Got it
I am going to send this to a friend who is very knowledgeable about this topic
You have real world friends who are bitcoiners? I'm jealous!
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They don’t use SN so I have to forward them stories.
Here is what he said and asked:
If the comparison is between using public nodes elsewhere and using your own node, it's by definition a better option.
When you're broadcasting to or receiving info from your own node, the assumption from your side remains that the node is untrusted.
I think maybe the discussion you reference above is conflating cold wallet's security model with privacy-enhancing aspects of having one's own node.
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You can do both(cold wallet using privacy of own full node) by using xpubs.
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Your friend's response seems similar to @ChrisS 's below.
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I noticed that too
They are different people
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