95% of LN users are on custodial wallets and LSPs that can see everything. And even if everyone suddenly decided to use LN correctly - receiver privacy is terrible and even hidden balances can be probed and discovered by larger routing nodes.
LN devs telling you is not private:
bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/state-of-bitcoin-lightning-network-privacy
SaberhagenTheNameless / Saberhagen The Nameless
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2024-02-07 19:10:04
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