They've been around for a while now. I think lightning has fixed the need for these, but lots if bitcoiners still doing payments on the base layer.
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Receiving on Lightning privately and sovereignly is still an issue.
Its not recorded onchain. We just need more people running LN nodes or at least using LSP's.
Let's see what the govt has planned for LSPs and LN nodes. They could easily bring a strong case of forcing them to KYC or shut down.
I am concerned about the dependency we are building on the LN network as a privacy solution, given how hard it is to run a node yourself.
Kind of, but Bolt12 adoption is happening quickly and this allows for much better receiver privacy. nostr:nprofile1qqsq9k04vahllseell55m74n3047y88pzlr0z5yany32st29fapqmgspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz8thwden5te0dehhxarj9e3xjarrda5kuetj9eek7cmfv9kz7qg4waehxw309aex2mrp0yhxummnw3ezucn89u93ntq6 has been using it for months to pay miners