I used bisq frequently for a while. I've used wasabi and samurai, but not join market.
I have not met a normal person who would be willing to do even 1/10th of what use of those tools requires.
Most normal people I have met are not even willing to use a self custody Bitcoin wallet. Writing down seed words (and not losing them) seems a bridge too far.
So: whatever solution there is needs to require an absolute minimum from users. Like ideally, it just does coinjoins in the background and there is nothing more than send and receive in the wallet.
My experience has been that privacy tools can be built for power users and the anonymity set will always be tiny. Or there can be things that take no effort from the user and fold into the normal user experience and lots of people will use them.
The light client you describe sounds good. But I worry that even something like that won't be easy enough for the normal user. The distinction between lightning and on chain is probably too much for a normal user to grasp.
I used bisq frequently for a while. I've used wasabi and samurai, but not join market.
I have not met a normal person who would be willing to do even 1/10th of what use of those tools requires.
Most normal people I have met are not even willing to use a self custody Bitcoin wallet. Writing down seed words (and not losing them) seems a bridge too far.
So: whatever solution there is needs to require an absolute minimum from users. Like ideally, it just does coinjoins in the background and there is nothing more than send and receive in the wallet.
My experience has been that privacy tools can be built for power users and the anonymity set will always be tiny. Or there can be things that take no effort from the user and fold into the normal user experience and lots of people will use them.
The light client you describe sounds good. But I worry that even something like that won't be easy enough for the normal user. The distinction between lightning and on chain is probably too much for a normal user to grasp.