Hey @nprofile1q... , you might like this description of you by me in https://stacker.news/items/1237550:
>> but I'll just have to trust either one of you's expertise
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> no you don't. it's quite easy:
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> you need to be online, open a channel, have inbound liquidity to receive on lightning (and it's still not private by default)
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with monero, I could just paste an address in here right now and go offline
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> supertestnet's arguments are based on what is *theoretically possible*, but for me, this just proves how hard it is *in practice*
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> he's like a Final Destination movie character that prepared everything to cheat death
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> and then when he almost died, he says: "see? it's very safe, I didn't die."
>> but I'll just have to trust either one of you's expertise
>
> no you don't. it's quite easy:
>
> you need to be online, open a channel, have inbound liquidity to receive on lightning (and it's still not private by default)
>
with monero, I could just paste an address in here right now and go offline
>
> supertestnet's arguments are based on what is *theoretically possible*, but for me, this just proves how hard it is *in practice*
>
> he's like a Final Destination movie character that prepared everything to cheat death
>
> and then when he almost died, he says: "see? it's very safe, I didn't die."