Great info! The most interesting part to me is the routing info. The first hop in your path was a node whose pubkey is 02e1...110f. This belongs to a nostr user whose handle is UNITEDPLOW: https://njump.me/npub17y4ykazexey6mhyk33lxapycpfsmcwxpwjfw8cxw739g2r5c39hsrmudwx
You even got his short channel id, which you can use to find your channel with him on the blockchain.
Fortunately for me, onion routing (and recipient encryption) led you to a dead end! My money is not in his channel. He's just a routing node. You know *a* channel -- one you created (or a custodian created it, if you're using a custodian) -- just not the one with my money in it.
The rest of your routing info doesn't tell you much about what happened next. Does UnitedPlow have a direct channel to me? Maybe! Did it go through five more hops? Maybe! Was he a trampoline node, a decoy this whole time? Maybe!
You'll never know where the money ended up because lightning hides that info from the sender through multiple indecipherable layers of encryption. Unlike monero, which told me in plaintext. Lightning "receiver privacy" is simply designed better.
"Lightning "receiver privacy" is simply designed better."
For the 5% who use it correctly, like you, sure you can make that argument (though there is a lot of nuance in each ones privacy as a whole and how it's used realistically)
Most users that would otherwise be fully exposed to wallets like WoS and Strike are better off using Monero or even ecash (if they accept the rug risk)
What do you think about wallets like phoenix and Zeus?
Do they have better or worse privacy protection in standard settings than monero?
Zeus is probably my favorite LN wallet for sure. It has a lot of privacy features other LN wallets like Phoenix lack.
I like Zeus for sure, but I've found it too complicated for onboarding newbs. For me it's like a "power user lite" wallet
Working on it! A lot of focus on entry level users is going into v1.0.
The idea is to be able to start the user off with a simple to use wallet and level them up as they go.
I love the idea, UX and on boarding must be top notch to have a chance of more adoption but you should never give up on the advanced features that make Zeus the best. Including educational content with gamification like achievement that bring you to try more advanced features step by step while getting educated about Bitcoin self-custody.
I need an updated versions of this chart. Idk if anything has changed tho.
Excellent analysis 🙃
