Vast majority of Lightning users don't have very good privacy. They're either using custodial wallets or LSPs that see a lot. Ecash is cool, but custodial. Doesn't offer you sovereign privacy and there are problems with large payments being identifiable by the mint since it uses denomination buckets. Even when you use Lightning correctly it's a trade-off between allowing third party hops to see at least partial amounts. Monero is better at hiding transaction amounts from third parties since it uses pedersen commitments. Lightning perhaps better for hiding from counter parties. But all depends how it's used.

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onthephone 5 months ago
#monero is great for privacy. #monero has #xmrbazaar #bitcoincash is #lightning fast! #bitcoincash has #cashfusion for fungibilty #bitcoincash has #MUSD decentralized #stablecoin #bitcoincash has DeFi #litecoin is the most used coin for purchases #litecoin has fungibility All three can be traded privately on #BasicSwap When it comes to sovereignty & ease of use, these three make a winning team. #XMR #BCH #LTC #forthewin
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onthephone 4 months ago
With the US pushing hard for worldwide use of stablecoins, it looks like BTC as a UoA is a long way off, no matter how much printing happens. And the fact is, that Monero (along with Litecoin) has a proven history of beating USD inflation (XMR far better than LTC). Layer Bitcoin outranks both of these by a longshot, but it's popular use as a SoV and it's digital gold narative will ultimately reflect our exact current economic system.