Can you clarify the situation with regards to PTLC (without LN Symmetry)? My understanding is that PTLC is an enormous privacy upgrade, since it removes the trail of identical hash pre-images along a (split) route. (especially in a scenario where an adversary is gradually collecting log files through nefarious means)
I guess I’m stuck in 2021 when we thought that just Taproot would do the trick.
Is it merely easier if we add CSFS (plus CTV)? Or is it nearly impossible without that?
Since it tends to take a few years for a soft fork to activate and for a protocol like Lightning to take advantage of it, by that time, could we be in situation where already achieved PTLC the hard way? It would still be a welcome simplification, but not introducing something new. Or do you reckon we’ll have PTLC sooner despite the extra step of activating a soft fork?