Okay so with bolt12, this is going to sound really dumb and I'm clearly trying to figure this out.
Starting address and amount ->hops to node still same transaction nothing is hidden-> next node same transaction two nodes now hiding start point -> next node separation from start point but still same corn so where is obfuscation?
I don't understand this and need someone to explain it like I'm 10. To me even though the node hops and the start point maybe hidden the BTC is still able to be traced back to the original address that started the transaction right? Wouldn't the only way to really hide that be to have it drop in a pool of some sort then piece together totals from the pool mixing with multiple other piles of corn? Like the way whirlpool worked? I just don't get how it works, clearly, unless the start and end aren't important because you're just breaking the node to node until you flip on/off chain then save?
Does that make sense? Sorry I've been pretty sick and I feel like that was a flight of ideas lol
The Bird
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2025-01-25 23:48:40
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