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78 sats \ 9 replies \ @Natalia 7 Jul \ on: How you pay with Bitcoin with privacy? bitcoin

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LN private?

AFAIK, when making a payment over the LN, the payment path is disclosed. This means that the sender's node and the recipient's node are connected, making it possible to trace the transaction.

Am I missing something?

63 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 7 Jul

Am I missing something?

Yes, everything about how LN works. Learn more about how HTLCs works.

59 sats \ 6 replies \ @Natalia 7 Jul

you can make use of the embedded node + LSP ( check out Zeus if you haven't ) or custodial wallet as burner wallet.

It really depends on how you use it.

17 sats \ 0 replies \ @bzzzt 7 Jul freebie

i second this recommendation. zeus embedded node, open channel to olympus LSP ( its all handheld via the app). that is about as good as it gets rn for users that are not gonna run their own node.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @rod OP 7 Jul

Thanks Natalia, much appreciated

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Natalia 7 Jul

keep exploring:)

I got a detailed post about Zeus coming up soon ✌🏽

17 sats \ 2 replies \ @rod OP 7 Jul

Looking forward to reading it.

I am planning on writing a follow up on the Ark Protocol as well, looks promising...

Still, being tech savvy and transacting with privacy is not difficult, I am looking for answers for non tech savvy to do so in a safe manner, liquid is easy as pie, but doesn't feel safe, therefore I would not recommend it, LN is too complicated for non tech people. The irony, after so many years and we are still so early...

38 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 7 Jul

LN is too complicated for non tech people

nah, and I'm non tech people 🤔 it's not so hard to understand once ppl don't mind testing things out, that's how I learned everything about Bitcoin, learning from testing.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @rod OP 7 Jul

I meant, if you want to do it right is a lot of work and know how, not for the average person without any knowledge about LN and Bitcoin...