Super Testnet on Nostr: > Lightning receiver privacy is widely known to be notoriously bad without blinded ...
> Lightning receiver privacy is widely known to be notoriously bad without blinded paths
People who say that are notoriously wrong
> No one is arguing that amounts aren't hidden. We're talking receiver privacy which is the pubkey being exposed.
The receiver pubkey doesn't receive any money. The pubkey that *does* receive money is *not* exposed to the sender. Well, not in lightning. In monero, it is.
> If that was true, blinded paths wouldn't be needed
They aren't
> and good practice wouldn't be to coinjoin after closing a channel
That is good practice because it's an on-chain transaction, and good privacy on-chain involves coinjoining. It has nothing to do with supposedly exposing yourself via your invoice, which is not a thing. You invented it. Or heard it from someone misinformed.
People who say that are notoriously wrong
> No one is arguing that amounts aren't hidden. We're talking receiver privacy which is the pubkey being exposed.
The receiver pubkey doesn't receive any money. The pubkey that *does* receive money is *not* exposed to the sender. Well, not in lightning. In monero, it is.
> If that was true, blinded paths wouldn't be needed
They aren't
> and good practice wouldn't be to coinjoin after closing a channel
That is good practice because it's an on-chain transaction, and good privacy on-chain involves coinjoining. It has nothing to do with supposedly exposing yourself via your invoice, which is not a thing. You invented it. Or heard it from someone misinformed.