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Re:OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor by agalush on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @02:46PM (#49011541)
Lightning payments are not stored onchain and have already been proved more private than monero payments
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Re:OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor by akimbostrawman on Thursday July 23, 2026 @11:48AM (#49023537)
considering actual criminals do not use lightning but monero it should be obvious that is not the case.
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Re:OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor by Ferret7446 on Friday July 24, 2026 @07:28PM (#49042869)
That's more the fact that lightning is a bit of a pain to use. It has a chicken and egg network growth problem, which is doubled on top of the chicken and egg problem of its host crypto
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Re:OpenNode – Bitcoin Payment Processor by akimbostrawman on Monday July 27, 2026 @01:53AM (#49065610)
That does not make any sense. btc even lightning still has about 100 times the user and ecosystem. Nobody uses it because it obviously it is not secure.
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