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Saberhagen The Nameless · 3d
Not sure what the difference is of a Monero address VS Lightning address VS Breez address on a profile. They all say "This person accepts X" A Monero address on Nostr is actually more private because...
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In A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, Erik Hughes wrote "Privacy is the power to selectively reveal oneself to the world."

If I reveal a Monero address I do not selectively reveal it to the world. I must always reveal my monero address to the world. What are the second order effects of this?

The Bitcoin maxis will get pissed off and call me a "shitcoiner".

I must call the Bitcoin maxi a "retard"

Now we're back to a tribalistic, closed society. This is just the nerds fighting. If a cop finds your phone with a monero address the cop will assume you sell crack, not buy pecan butter.

A lightning address looks like an email address. It does not reveal what chain where my UTXO's exist. There are exceptions, but most people outside of the NSA don't know how to exploit those exceptions.

My preferred UTXO chain is not revealed. Maybe I am a stable coin accepting idiot, but you'll never know.
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Saberhagen The Nameless · 3d
Well...you are selectively revealing it to the world. No one forced anyone to make a specific address public, or reveal their other addresses, or associate them with every nym (or irl identity) By defintion posting any address on a public network like Nostr is revealing it to the world. It doesn't ...