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waxwing | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Thanks.

Not sure it's easy to improve, but esplora lookups aren't as good as monitoring with home node, right? Kinda intrinsic to not having a home node. Just a first thought. Also this model used by phoenix and alby of single channel connection to LN obv has huge advantages but has a privacy tradeoff right.
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matt | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Tradeoff, but with Alby the routing is done on the client side so if you self-host they can’t trivially see where the payment is going. They can do timing correlation with other information but that’s a much more involved attack. Sadly, today, Phoenix does routing on the server side so they see the payment destination in the clear.

As for esplora, yea, it’s not ideal, but if you’re using a fixed LSP it doesn’t matter - the LSP knows all your on-chain info anyway, and ideally your payments are lightning so the on-chain information isn’t “the interesting part” (aside from any on-chain setup deposits).
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waxwing | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Oh, i had no idea about tge routing distinction, that's interesting.
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sudocarlos | 1 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 You can open more than 1 channel and, as you point out, you probably should. Choosing a different LSP is a bit more "advanced", but the option is there. Great point on the esplora lookup.