Semisol on Nostr: on Lightning, there is a unique ID attached to any payment anyone on the path knows ...
on Lightning, there is a unique ID attached to any payment
anyone on the path knows the amount of the payment and the payment ID, and which node it is going to and coming from
using certain heuristics, it is possible to identify recipients, and senders with high accuracy, by only controlling some of the nodes on the path, which can be achieved by well funded chain analysis entities
How privacy works in monero versus lightning
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2025-01-25 03:15:41Event JSON
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