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Re:EU to ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins by ... by lawn on Monday May 05, 2025 @08:52AM (#43894570)
That's still expensive for cheap things.

And what's worse is that it's impossible to reliably predict the correct fee to be able to get into the next block.

This means that at any time if you're unlucky your payment might get stuck for hours, days or even weeks.

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Re:EU to ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins by ... by cykros on Monday May 05, 2025 @05:04PM (#43899444)
If you're buying cheap things with on-chain payments, it's a bit like sending a bank wire to Starbucks for your coffee.

Lightning exists for a reason. Comes with far more privacy too -- arguably even more than Monero, if done right.

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Re:EU to ban anonymous crypto accounts and privacy coins by ... by lawn on Wednesday May 07, 2025 @01:10AM (#43912454)
It's ignorant to claim Lightning provides better privacy than Monero.

The problem is that a cryptocurrency could support both large and small transactions, which Monero does.

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