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so it comes to a question of why we use lightning?

yes because unlike wbtc, it is non custodian.

so why are we promoting custodian lightning wallet heavily then??

Bitcoin has been an excellent store of value so far*

Any extrapolation into the future is speculation.

Some interesting download stats for your point:

Custodial (no privacy):

Chivo >1Million

Wallet of Satoshi >500K

Strike >500K

Bitcoin Beach Wallet >100K

Non custodial (without node, not trustless, no privacy):

Phoenix >50K

Breez >10K

Non custodial (with node, potential privacy):

Zeus >5K

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interesting point, although saying no privacy there is a slight misnomer considering they have tor

for breez and phoenix*

and you missed out muun too

You have no privacy from the a third party (phoenix) when sending a transaction to someone.

Muun is not a true lightning wallet. But you can throw it in if you like. Won't make much difference to the ratio of custodial vs noncustodial.

Thanks for the insight!

You know what , it would be really cool if bitcoin could hitchike on the monero network.

Secret network has this feature before (privacy smart contracts) but their sgx was flawed