Got it. One reason Bitcoin and the Lightning Network are so powerful, is that they don't required centralized service providers. I think there is some general confusion going on with Spark (and others) saying they are "non-custodial" -- which seems great, but, if they are logging all your transactions anyway, that's really a different flavor of "non-custodial" then you get from, for example, the Lightning Network, or a Bitcoin transaction.

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privacy and censorship resistance are completely different than custody. if spark refuses you service you can simply switch to a different service provider. Lightning has similar challenges with LSPs. the idea that everyone will run everything p2p is a pipedream, though it’s great to have the option as last recourse, ofc