It depends on the person and the address!
For example if you receive my address "bc1q3aqjl7c8j..." and then search it on Google, you will easily find my account on bitcointalk and find me simply because I have willingly published that information on the internet (it is visible if you click on my username).
But if I give you another address that has never been linked to my account, you will not be able to find the link through searching. Specially if the address is never used before, there is just nothing to be found.
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By simply looking at the block explorer -- NO.
The address is just a randomly generated characters based on a private key where identifying the owner is quite difficult especially if you don't have any source of information that will give you any clues like a publicly posted address on social media that's tied to real person.
The address is just a randomly generated characters based on a private key where identifying the owner is quite difficult especially if you don't have any source of information that will give you any clues like a publicly posted address on social media that's tied to real person.
As an individual, most probably not unless the wallet address owner did some dumb stuff like post the address using a doxxed social media account. If you're the FBI on the other hand — most probably yes, especially when the wallet address has interacted with a wallet address of his/her centralized exchange account. Bitcoin can only be private if you're privacy-conscious yourself, and if you know what you're doing.
If we have the wallet address of someone, can we know who is the owner the address?
Without more data, no, you cannot know who the owner is.
If we have the wallet address of someone, can we know who is the owner the address?
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