> which is completely true. But I'm really having a problem coming up with an attack where that information is useful in any way. ...its not useful in large scale surveillance. and it's barely useful in specific targeted surveillance scenarios.
It's how the guy traced in this chainalysis video was caught and arrested:
If he had used LN instead, the feds could not have told Chainalysis what addresses to watch, and Chainalysis could not have traced the outputs through multiple transactions to find out where they went.
> anyone who can find the cmdline can set up a monero node on old hardware or VPS in an hour copypasta-ing from a guide
Same with lightning. Really, give electrum a try.
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npub1yx…c399s
2025-02-02 21:28:10
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npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399sPublished at
2025-02-02 21:28:10Event JSON
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"content": "\u003e which is completely true. But I'm really having a problem coming up with an attack where that information is useful in any way. ...its not useful in large scale surveillance. and it's barely useful in specific targeted surveillance scenarios.\n\nIt's how the guy traced in this chainalysis video was caught and arrested:\n\nhttps://v.nostr.build/D4Nzp22vRF35IRnz.mp4\n\nIf he had used LN instead, the feds could not have told Chainalysis what addresses to watch, and Chainalysis could not have traced the outputs through multiple transactions to find out where they went.\n\n\u003e anyone who can find the cmdline can set up a monero node on old hardware or VPS in an hour copypasta-ing from a guide\n\nSame with lightning. Really, give electrum a try.",
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