clCould custodial lightning providers be targeted like Samorai, as they obfuscate money transfer between individuals & add in a measure of privacy, in effect acting as a mixing service?
Discussion
Yes, possibly.
Lighting is targeted in the new EU AML proposal. Basically anything which provides financial privacy.
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meetdocs/2014_2019/plmrep/COMMITTEES/CJ12/AG/2024/03-19/1297044EN.pdf page 104
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We must take measures to depend not to much on google or apple! Opensource custodial lightning and ecashu providers as much as possible.
Certainly. Let’s see what happens to liquid network as well
Yes, this possible downstream outcome got brought up quite a bit by more weary folks when all the new LN software like Umbrel hit the floor and everyone and their grandma was spinning up a node.