Yet still continue to recommend a solution that compromises nearly all major value props of Bitcoin and offers vastly inferior privacy...
Great, then you admit the word shitcoin has lost virtually all meaning.
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Interoperation between mainnet liquid and lightning is offers plenty of privacy if used correctly. I never recommend you keep large amounts on either second layer. Monero is a shitcoin and as far as I'm concerned there are trade offs with every L2 so I don't recommend keeping a lot of funds there contrary to what you think I said. You shouldn't recommend shitcoins as a solution either.
No it doesn't. Especially when hinging on that caveat "if used correctly" which most users won't.
https://voltage.cloud/blog/lightning-network-faq/lightning-network-privacy-explainer/
https://blog.keys.casa/lightning-privacy-101/
Monero is just another trade off, like lightning/liquid, which you have no problem using. Except, unlike both, it doesn't compromise most major value props of Bitcoin. "I don't recommend keeping a lot of funds there" - Ok, just apply this same advice to Monero. Done.
Except is does... Because it's not Bitcoin...
I wonder why you "don't recommend keeping a lot of funds there". Could it be because Liquid/LN are different from Bitcoin? 🤔 You would think if they were the same thing you could keep your whole stack on them. Major differences.
Now you say "bro it's just trade offs" well then apply that same logic to Monero. Just trade offs. Don't keep a lot of funds on there. You don't have to jump thru mental gymnastics.
The argument could end at "if used correctly."
If it isn't anonymous by default then it's not anonymous at all
You let me know when you find my cold storage address
With a transparent blockchain is not so hard
Then find it.
Just because he can't find it doesn't mean others cannot.
Or that chain analyst companies and governments cannot. Or that you won't mess up in the future. Or that you wont be unjustly associated with activities or people you had nothing to do with in the future. Or that 99% of users don't operate like you.
Would you like to reveal who Satoshi is? He used #bitcoin a lot.
Whoever Satoshi is i'm sure he's very proud of Monero!
This is a ridiculous argument. The overwhelming majority of users don't have the fortune of being around before chain analysis was a thing and dont have the OpSec Satoshi did. I'm sure if Satoshi didn't disappear and continued transacting they would've eventually been revealed with more advanced techniques or due to their own mistakes. Just like all the recent Silk Road admin Bitcoin busts.
Satoshi used Bitcoin a lot. I wonder who that guy was. If #Bitcoin doesn't work for privacy I'd love for you to reveal him for us.