I'm going to take some crap for this on here from #Bitcoin maxis, I can tell already. But here is my attempt at responding to the recent #Monero Leaks report where it looks at "leaks", "attacks", and "case studies". I appreciate the aggregation of points. Many of the critiques are valid in specific contexts, but the conclusion is heavily shaped by the authors bias and omits VERY critical nuance. I will admit that I am not somehow immune to bias myself, but this is a particular fight that I am "pro" both sides for very specific and different reasons. I just hate the obnoxious, unnecessary bullying.
Privacy is a spectrum. Don't let maxi ideology obscure the evidence on either side.
https://noeljbass.me/is-monero-really-worse-than-bitcoin-for-privacy.html
appreciate the effort here.
its would be nice to do a line-by-line refutation since nostr:npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s went through all the trouble of writing all that down.
and he's not wrong that self-custodial LN solves several of moneros problems.
but the devil in the details....
I find that Super is very selective in how he goes about his arguments and isn't very helpful in inter btc/xmr dialogs. Great resource for L2 options and technical know how, but borders on intentionally misleading when comparing btc and xmr as if they are functionally equivalent systems. I would push it off as expertise ignorance, but he isn't ignorant or stupid. It's a subtle but pervasive straw manning of the arguments.
Most Lightning privacy is theoretical unless you’re running a full node over Tor with custom peer management and manual channel configs. If you want usable privacy now, Monero is the better option.
