Even when you use monero over tor, the sender still has to publish his transaction info on the blockchain, including (1) the sender's pubkey (2) the recipient's pubkey. That is bad for the privacy of both parties. So don't do that. Lightning fixes this.
> Smart people don't want a "layer 2"
Smart people don't want to publish all of their transactions for everyone to see (and analyze)
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npub1yx…c399s
2025-05-31 12:14:17
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npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399sPublished at
2025-05-31 12:14:17Event JSON
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