The answer is no, and yes, I agree that we need more education in the sense of self-custody and #noKYC
I can't. Anyone you recieve from can. Your friendly neighborhood fed and sleuth can.
99% of everyone else that uses Bitcoin/LN can be because it has no strong privacy by default AND is overwhelmingly used custodially.
https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/lightning-network-privacy-explainer/
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Yes, I agree with you on that for sure
But the more friction introduced. the higher the barrier. meaning no one will ideally use them that way. Has to be simple and by default as much as possible. Has to just work that way out of the box.
Only bitcoin and monero are not scams. However, I am not convinced that Monero delivers what it promises efficiently, and there are some red flags.
If a person does not use good practices, even using monero, they can be exposed, there is no point in having a tool and not knowing how to use it.
"If a person does not use good practices, even monero, they can be exposed, there is no point in having a tool and not knowing how to use it."
Monero is anonymous by default, you don't need to make any additional setup for that