Cyph3rp9nk on Nostr: Monero vs Lightning (with bolt11 blinded path for the receiver) Monero: - Sender to ...
Monero vs Lightning (with bolt11 blinded path for the receiver)
Monero:
- Sender to know the sending address.
- The receiver knows that the sender is between 1 of the 16 addresses.
- Record is kept in the blockchain
- The amounts are hidden
Lightning:
- Sender does not know where the payment is sent.
- The receiver does not know where the payment comes from
- The amount of the payment and the receiver are encrypted.
- No record is kept in any blockchain
From here on there are many attacks that can be applied to Monero as well as to Lightning, but this is the initial situation.
Monero:
- Sender to know the sending address.
- The receiver knows that the sender is between 1 of the 16 addresses.
- Record is kept in the blockchain
- The amounts are hidden
Lightning:
- Sender does not know where the payment is sent.
- The receiver does not know where the payment comes from
- The amount of the payment and the receiver are encrypted.
- No record is kept in any blockchain
From here on there are many attacks that can be applied to Monero as well as to Lightning, but this is the initial situation.