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So bottom line what we're saying is that spark negates lightning privacy benefits - but we already knew that it wasn't comparable, right?
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We knew it wasn't comparable to noncustodial lightning, but I assumed that Spark customers would retain the privacy of a custodial service. That is, I thought Spark would know about balances and transactions - not anyone curious enough to look. This is akin to Coinbase giving each customer a bitcoin address and forcing reuse.
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This is akin to Coinbase giving each customer a bitcoin address and forcing reuse.
Nice analogy, actually.
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In addition to @benthecarman's tool, there's also this
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Eh there's not much difference between calling something like
decodeSparkPaymentRequestanddecodePaymentRequest.If someone in possession of one of your bolt11s wants to know your balance and transactions, they won't need new skills to do it - just the right tool.