# Lightning Network

> Off-chain BTC payments break the on-chain heuristic trail.

**Canonical URL:** https://xmr.club/mixers/lightning-as-mixer
**Category:** mixers / Lightning Routing
**Grade (xmr.club rubric):** B
**KYC posture:** anonymous_signup
**Features:** non_custodial, lightning_native, self_hosted
**Highlights:** BTC, LIGHTNING
**Fees:** Per-hop routing fees · ~sats
**Website:** https://lightning.network
**Last verified:** 2026-05-11
**Uptime probe:** up (HTTP 200, 622ms) · checked 2026-05-13T23:04:43.181Z

## Editorial review

Not a mixer in the protocol sense, but a working privacy primitive: payments inside the Lightning Network don't show up on the BTC blockchain. Onion routing inside LN approximates Tor for payments. Pair with a self-hosted node (Phoenix LSP / Zeus + your own LND) for the strongest setup.

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