> he complete REFUSES to ever acknowledge the UX problems
I acknowledge that UX problems exist in LN. I deny that similar problems are absent from monero.
Per the monero website, here are some UX problems with monero:
- Users shouldn't reuse a monero *address*
- Users shouldn't even reuse a monero *wallet* (i.e. you should delete your wallet after each use and make an entirely new *wallet* for the next use, according to the monero website)
- Users should run a monero node, not a phone wallet
The website doesn't say the following thing, but users should also use tor/i2p/vpns if they use a monero *node,* but it's needlessly difficult to do so because many important people in the project basically disagree with that. The monero github even says in its readme "Monero isn't made to integrate with Tor" and discusses the hoops users need to jump through to get it to work with tor. It's got serious UX problems and most monero influencers just don't want to admit that because the phone wallets are easy -- and the monero website recommends not to use those!
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So much bullshit, so little time...
lets start here,
mind showing me where on the monero website it says "users should delete and make an entirely new wallet for each use"?
monerod --proxy 127.0.0.1:9050 or add proxy=127.0.0.1:9050 to the monerod.conf file then its running behind Tor. Is that difficult?
What they mean is that Monero nodes are not made to accept INCOMING connections via Tor. You can proxy transactions via a hidden service but that's it.
Making a new wallet per transaction is schizo IMO but your criticisms about having to make new addresses and the like are all REQUIREMENTS for Bitcoin on-chain even to the same vendor. You can reuse the same address with the same person with Monero's and there will be no on-chain link still since each address is a stealth address similar to BIP 352 addresses.
Running a Monero node is best practice but even using a remote node offers superior privacy than most on-chain and lightning Bitcoin setups.
Its evident to me that you've no experience with Monero usage as you'd know everything I'm describing here by using the official Monero GUI wallet or the like.
Please do proper journalism by using the protocol you criticize. I've extensively used and researched lightning at this point thus giving me true insight to the benefits and limitations.
for the record,
this is an explanation of the attack that STN says means that "users shouldn't reuse a monero wallet"
decide for yourself if it's a worrisome attack for you.


getmonero.org, The Monero Project
Blog: Advisory note for users making use of subaddresses
Users should be aware of the privacy functionality of subaddresses
What are these hoops that are needed to get it working with tor? Its quite simple from my experience.