But I do find it odd that Bitcoin is pushed a lot because I thought privacy was something people cared a lot for, don't get me wrong Bitcoin is cool and so is lightning but it left me wondering if a lot of the people pushing Bitcoin here were not just agents of governments who were pushing a tool which makes transaction tracking, well, easier and more automatable (standardised too) - there's a lot of attention around Bitcoin as the god of cryptocurrencies when it is rather just a piece of technology like any other with advantages and disadvantages but it doesn;t seem to be treated like that but rather has a cultish following.

I would much rather be in the cult of privacy and find the best tool and/or weigh up the benefits and diadvantages of each piece of technology per situation but by large that doesn't seem the case here OR maybe my bias of privacy-enjoying is wrong - most people DON'T care all too much about privacy and would rather use BTC+LGHTNG for simply faster Bitcoin transactions.