One thing I'm trying to understand:
Why isn't Silent Payments (BIP 352) being adopted faster? It seems strictly better than reusing addresses or running a separate Lightning Address service:
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IMO it's because you need to scan the blockchain to detect the payments.
The Out-of-band notifications mechanism was never standarized and it is not free of problems and in some cases you would need to go back to scan the blockchain anyway.
The Out-of-band notifications mechanism was never standarized and it is not free of problems and in some cases you would need to go back to scan the blockchain anyway.