So, I found out today that Lightning Labs, the company (?) behind
LND and other products, is apparently associated with the
World Economic Forum (WEF).
https://www.weforum.org/organizations/lightning-labsI don't know if this move was discussed here before or not and if it's anything new at all or if I just missed them joining forces. But I always had a slightly negative image about the WEF in mind, when it comes to Bitcoin, so it seems odd. I am also quoting a Twitter user which shares the rough impression I had about WEF and Lightning Labs as well.
@wef works closely with govts around the world & want total surveillance of individuals. @lightning has been hindering LN privacy & P2P improvements (BOLT12, package obfuscation, decentralized liquidity ads, rendezvous routing/blinded paths).
What do you guys think about this?
For my part, I haven't used LND much so far, and right now run everything on C-Lightning anyway. The other products I haven't tried. I did follow
BOLT12 development though and noticed LND was never really interested much in it, while it seems a very valid thing to implement.
Edit: The page is up at least since September 2021, so maybe there was discussion on it already?