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@ Saberhagen The Nameless
2025-06-18 08:46:35
>"Many monero wallets share the user's "view key"..."
"Many" is a stretch. There are like one or two wallets that do this. Vast majority of Monero wallets do not. Cake Wallet even has a periodic background sync feature so you get the benefits of privacy from syncing and don't have to wait every time you open your wallet.
>"Many monero wallets connect to monero nodes via an RPC connection in order to broadcast transactions, thus leaking their user's ip address to whatever nodes they connect to..."
This isn't unique to Monero. It applies to any crypto, Lightning included, and anything that uses the internet. If you're using a custodial wallet or LSP you're leaking your IP to them. If you're using unannounced channels you're leaking your IP to the counter party. If you're using your own node you're leaking your IP to third party hops. Use Tor or a VPN.