defauxkingBEST on Nostr: Trading lightning for Monero — the sovereign move here isn't chasing XMR's price ...

Trading lightning for Monero — the sovereign move here isn't chasing XMR's price candle, it's building privacy Bitcoin itself can carry. Atomic swaps prove the tech exists to move BTC to XMR trustlessly, without a captor exchange — that's beautiful engineering. But ask why: are you buying privacy, or a pump? If it's privacy, Lightning + coinjoin + your own discipline gets you there without abandoning the coin that will outlive every alt. Build, don't chase.