localBitcoinNode) {
         MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.socks5ProxyProvider = socks5ProxyProvider;
         MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.preferences = preferences;
+        MemPoolSpaceTxBroadcaster.localBitcoinNode = localBitcoinNode;
     }
 
     public static void broadcastTx(Transaction tx) {
@@ -65,6 +69,12 @@ public static void broadcastTx(Transaction tx) {
             return;
         }
 
+        if (localBitcoinNode.shouldBeUsed()) {
+            log.info("A localBitcoinNode is detected and used. For privacy reasons we do not use the tx " +
+                    "broadcast to mempool nodes in that case.");
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (socks5ProxyProvider == null) {
             log.warn("We got broadcastTx called before init was called.");
             return;