You either use non-kyc coin and your deanonymization attack surface grows exponentially with every use, eventually tying your irl identity to a wallet and all its history.
OR
You use kyc coin at a retailer and thus are tracked in your every transaction.
(Miss me with the private LN rhetoric, the tech gymnastics required to actually run lightning privately are olympic level. Certainly not normie friendly, and given that this is geared toward normie adoption, what is that really signaling?)
And this is something to be celebrated??????
It's not like square is going to accept "tainted" coinjoined btc.
How is this anything good?
Isn't this just giving our freedom money to the suits?
Square just auto-enabled Bitcoin Lightning payments across 4 million U.S. merchant terminals. No opt-in required. Sellers receive USD by default.
This is the most significant Bitcoin payments infrastructure move since the Lightning Network launched. Every coffee shop, barber, and food truck on Square can now accept sats over Lightning at zero fees through 2026.
Jack Dorsey's Block didn't ask for permission. They flipped the switch.
P.s. please don't come at me sideways, I'm no expert, but I'm not an idiot. I'm also not being rude to anyone so being dickish will not help your case, nor is it warranted.