Opinion
Lightning Is Fast, But Is It Private?
Controlling just 2% of Lightning nodes is enough to deanonymize payments. As adoption accelerates, Lightning's privacy model deserves honest scrutiny.
7 min read·lightning-network, privacy, surveillance
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Controlling just 2% of Lightning nodes is enough to deanonymize payments. As adoption accelerates, Lightning's privacy model deserves honest scrutiny.
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