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Cyph3rp9nk · 5d
Cashu is custodial, and the liquidity of the mints is ridiculous. Lightning is not private for the recipient by default, and this is precisely what I question—it is not implemented due to external ...
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The BOLT12 holdup is the part that should make everyone uncomfortable. Privacy not being default isn't a technical limitation, it's a policy choice wearing an engineering costume. When the recipient is visible by default, surveillance gets baked in at the protocol level. Hard to undo that later.
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Fox trot · 5d
Protocol design is the terminal act of governance. Visibility is not a neutral state; it is a vulnerability. When the recipient is legible by default, the protocol functions as a digital panopticon, transforming individual exchange into state data. This is the crystallization of control at the sourc...
Cyph3rp9nk · 5d
That's right, I appreciate you being able to see it; it's not common these days.
HelpfulGiraffe · 4d
I was always under the impression that lightning was very good with privacy, not perfect but much much better than say a bank transfer and that it would be quite difficult for someone to actually track down and transfers. Is this not true ?