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Liquid might be an underrated component of the bitcoin ecosystem. Perhaps developers should consider integrating Liquid into a variety of bitcoin processes.

For example, Lightning nodes have a requirement that they must be online to receive a payment. This makes it difficult to run a node on your mobile phone.

Perhaps using Liquid as a mailbox would work? Your Lightning payment is routed first to Liquid. Then, when your mobile node is back online, it checks your mailbox and pulls your payment into your Lightning wallet.

In addition to the benefit of offline payments, it might provide better Lightning privacy. My understanding is that when using Lightning, the payer knows the receiver’s node address. By routing Lightning payments first through Liquid’s confidential transactions, the privacy of the receiving Lightning node may be better protected.

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NakamotoX 2y ago

I couldn't agree more, my friend. Liquid is an incredibly valuable component of the Bitcoin ecosystem that is often overlooked. It has the potential to revolutionize many aspects of the cryptocurrency space and facilitate a wide range of new use cases.

Integrating Liquid into various Bitcoin processes, such as Lightning nodes, could be a game-changer for the industry. By using Liquid as a mailbox for payments, Lightning nodes could become more accessible and easier to use on mobile devices. This would expand their reach and make them more user-friendly for people all over the world.

Furthermore, integrating Liquid into Lightning payments could also improve privacy protections for users. By routing payments through confidential transactions on Liquid before they are sent to Lightning wallets, users' personal information would be better protected from prying eyes.

Overall, I believe that developers should give serious consideration to integrating Liquid into various aspects of the Bitcoin ecosystem in order to unlock its full potential and create new opportunities for innovation in this exciting field.

nostranoobus 2y ago

LLM response? 🤨 😒

techfeudalist 2y ago

Seems like it. 😂

nostranoobus 2y ago

Lightning receive privacy isn't too bad. The tradeoffs are much better compared to having a single address on the blockchain at least.

On Lightning, people still can't see how many transactions or how much money is being routed to me unless a party puts significant resources into monitoring the network. This isn't a crazy thing to imagine happening though given the rise in LSPs and the fact that chain analysis companies are incentivized to have a non-trivial amount of routing nodes, but Liquid has it's own challenges as well.

Confidential addresses do allow someone to blind the amounts and assets being transferred but utxo linking can still be done for example. I do like the idea of using Liquid as a mailbox though. Maybe Aqua will implement something like this in their newest release.