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wyhtbbdt | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Done watching part 1. 

The lack of plausible deniability with Monero is a big problem for me. I want excuses as to why I use potentially privacy preserving techniques that do not incriminate myself directly. Saving on transaction costs is perfect for that. 

Also I dislike the all or nothing stance in general. This is not how life works.
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matata | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 interdasting, thanks for sharing ser
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I don't understand. For plausible deniability, why can't you say you were trying to save on fees with Monero too? Less than a cent.

>"Why didn't you just use Lightning/Ecash then?"
>"Because ecash is custodial and rehypothicateable.
And lightning is too complex and too many annoyance (can't receive offline, ruggable, can't send large amounts, can be forced closed onchain, etc...)"

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wyhtbbdt | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes that works too but the fact it's a well known so called privacy coin is likely to attract more attention which is counter productive in this scenario
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 And the main features of ecash is it's strong privacy as well. So, I still don't understand why you think it is so different. Anything with that kind of privacy won't be liked, period.
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wyhtbbdt | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well the thing is nobody knows you owned ecash outside of the mint. It's Bitcoin in Bitcoin out and Lightning in the case of Cashu.
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wyhtbbdt | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Actually I see your point. The only difference in that you need to explain why you sent to a mint instead of why you swapped to Monero. Which isn't much I agree.
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 10 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I guess that is an ever slight difference, but not sure if it is significant. Why else would you be sending to a mint (if that address is known and associated with a mint)? Will at least evoke major suspicion

And if you p2p trade or atomic swap for Monero - this is essentially the same thing as sending Bitcoin to a mint. Probably even better. No one will know you got that Monero aside from your peer (and you'll also likely be anonymous or pseudonymous with these methods too)