# Succinctness & Lightning, Neptune's killer app?

**URL:** <https://talk.neptune.cash/t/succinctness-lightning-neptunes-killer-app/411>\
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**Created:** [October 26, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/succinctness-lightning-neptunes-killer-app/411 "2026-10-26T17:05:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![nptbtc](https://talk.neptune.cash/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/d6d6ee/32.png) [@nptbtc](https://talk.neptune.cash/u/nptbtc)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2026, 9:15am UTC](https://talk.neptune.cash/t/succinctness-lightning-neptunes-killer-app/411/4 "2026-11-03T09:15:00Z")

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Privacy on BTC lightning is basically:

- So-called good sender privacy (because in-between hop node does not expose from-node to the to-node). So AFAIK the sender privacy assumes a decentralized enough network. Sadly this is not the case with lightning-BTC as most lightning traffic goes through the big Zeus/Phoenix/Aqua/etc. services AFAIK.
- Bad receiver privacy (because receiver exposes node ID).
- When interfacing lightning-BTC ↔ L1-BTC one is of course inevitably dealing with crappy L1-BTC privacy.

If somehow NPT can offer lightning with even better privacy characteristics than lightning-BTC, yes it’s a true **killer** app indeed. We’re headed for a **10,000 USD/NPT price** 🔥 🚀 at least if this feat can be pulled off.

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