GovCorp conspiracy theory fails again

[Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0]

On Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:11:51 -0500
Karl <gmkarl at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 13, 2021, 1:36 AM Punk-BatSoup-Stasi 2.0 <punks at tfwno.gf> wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 12 Dec 2021 21:32:11 -0800
> > cherry <cherry at cpal.pw> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Taproot should lead to a massive improvement in the privacy of the
> > > lightning network.
> >
> >
> >         bullshit
> >
> 
> I'm not familiar with taproot in-depth but I also don't see it as
> significantly related to privacy.


	schnorr signatures and other tricks improve privacy but it's nothing revolutionary. And those changes don't affect privacy (or lack of it) inside the lightning network. 


> 
> There's enough research out there to make bitcoin networks very, very
> anonymous, in ways that are normalised and maintainable and simplify the
> codebase.


	such as? 

> 
> Software was different before 2014, and that shows in the design of
> lightning.  The bitcoin devs got split into factions etc.  It's recorded
> history.
> 
> There's been a lot of excitement over the lightning network in some groups
> of people.  Who uses it?  What is it used for, in the wild?
> 
> Anyway, it's cool to see that bitcoin's dev process has found ways to
> continue innovating and it seems to be building on that more and more.
> 
> >