SLP319 T-Bast Lightning Protocol Privacy Exploration

What can be done to improve Lightning network privacy? T-bast (Bastien Teinturier) of ACINQ joins me to talk about this. There are both on chain privacy and off chain privacy implications of Bitcoin and the lightning network and we get into a range of discussion on:

• On chain privacy
• Taproot and MuSig2
• Off chain privacy
• Route blinding
• Payment decorrelation
• Trampoline routing
• ACINQ
• Phoenix

Links:

• Twitter: @realtbast
• Site: acinq.co

Other relevant episodes:

• SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - Acinq & Phoenix Wallet: Easiest Non-custodial Lightning Wallet Yet?
• SLP298 Rusty Russell - Lightning Offers / Bolt12: The Next Big Thing In Lightning
• SLP276 Anthony Ronning - Bitcoin Lightning Privacy: FUD And Facts

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin
• Hodl Hodl Lend
• Compass Mining
• Braiins.com
• Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera