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What would you say were the most instrumental developments in Lightning last year? I'm talking protocol updates, implementations, wallets, tools, services, research, etc.

Hey nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qydhwumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytf39ehxymewv9hxwctwdyhxxmcpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8wetvd3hhyer9wghxuet5qy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttsw43zuam9d3kx7unyv4ezumn9wshszynhwden5te0wp6hyurvv4cxzeewv4esz9rhwden5te0wfjkccte9ejxzmt4wvhxjmcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ehx7um5wghxyctwvsq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxarj9e3xzmny9uq3vamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwpexjmtpdshxuet5qyvhwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnndehhyapwwdhkx6tpdshsqgzx2l0739jmazvq4yc8908mtev6v5fygpkmp7qey90w0zay0y6t8ccesg0j what do you think about AlbyHub + Hosted channels ?

nostr: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 have here a very good article explaining Hosted Channels.

I personally think that HC should not be abandoned, are a good and easy way to onboard new users that cannot afford straight away a full UTXO for opening a LN channel.

https://fanismichalakis.fr/posts/what-are-hosted-channels/

I think one core goal of nostr:nprofile1qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0spzemhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejz7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6vfwde3x7tnpdenkzmnf9e3k75xqss4 with the Hub is to get rid of all potential legal burdens that come with custody. I believe they checked into HC, but those don't really help in that regard.

> TC only implemented filters on the UI as they couldnt implement them on the contract level – kind of the idea of "immutable"

I think you can write modular smart contracts with dedicated functions that allow for things like replacement by a new contract when called by the right account. But I was definitely under the impression that it wasn't the case for TC, thanks for confirming!

That being said, I expect contract-level filters to be more and more the norm that regulators will expect devs to adhere to. Some companies are building it because there is profit to be made. When the tools are there, and maybe they are already, the immutability argument becomes weaker.

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Wake up babe, there's a new filing in Tornado Cash, and it's just about as embarrassing as the rest of the shitshow the DOJ has been assembling over the past two years 👇

This time, it persists that Storm profited from Tornado Cash smart contracts, arguing directly against arguments made by the Fifth Circuit, which found that "none of the immutable smart contracts entitle the smart-contract creators to a benefit."

Imagine a car manufacturer being held liable for profiting from illicit activity because a car they manufactured was used in a bank robbery, or a computer manufacturer because a machine they sold was used in a hack.

Tornado Cash should have stopped illicit activity, even though we concede that Tornado Cash couldn't stop illicit activity, or so the argument goes.

What about the Chainalysis sanctions oracle Tornado Cash implemented to block OFAC listed entities from accessing the service?

That's "window dressing," the Government says – an inefficient step that was only taken to "make a public announcement that TC wasn't violating the law." OK then.

The Government continues to appear to allege that the sole purpose of Tornado Cash was to enable criminal transactions, again making references to the prosecution of Silk Road operator Ross Ulbricht – ignoring the fact that while Silk Road operated as a dark net market, Tornado Cash illicit transactions are only estimated to have made up around 14% of overall activity be the Government's own calculations, primarily pertaining to funds originating from hacks.

What's worse is that the Government doubles down on charging the developers for the development of a User Interface, continuing to attempt to enforce FATF recommendation 66 against FinCEN guidance and despite the lack of official adoption.

This case is a complete abomination of the US justice system. Everyone working on its prosecution should be fired.

https://www.therage.co/doj-tornado-cash-motion-to-dismiss/

I didn't know the TC team implemented filters at the contract level, thought it was only the UI. If *this* is not enough to keep the DOJ at bay, I don't know what is.

The DOJ might even be shooting themselves in the foot with this move: if the reward for compliance is still prosecution, why bother to comply?

Do you them here?

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Is there an existing NIP-47 server implementation that calls a NIP-46 bunker to sign the zap receipt?

And is there an existing NIP-46 implementation that would only sign zap receipts, and refuse to sign any other kind of event?

The combination of the two would let users receive zaps self-custodialy by running the NIP-47 server on a cheap VPS without exposing their npriv, while running the bunker at home (for example behind TOR).

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Yes, everyone, everytime 🙌

To be fair, I kinda understand their point in that it is indeed theoretically possible to perform KYC on every redemption, and thus only rugpull a specific subset of users. But it's probably the costliest way to rugpull someone, because you'd have to do a KYC check for every claim until you're sure that the remaining ones all belong to the subset you wish to rugpull. And from the point of view of the rugpulled, the outcome is no worse than if the rugpull was general.

What if mints KYC the auditor? Doesn't work anymore, gotcha!

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