"Lightning is not a good privacy solution. It's very concentrated."
Roy from Breez pointed at Blink's hack report from the day before: attackers trying to launder funds through Lightning. Then the numbers. About nine nodes process 80 to 90% of the volume, and anyone who gets hold of those nodes learns a lot about the flow of funds. Ask any LLM to map the network and you'll see the same thing.
Max has spent years arguing with people who say Lightning beats Whirlpool and Monero for privacy. His reaction says the rest.
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https://ungovernable.network/shows/freedom-tech-friday/bitcoin-in-every-app/
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