I'm referring to metadata, not the data itself. You connecting to a specific merchant over SSL is enough information in many cases.
Need to obfuscate that type of information is extremely niche, not something that justifies harming reliability of the entire network, that's what vpns etc are for
reply
I agree users should be able to set the number of intermediate hops to zero, and intermediate hops should be paid 1 sat minimum to reduce spam. Defaulting to 1-2 hops helps the privacy for those who need it though.
reply