I don't think LN privacy is "universal and trustless." I just think it's better than monero.
On a related note: with monero, the sender has several options to hide his ip address:
- he can use dandelion to hide it, but that requires trusting the stem nodes not to reveal it
- he can use an rpc connection to hide it, but that requires trusting the rpc node not to reveal it
- he can use a vpn to hide it, but that requires trusting the vpn not to reveal it
- he can use tor to hide it, but that requires trusting his tor relays not to reveal it
Trustlessness is very hard and I don't think either LN or XMR achieves it. Most monero users probably use the second option, an rpc connection, and that is very trusting.
On a related note: with monero, the sender has several options to hide his ip address:
- he can use dandelion to hide it, but that requires trusting the stem nodes not to reveal it
- he can use an rpc connection to hide it, but that requires trusting the rpc node not to reveal it
- he can use a vpn to hide it, but that requires trusting the vpn not to reveal it
- he can use tor to hide it, but that requires trusting his tor relays not to reveal it
Trustlessness is very hard and I don't think either LN or XMR achieves it. Most monero users probably use the second option, an rpc connection, and that is very trusting.
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