Cyph3rp9nk on Nostr: The way things stand right now, running a Lightning node is a risky business because ...

The way things stand right now, running a Lightning node is a risky business because of AI, and ensuring privacy for the recipient is still a pain in the neck and expensive.

On the other hand, Liquid and the swaps that used to provide cheap privacy are out of the picture.

What about CoinJoin? Wasabi is more alive than ever, and so is JoinMarket-ng. You should use them to anonymize your savings, but they aren’t practical for day-to-day use—although Wasabi’s “pay with CoinJoin” option mitigates this somewhat.

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After almost a year of tinkering with Monero, achieving privacy on Bitcoin feels rudimentary and expensive.

Monero is a tool you should have in your toolbox to fight this shitty system.

As things stand, for me, Monero is better than Lightning for receiving and sending everyday payments, while Bitcoin serves as a long-term savings account.

On the other hand, running a Monero node feels cumbersome compared to Bitcoin Core—Bitcoin Core’s P2P network stack is on a whole other level.