Enzo and Fifro from Aha Labs discuss Moonlight, a non-custodial privacy protocol for Stellar, alongside David from LumenShade, which uses zero-knowledge proofs for privacy pools. Both projects aim to enable private payments on Stellar while maintaining compliance with regulations.
In this discussion, Enzo and Fifro from Aha Labs introduce Moonlight, a privacy solution for Stellar that uses a UTXO-based model with multiple addresses and privacy providers to obfuscate transaction details while maintaining non-custodial control. David from LumenShade presents an alternative approach using zero-knowledge proofs and privacy pools similar to Tornado Cash. Both teams emphasize the importance of privacy for users and institutions, discuss compliance mechanisms through privacy providers and quorums, and explore how privacy solutions can coexist and complement each other in the Stellar ecosystem. The conversation covers privacy concerns for everyday payments, institutional needs, regulatory challenges, and the vision for Stellar as a blockchain for private payments.