MrWonderland

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2026-09-01 22:51:44 CEST

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I'm interested whether my old setup still works. I set a XMR address in my profile a long time ago and I am wondering whether it is recognised as a payment target. 🤔
Also what clients do you guys recommend for mobile that has good Monero support?

2026-08-31 23:44:27 CEST

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How about just accepting Monero?

2026-08-31 23:42:33 CEST

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Oh boy 🤡 I think this guy is about to have a rough awakening someday...

2026-08-24 10:55:55 CEST

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Sounds like a swap provider problem. Have you tried contacting Cake or the swap provider you used about that?

2026-08-20 20:24:42 CEST

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As with all other self-hosted software, if you want to be self-sovereign you need to keep somewhat up-to-date and update your tech every once in a while.
There are thousands of nodes and god knows how many miners, so it seems like there are enough people out there that manage to do that.
Also if you're running a node it tells you when there is a new version available. At least I'm pretty sure I saw that note in the logs of my node.
The notion that everyone needs to run a node is just BS. The capable people should do it and should run infrastructure for their friends/family/community. Trust in small circles is normal and healthy and it's enough if one of them does it.

2026-08-18 21:38:49 CEST

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Please never fold/bend Goldbacks 😭

2026-08-18 02:53:33 CEST

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I don't really want to disturb our Monero echo chamber here, but claiming Monero is currently IMPOSSIBLE to track is just plain misleading.
After we have the FCMP++ upgrade, okay maybe one can claim this. But even then meta data from outside the chain can still lead to some tracking.
So please, don't claim something that's not true. Monero has so many arguments for it, we don't need to advertise for it with disengenious claims.

2026-08-17 22:11:14 CEST

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Who doesn't need a Monero? 🤔😂
But jokes aside, yes, especially the developing countries would profit so much from Crypto (and they're more likely to be open for this kind of solution than western countries I believe).

2026-08-17 21:50:34 CEST

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If I'm interested in being able to pay with Monero? I sure am! 😁
I don't want to shill other services, but maybe take a look at https://xmrbazaar.com/ I bet there are a few people that would be interested aswell! :)

2026-08-17 14:41:41 CEST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmAAeEm1nIE
A little shoutout from Peter Todd towards the Monerocommunity (kind of).
I think he talks about a very important topic, but when you look into the comments he gets hated on by basically everyone for heresy of not hardcapping BTC.
I really have to say that I very much appreciate that in the Monerocommunity we can discuss even sensitive topics openly, because we aren't in it for the name of Monero, but because we're freedom-/digital-cash-/self-sovereignity-maxis. And we know that either one of us can be wrong sometimes and only with a good discussion culture (and dedicated, hard work) we can achieve something greater than either one of us could achieve on it's own.
#Monero #Bitcoin #XMR #BTC #tailemission #heresy

2026-08-17 10:20:08 CEST

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You are aware that if they manage to funnel most of the hash power into a few regulated businesses, this businesses get regulated to censor all transactions are unwanted. And if at some point self-custody gets basically outlawed and those miners are only allowed to mine blocks with white-listed coins, then this 'Institutional crap' DOES affect the base layer.
Oh and if the miners only mine blocks onto a clean chain, then people with non-kyced coins are fucked.
For this to work they only need to regulate a bit over 50% of hashing power, which basically is already were we're at (we just not have those strict rules, yet).

2026-08-16 16:47:35 CEST

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For people like me, that don't want to click Twitter links:
https://xcancel.com/kevinnbass/status/2087805214074060830

2026-08-14 14:06:01 CEST

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For me personally Bitcoin is the black pill and Monero is the white pill.
When I look at Bitcoin, I see an ambitious project that started with its heart in the right place. But over the years it got captured and corrupted.
Then there is the little sibling of Bitcoin named Monero. It saw what happened to the older one and tried to learn from its mistakes. And so far it seems to me, that it got most stuff mostly right. There were a few lessons learned on the way, but overall Monero gives me hope. Hope that we can fight back against the giant machinery that tries to crush us all. Hope that all that it takes is a few courageous rebels, that uphold their ambitious values and fight for them.

2026-08-14 13:53:00 CEST

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Nice FUD there bro.
Corrupting Monero isn't the same as attacking it.
The group that did the selfish-mining-attack, were NOT able to have a sustained 51% attack. There is a paper that has all the data about that incident: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.01437
That the attacker abused an inflation bug is complete nonsense. The only inflation bug that was found was many years ago, got fixed immediately and the research trying to check for an actual usage of that inflation bug found basically nothing. https://www.moneroinflation.com/
I don't want to speculate why you're spreading this level of FUD, but maybe do some actual research next time.
Also all Monero devs that have more rights have build trust with the community over years. Ontop of that every major/important code change gets audited from third parties before it gets deployed to mainnet.

2026-08-14 12:58:41 CEST

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I think you were talking about Zcash.
Do you have any argument/hint/data that suggests Monero could actually be a fed coin?

2026-08-12 21:23:39 CEST

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True 🤔 I've never noticed that before. Weird. Probably just a coding bug?
But overall an interesting question how you would handle the amount of filling with a dynamic blocksize.

2026-08-12 21:17:33 CEST

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*Monero elitists 😎

2026-08-10 13:25:42 CEST

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Austrian economics does NOT say you need a hard capped monetary supply.
A percentage increase, that also fluctuates, and most important is controlled arbitrarily, is bad, because you can't really plan for it.
Monero and Bitcoin have a decreasing percentage of inflation, while Bitcoin's stops in the year 2140 stops, while Monero's will not.
If you then add coinloss on top, both probably already are deflationary.

2026-08-10 06:10:07 CEST

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To say BTC has a fixed supply is kind of wrong. It will increase until the year 2140 and then it is capped and won't grow any longer.
And it is also wrong to say Monero's supply is infinite because for everyone currently the supply is steadily inflating about 0.85% per year, just like the BTC supply is. They're currently basically identical.
Only if you look at them at a infinite timescale, then you could argue that Monero's supply is infinite, but no human could experience that, so it basically is a useless metric.

2026-08-10 04:48:47 CEST

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You might not know that, but the transactions that create new XMR are not hidden, so you can just sum up all of those coinbase TX and validate the current Monero supply.
And if you look at Austrian economics, nothing says you a need a fixed supply of money for the perfect money.
As long as it's not inflatable by a single group arbitrarily, every participant can predict the future growth of the supply etc. (Btw BTC is inflationary until the year 2140, so your argument would be invalid until then)
And giftcards are a very usable workaround (I use them regularly). I mean I'd love to be able to just use crypto everywhere directly, but that's still quite far off I feel like. In some supermarkets in Switzerland you can already use Monero & Bitcoin to pay directly, but for most situations giftcards are the needed workaround for now.

2026-08-10 04:18:02 CEST

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'A settlement layer must be globally liquid'
Depends on how liquid it needs to actually be, but yeah with BTC not getting delisted any time soon (probably) it's liquidity will be better than XMR's for the foreseeable future.
'predictable'
Monero's supply is as predictable as Bitcoin's. For the rest of time it will increase by ~158k XMR per year, which gives it currently basically the same inflation rate as BTC (about 0.85% p.a.).
'neutral'
What ever is meant by neutral? Monero has basically no concept of tainted coins and no mining pool can censor any particular TX or user (thanks to the privacy), so it's arguably more neutral than BTC.
'secure'
Monero's network is very similarly secured to BTC's when it comes to the ratio of 'electricity needed for mining'/'marketcap' and 'cost of mining hardware'/'marketcap'
But when it comes to security for the user, Monero is much more secure (especially for the not so techy user) thanks to the always on privacy. I can introduce my grandma to Monero and don't have to worry about her exposing her wealth to the whole world etc.
'widely accepted'
In Europe you can basically buy everything except houses with Monero, as there are lots of giftcards for different stuff available and thanks to services like ShopinBit/ProxyStore.
But let's not fool ourselves here, the general acceptance rate of Crypto (regardless of which one) is way to low still.
'Bitcoin is the only digital asset that satisfies all of these simultaneously.'
That is, as I have argued above, not true.

2026-08-10 03:54:05 CEST

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Have you actually looked at the trade view graph? That's ~12years of history where Monero out competed Bitcoin in the long run (currently).
The other stats just are two of the most recent points of data for showing that people tend to use XMR more than BTC (which could suggest that Monero seems to be the better settlement layer).
If you want more data from Nano-GPT you can look here for example: https://nano-gpt.com/blog/2025-year-in-review-payment-stats
ShopinBit's usage data can be found on their Twitter account: https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2076939737546305755
If you want more datapoints:
https://xcancel.com/mynymbox/status/2070179538634490075
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/2085704830069133612
So what ever makes you think 'BTC is the better settlement layer' you might want to rethink that ;)
If you have any questions about Monero, feel free to reach out :)

2026-08-09 17:58:38 CEST

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Is it (BTC) though (the best settlement layer)?
https://image.nostr.build/861a8fe4ab2efb2cf8779faeb1ba1c0f8e3f81dc25cef4730556d1c0a7277999.jpg
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HNLEBMlXMAATS8_.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/057458ae04bc11c2e7fa54b0c8d4d6c23375ecfcc4267493ea8926358d963394.jpg

2026-08-05 16:12:08 CEST

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Garnet and mostard render it, yes.

2026-07-29 01:09:49 CEST

Endlich wieder mal eine neue Folge! 🙈😅
Diesmal zum #AfueraFest2026
Viel Spaß! :)
p.s.: Kommt nächstes Jahr auch dort hin! 😁
https://alexanarcho.live/podcast/173
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLAmSOVTB7A

2026-07-27 22:46:15 CEST

This seems big! A decentralized git? A decentralized marketplace? And a decentralized social platform (potentially better than Nostr?)? Damn, I'm excited about #Freenet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RBNboYUlVI

2026-07-22 16:16:41 CEST

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What happenend to those tweets? I can't find any of them 🤔 Are these fake or why would all of the Monero related tweets be deleted from her account?

2026-07-16 19:22:51 CEST

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Sorry but this analogy is BS. Money in of itself is a prove of useful work that I can hand over to someone.

2026-06-25 23:21:23 CEST

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@npub1wsu…uyw3

2026-06-25 23:20:24 CEST

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Yeah, sadly you can't wake up people that aren't open for it. Sucks hard if it's people one is close with...
Best tip I have is stay calm. Don't preach, but keep the dialog going. If it fits, state your position clearly but calmly. Usually at some point you find their topic where they are very annoyed by all the regulations etc. Then one can start calmly explaining different solutions for this situation and with enough luck and time they slowly start understanding. For some this doesn't work, but sometimes it works...
I wish you good luck!

2026-06-09 00:42:49 CEST

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I would sign it but I do not live in the US 🙃
Though I wish you good luck! 💪
My last incandescent bulb sadly blew up a few days ago. I really need to check how to get more in Germany.

2026-05-27 09:49:06 CEST

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As a Monero user I don't really (need to) do that 😁

2026-05-26 00:46:19 CEST

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Most people do NOT hate the government and politicians enough.

2026-05-21 11:57:36 CEST

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What happened?

2026-05-16 15:53:38 CEST

Btw of anyone out there wants to run a FCMP-Testnet-Node (and you're using NixOS), you can use this:
~~~
# monero-fcmp-testnet.nix
{
flake.modules.nixos.monero-fcmp-testnet =
{
config,
lib,
pkgs,
...
}:
let
cfg = config.services.monero-fcmp-testnet;
fcmpMoneroBin = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
pname = "monero-fcmp-testnet-bin";
version = "0.19.0.0-beta.1.1";
src = pkgs.fetchurl {
url = "https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/releases/download/v${version}/linux_x64_beta-v1.1.zip";
hash = "sha256-od8taKNOBUJ7XH8bCQn+yO5JR5FDM+ldVBEfukPhGTw=";
};
nativeBuildInputs = [
pkgs.unzip
pkgs.gnutar
pkgs.bzip2
pkgs.autoPatchelfHook
];
buildInputs = [
pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib
pkgs.zlib
pkgs.openssl
pkgs.boost
pkgs.libsodium
pkgs.zeromq
pkgs.readline
pkgs.unbound
pkgs.miniupnpc
pkgs.hidapi
pkgs.libusb1
pkgs.protobuf
pkgs.udev
];
unpackPhase = ''
runHook preUnpack
mkdir source
cd source
unzip -q "$src"
inner_tar="$(find . -type f -name 'monero-x86_64-linux-gnu-*.tar.bz2' | head -n 1)"
if [ -z "$inner_tar" ]; then
echo "Could not find nested Monero tarball inside release zip"
find . -maxdepth 5 -type f
exit 1
fi
mkdir extracted
tar -xjf "$inner_tar" -C extracted
package_root="$(find extracted -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | head -n 1)"
if [ -z "$package_root" ]; then
echo "Could not find extracted Monero package root"
find extracted -maxdepth 3 -type f
exit 1
fi
cd "$package_root"
runHook postUnpack
'';
installPhase = ''
runHook preInstall
mkdir -p "$out/bin"
mkdir -p "$out/share/doc/monero-fcmp-testnet"
for name in \
monerod \
monero-wallet-cli \
monero-wallet-rpc \
monero-blockchain-ancestry \
monero-blockchain-depth \
monero-blockchain-export \
monero-blockchain-import \
monero-blockchain-mark-spent-outputs \
monero-blockchain-prune \
monero-blockchain-prune-known-spent-data \
monero-blockchain-stats \
monero-blockchain-usage \
monero-gen-ssl-cert \
monero-gen-trusted-multisig
do
if [ -f "./$name" ]; then
install -Dm755 "./$name" "$out/bin/$name"
fi
done
for doc in README.md LICENSE ANONYMITY_NETWORKS.md; do
if [ -f "./$doc" ]; then
install -Dm644 "./$doc" "$out/share/doc/monero-fcmp-testnet/$doc"
fi
done
test -x "$out/bin/monerod"
test -x "$out/bin/monero-wallet-cli"
test -x "$out/bin/monero-wallet-rpc"
runHook postInstall
'';
meta = {
description = "FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet v1.1 Monero binaries";
homepage = "https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/releases/tag/v${version}";
mainProgram = "monerod";
platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
sourceProvenance = [ lib.sourceTypes.binaryNativeCode ];
};
};
monerodConfig = pkgs.writeText "monero-fcmp-testnet.conf" ''
testnet=1
non-interactive=1
data-dir=${cfg.dataDir}
log-level=${toString cfg.logLevel}
log-file=/dev/stdout
p2p-bind-ip=${cfg.p2p.bindIp}
p2p-bind-port=${toString cfg.p2p.port}
rpc-bind-ip=${cfg.rpc.bindIp}
rpc-bind-port=${toString cfg.rpc.port}
restricted-rpc=${if cfg.rpc.restricted then "1" else "0"}
${lib.optionalString (cfg.rpc.bindIp != "127.0.0.1" && cfg.rpc.bindIp != "::1") ''
confirm-external-bind=1
''}
${lib.optionalString cfg.prune ''
prune-blockchain=1
sync-pruned-blocks=1
''}
${cfg.extraConfig}
'';
in
{
options.services.monero-fcmp-testnet = {
enable = lib.mkEnableOption "FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet Monero node";
package = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.package;
default = fcmpMoneroBin;
description = "Package providing the FCMP++ compatible monerod binary.";
};
dataDir = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.path;
default = "/var/lib/monero-fcmp-testnet";
description = ''
Directory used as monerod --data-dir.
This stores the blockchain database, logs, and P2P state.
Mount your dedicated blockchain disk here if desired.
'';
};
requireMountedDataDir = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = ''
If true, the systemd service only starts when dataDir is a mount point.
This prevents accidentally syncing the blockchain onto the root disk when
an external or secondary disk is missing.
'';
};
addToSystemPackages = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = true;
description = "Whether to add the FCMP++ Monero binaries to environment.systemPackages.";
};
prune = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether to run the daemon in pruned mode.";
};
logLevel = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.int;
default = 1;
description = "monerod log level.";
};
openFirewall = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = false;
description = "Whether to open the P2P port in the firewall.";
};
p2p = {
bindIp = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = "0.0.0.0";
description = "P2P bind address.";
};
port = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.port;
default = 28080;
description = "Testnet P2P port.";
};
};
rpc = {
bindIp = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.str;
default = "127.0.0.1";
description = "RPC bind address.";
};
port = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.port;
default = 28081;
description = "Testnet RPC port.";
};
restricted = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.bool;
default = true;
description = "Whether to enable restricted RPC mode.";
};
};
extraConfig = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.lines;
default = "";
description = "Extra monerod config lines.";
};
extraArgs = lib.mkOption {
type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
default = [ ];
description = "Extra command-line arguments passed to monerod.";
};
};
config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
users.groups.monero-fcmp-testnet = { };
users.users.monero-fcmp-testnet = {
isSystemUser = true;
group = "monero-fcmp-testnet";
home = toString cfg.dataDir;
createHome = true;
};
systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [
"d ${toString cfg.dataDir} 0700 monero-fcmp-testnet monero-fcmp-testnet -"
];
environment.systemPackages = lib.mkIf cfg.addToSystemPackages [
cfg.package
];
networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = lib.mkIf cfg.openFirewall [
cfg.p2p.port
];
systemd.services.monero-fcmp-testnet = {
description = "Monero FCMP++ and Carrot beta stressnet node";
after = [ "network-online.target" ];
wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ];
unitConfig = {
RequiresMountsFor = toString cfg.dataDir;
}
// lib.optionalAttrs cfg.requireMountedDataDir {
ConditionPathIsMountPoint = toString cfg.dataDir;
};
environment = {
HOME = toString cfg.dataDir;
};
serviceConfig = {
User = "monero-fcmp-testnet";
Group = "monero-fcmp-testnet";
ExecStart =
"${cfg.package}/bin/monerod --config-file=${monerodConfig} "
+ lib.concatStringsSep " " cfg.extraArgs;
Restart = "always";
RestartSec = 10;
WorkingDirectory = toString cfg.dataDir;
ReadWritePaths = [ cfg.dataDir ];
NoNewPrivileges = true;
PrivateTmp = true;
ProtectHome = true;
ProtectSystem = "strict";
ProtectKernelTunables = true;
ProtectKernelModules = true;
ProtectControlGroups = true;
RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
};
};
};
};
}
~~~
If you're using import-tree and flake-parts you can just create a .nix file with the code above and stuff it somewhere into your dotfiles.
Then just put this into your import section of the host you want to add the testnet node to:
~~~
inputs.self.modules.nixos.monero-fcmp-testnet
~~~
Last add this section to enable and configure your node:
~~~
services.monero-fcmp-testnet = {
enable = true;
# You can customize the blockchain/data directory.
# dataDir = "/srv/monero";
# Prevent syncing onto the blockchain/data disk if the disk is not mounted.
# requireMountedDataDir = true;
# Open only the P2P testnet port, not RPC.
openFirewall = true;
# You can enable pruning
# prune = true;
# Configure the loglevel
# 2 is recommended for submitting issues
# logLevel = 2;
rpc = {
bindIp = "127.0.0.1";
port = 28081;
restricted = false;
};
p2p = {
bindIp = "0.0.0.0";
port = 28080;
};
# extraConfig = ''
# # Add FCMP/testnet-specific peers or daemon options here if needed.
# '';
};
~~~

2026-05-15 12:31:39 CEST

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Sorry, aber der Typ hat sich maximal selbst zerlegt 🙃
Er wirkt wie ein uninformierter NPC.
Man kann etliche Dinge an Höcke kritisieren und da gehe ich mit dir mit, Höcke ist ein scheiß Etatist.
Aber von all den Etatisten da draußen ist er eins der kleineren Übel. Wenn ich mir persönlich aussuchen müsste, auf welchen Etatisten viele Menschen um mich herum hören sollten, dann lieber Höcke als fast alle anderen seiner parasitären Spezies (Peter Boehringer wäre mir lieber als Höcke).
Als Anarchist rollt man an einigen Stellen des Gesprächs mit den Augen, aber es gab auch einige interessante Aspekte fand ich.

2026-04-28 16:04:32 CEST

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It feels good to see a big corporation not being a huge dickhead. I agree with your assessment!

2026-04-17 09:31:19 CEST

The Privacy Hypocrite Shame List
Companies that market themselves as privacy-focused but refuse to accept Monero — the only truly private money.
https://moneroshamelist.com/
Share it and make it known. Let's bully those hypocrites to put their money where their mouth is 😁
Big thanks to Xenu (the antimoonboy) and Monerica!
#XMR #Monero #PrivacyHypocrites #MakePrivacyPrivateAgain #CallToAction

2026-04-16 19:38:03 CEST

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If you add this address to your Nostr bio people can even tip your posts directly with XMR

2026-04-15 16:35:50 CEST

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The source is twitter/x:
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2044368855850533149

2026-04-15 16:35:22 CEST

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https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2044368855850533149

2026-04-13 13:02:14 CEST

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Great pitch for Monero

2026-04-08 08:49:29 CEST

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https://image.nostr.build/4e12f244e716abceb55fed6c813d18cf89d3992f914e15ffef3c0279fcd37504.jpg

2026-04-08 08:38:58 CEST

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I would love if you could integrate tips with Monero! 🖤💛

2026-04-05 22:21:48 CEST

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@npub1wsu…uyw3

2026-04-03 18:20:53 CEST

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Thank you for sharing this! I wasn't aware of that. What the actual fuck?! I'm going to leave no matter what. Those bureaucrats can f*** themselves!

2026-03-30 18:47:34 CEST

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Are familiar with Proxmox? If you want to run multiple services on one box then I can't recommend looking into Proxmox enough.
Regularly installing multiple services side by side makes a system to fragile and hard to reproduce.

2026-03-28 17:44:12 CET

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Wait, it already was in the hands of criminals, wasn't it? 🤔
(I mean the FBI)

2026-03-26 13:54:18 CET

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Most likely yes. This would only deny one from making a fully encrypted device. Having an encrypted mount would still be possible.

2026-03-26 12:12:18 CET

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I was in the process of moving some stuff away from Ubuntu and onto NixOS servers. Now I got a reason more to switch everything. Fuck Ubuntu.

2026-03-26 12:10:28 CET

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I agree. But it is different after LSD/Shrooms and probably DMT (with after I mean if you took a bigger dose once, not hours after the other).
It can be quite nice with a partner as well, but I feel like it slows down ones mental space for some time, so I personally don't like doing it very often.

2026-03-26 11:59:15 CET

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Candyflipping is intense. Maybe start with regular LSD/Shrooms trip first.
Then you can do it with someone you like and trust in a safe place.
Also try to leave at least 30 days between MDMA sessions. Even better 3 or 6 month.
Also please test your stuff before using it (test kits aren't that expensive).
Have fun and safe trips :)

2026-03-26 10:27:45 CET

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I just reference myself here:
#nevent1q…t76l

2026-03-26 10:25:25 CET

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Oh boy, that sounds like trouble. Another reason to ditch Ubuntu!
ZFS, BTRFS etc are awesome filesystems enabling snapshots, deduplication, self-healing and other neat stuff you want on PCs. I use them regularly.
For example if you f*** up your system you can just reboot and load a prior snapshot to restore everything back to normal.
ZFS is the top choice for NAS and archival where data safety is critical, as the self-healing protects your data from bitflips/bitrot (thanks to the usage of merkle trees I think).
The png removal is just the loss of a bit of customization I think.
But removing LUKS encryption is big! It's the defacto standard for everyone that wants to encrypt their systems completely! Like not only having an encrypted partition where you store important data, but encrypting even the boot loader so everything is secured and attacker can't gain information about what operating systems you're using etc.

2026-03-26 10:08:10 CET

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I already try to do this regularly. Boosting when ever I find something worth sharing and using the reactions constantly. I also try to zap (or tip people with Monero) when ever I feel like it :)
One thing I'd add, try to onboard people that might enjoy their time on here 😁

2026-03-25 15:19:49 CET

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Oh they do make a difference!
They're the difference between us being able to live free and a life as a tax slave 🙃

2026-03-13 10:05:07 CET

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And that is why you don't buy through KYC exchanges and why you want privacy onchain.
I already can see the true Cypherpunk Bitcoin OGs getting sued and imprisoned, the NGU Bitcoiners bending over and the Monero people donating to the OG BTC people to help them in court...

2026-03-09 11:21:26 CET

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Nice! I sent a bit of XMR as well

2026-03-03 13:50:45 CET

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We might have lost the battle over Bitcoin, yes, but the war about privacy and sovereignty is still ongoing. And as far as I know Monero is still alive, so the war isn't over.

2026-03-03 13:42:38 CET

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I'm not quite sure what bothers you about the Pixel displays, but I agree with you that Motorola has a unique opportunity to boost their sales.
If they can deliver a GrapheneOS phone with good battery life, a great camera and a good display I will buy it without much hesitation.
As long as the GrapheneOS devs are happy and are able to build a secure phone, I don't really care who build the device or how the device looks.
If I can wish for three things that the phone should have, it would be:
- replaceable battery
- hardware buttons to disable WiFi, camera, mic, cell modem
- audio jack

2026-03-03 13:28:35 CET

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Because a lot of them are either normies or collectivists.

2026-03-03 11:20:58 CET

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Sadly Spark is not really self-custodial... Please stop the misguiding/false marketing.
'Spark is, of course, much better than a classic custodial wallet - it allows for unilateral exit if the operator shuts down and deletes their keys (once they finish implementing it) - but it still requires fully trusting the operator. If the operator changes the code running on their server and swap coins with folks, they can steal coins going forward.' - Matt Corallo (Bitcoin Core dev)
https://stacker.news/items/1020261
https://forklog.com/en/wallet-of-satoshi-begins-beta-testing-non-custodial-bitcoin-wallet/
#nevent1q…jdpc

2026-03-03 10:53:07 CET

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Because you need version 6 of Cake Wallet for that.
Though version 6 is still flagged as prey release on github: https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet/releases
Also Spark is not really self-custodial...
'Spark is, of course, much better than a classic custodial wallet - it allows for unilateral exit if the operator shuts down and deletes their keys (once they finish implementing it) - but it still requires fully trusting the operator. If the operator changes the code running on their server and swap coins with folks, they can steal coins going forward.' - Matt Corallo (Bitcoin Core dev)
https://stacker.news/items/1020261
https://forklog.com/en/wallet-of-satoshi-begins-beta-testing-non-custodial-bitcoin-wallet/

2026-03-03 10:33:07 CET

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Another reason to debanke yourself and start using Monero

2026-03-02 10:52:01 CET

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Awesome news! Can you announce a rough timeline/timeframe for this collaboration?

2026-03-02 10:49:02 CET

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Intermittent fasting

2026-03-01 18:28:02 CET

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Are KDE and KDE Connect parts of different projects? Cause I can't find a Monero donation address on their site (https://kde.org/community/donations/others/)
'Donate through "crypto" coins
KDE e.V. does not accept donations of "crypto" coins: Bitcoin, Etherium, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and all the others. The tax regime that covers German non-profit associations considers those coins a form of speculation which would endanger our non-profit status, so regretfully you cannot donate them directly. Cash out and then use a traditional method to donate.'

2026-03-01 12:57:50 CET

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Can you present some fees and amounts from TX you did?
Cause from what I know, the fees scale up with the amount as well.

2026-02-20 15:19:56 CET

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I also recommend Retoswap (Haveno). But you first need some XMR that you can use as a collateral.

2026-02-20 15:18:14 CET

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Use Retoswap (Haveno) instead. It's XMR based, so lower fees and it got more liquidity.

2026-02-18 00:25:39 CET

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https://antimoonboy.com/darknetmarketmaximalism/

2026-02-17 11:34:01 CET

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About blood pressure:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmj090MhF4s
About cholesterol:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30733566/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30198808/

2026-02-17 11:28:50 CET

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And if you compare the gut of a bull with ours you quickly realize that even if the bull is physically stronger, we're made to eat it 🤷‍♂️

2026-02-17 11:25:30 CET

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I switched from being vegan to carnivore and I feel better now. No problems with gut bacteria or any other stuff. Actually it's better than when I was vegan...

2026-02-10 10:16:14 CET

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As someone who wasn't into crypto back then, it was an interesting read. But was it really worth the time? I lean towards yes.

2026-02-09 22:04:37 CET

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Thank you for sharing these informations :D

2026-02-09 22:03:31 CET

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Thanks for sharing!

2026-02-08 02:10:02 CET

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Wir haben ein paar Ideen für weitere Folgen, aber sind aktuell recht beschäftigt.
Gibts denn spezielle Themen/Aspekte, die dich interessieren würden?
Oder hauptsache weitere Folgen? 😂

2026-02-03 13:29:23 CET

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Makes you wonder/think a bit 🤔🤔🤔
https://xcancel.com/B1LLYP1LGRIM/status/2018115799873986689

2026-02-02 19:59:33 CET

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It is, not could be.

2026-01-31 00:44:13 CET

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I bet you'll figure it out! And if you need some help/knowledge/wisdom/words of encouragement, we got you :)

2026-01-31 00:40:27 CET

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KDE is nice. Though currently I'm using Niri and I'm loving it! Can definitely recommend!

2026-01-19 09:54:59 CET

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Can I please get 21 microneros instead please 😜

2026-01-19 09:49:24 CET

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**TL;DR: If you operate a node (locally for your own use or as a public service), you can add the Monero Research Lab's spy node ban list to improve your privacy.**
About a year ago, the Monero Research Lab (MRL) released a recommended ban list of suspected spy nodes. The spy nodes stayed at the same IP addresses for about a year. Last month (December 2025), the vast majority of spy nodes switched to new IP address ranges. The Monero Research Lab is releasing version 2 of the spy node ban list to help users protect their privacy. The list has been cryptographically signed by several Monero developers and researchers: boog900, hinto-janai, jeffro256, SyntheticBird, and Rucknium.
The ban list isn't activated automatically. Node operators must download the list and tell their nodes to use it:
## How do I enable the ban list?
Download the ban list from `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Boog900/monero-ban-list/refs/heads/main/ban_list.txt` and remember the directory on your computer where you saved it so you can replace `--ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>` below with it. For example, if you saved the file in `/home/user/Downloads`, they you would replace `<file-path-to-ban-list>` with `/home/user/Downloads/ban_list.txt`.
### Running `monerod` from the terminal
If you run the node from the terminal, add `--ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>` when you start up `monerod`, i.e.
`./monerod --ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>`
If you use a config file instead of command line flags, add this line to the config file:
`ban-list=<file-path-to-ban-list>`
### Monero GUI wallet
If you use a remote node, whoever operates the remote node will decide if the ban list is enabled. If your run your own local node through the GUI wallet, go to Settings. In the "Daemon startup flags" box, input "`--ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>`". Then click the orange "Stop daemon" button. It will take a few seconds for the daemon to shut down. Then click the orange "Start daemon" button.
### Docker
If you use SethForPrivacy's `monerod` Docker file, update to the latest version, which has the ban list: https://github.com/sethforprivacy/simple-monerod-docker
If you run the Docker Monero node with any custom flags or custom config file, [you need to add to `--ban-list=/home/monero/ban_list.txt` to the set of flags or `ban-list=/home/monero/ban_list.txt` to the config file](https://libera.monerologs.net/monero/20241205#c468982).
## FAQs
**1) What has happened since the first version of the MRL ban list was released?**
- In June 2025, the method used to detect the spy nodes was published: https://github.com/Boog900/p2p-proxy-checker
- July: A daily network scanner and webapp data visualizer was deployed: MoneroNet.info . Network scans suggest that about 8 percent of honest nodes were using the MRL ban list.
- Early October: New version of the Monero node software included the "[subnet deduplication](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9939)" countermeasure. Spy node adversaries rent contiguous ranges of IP addresses called "subnets" in bulk to minimize their costs. Subnet deduplication is a peer choice rule that lowers the probability of connecting to a node in a densely-populated IP address subnet. According to simulations, subnet deduplication reduces the number of connections to spy nodes by 70 percent for node operators who do not use the MRL ban list. (Operators who do use the MRL ban list would not try to connect to the spy nodes in the first place.) The subnet deduplication code was written by rbrunner7 and reviewed by vtnerd, jeffro256, and Rucknium.
- Late October: Spy nodes using IP addresses belonging to the Digital Ocean and Hetzner server rental companies begin hiding their spy node "fingerprint". These spy nodes are still operating but no longer respond to ping requests with the telltale spy node behavior.
- Early December: Almost all spy nodes on the LionLink Autonomous System (AS) shut down. The LionLink spy nodes were the most numerous spy nodes on the Monero network. A few days later, a roughly equal number of spy nodes appear on IP addresses within the Spruce Creek AS. The Spruce Creek AS was registered in November 2024 by an unknown party. The migration of these spy nodes to new IP addresses triggered the release of this new MRL ban list.
- Mid-January: The DNS-disseminated ban list, managed by Monero contributors, is updated to include the MRL version 2 ban list. The DNS ban list can be enabled by adding the `--enable-dns-blocklist` startup flag to the Monero node. According to network scans, about 50 percent of honest reachable nodes do enable the DNS ban list.
**2) What is the evidence that spy nodes run at these IP addresses?**
The numerous spy node IP addresses are pretending to be distinct nodes, but the spying adversary is proxying a few nodes through a large number of IP addresses. That way, the spying adversary can spy on the node network, but does not have to pay the full cost of running one node per IP address.
The spy nodes are incorrectly reporting ("spoofing") their peer IDs. A full explanation and code to run the spy node checker is here: https://github.com/Boog900/p2p-proxy-checker
A large number of the suspected spy IP addresses were the same IP addresses implicated in ["LinkingLion" spying on the BTC node network as far back as 2020](https://b10c.me/observations/06-linkinglion/). The spying adversary is likely using the same IP addresses to spy on BTC and Monero.
Furthermore, most of the spying IP addresses are in a few "subnets", which are basically consecutive IP address numbers that can be purchased at a bulk price rate from IP address providers. Almost every IP address in the subnets have a suspected spy node, a status MRL is calling "subnet saturation". More details are in the [MRL GitHub issue](https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/issues/126).
**3) Can I tell how many spy nodes my node is connected to?**
Yes. You can run the `peers.ip.collect()` function in the `xmrpeers` R package. See the "Examples" in the documentation [here](https://rucknium.github.io/xmrpeers/reference/peers.ip.collect.html#ref-examples). The function will also start to show the subnet saturation after running for about 24 hours.
**4) What is the privacy issue?**
Monero uses Dandelion++ for privacy of transactions relayed on its peer-to-peer node network. Dandelion++ provides strong privacy, but even its privacy can be weakened if there are too many spy nodes on the network. An adversary who controls a lot of spy nodes may be able to guess which user's IP address was the original sender of a Monero transaction.
**5) Are more universal fixes possible so that a specific ban list doesn't have to be used?**
In October 2025, a method to reduce the probability of connecting to a spy node was implemented in the Monero node software. "[Subnet deduplication](https://github.com/monero-project/monero/pull/9939)" prevents a node from establishing a connection with too many peers that are concentrated in IP address ranges, a technique that spy nodes have used.
In the long term, there may be ways for nodes to verify that their peers are truly running a node instead of just proxying one node through many IP addresses.
**6) Why not block these IP addresses by default in the Monero node software?**
Blocking the IP addresses by default is technically possible, but it would set a precedent of blocking IP addresses by a decision making process that is semi-centralized. MRL has decided to ask node operators to block these IP addresses voluntarily instead of by default.
Source: https://monero.town/post/7271760
All credit goes to the one and only Rucknium

2026-01-19 09:47:27 CET

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Interestingly the link through a browser doesn't work for me, but if I go through Jerboa it works 🤔

2026-01-14 15:32:01 CET

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Thanks, that was necessary and stupid of me to not realize the opportunity!

2026-01-14 15:31:10 CET

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Shielded ZCash MC vs Monero is 2B to 13B
https://privacy.watch/

2026-01-14 14:04:28 CET

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https://image.nostr.build/a8fef9faee901d476efdac32fd0b2282079deb565300da692deef249d5c2bdad.jpg

2026-01-14 13:27:55 CET

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And if they bought p2p Monero they wouldn't need to worry about their gov coming after their 'gains' (protected wealth).

2025-12-27 22:49:42 CET

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Add me to the list of people willing to help you with understanding everything about Monero :)

2025-12-16 09:11:05 CET

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I just link you another message of mine, where I explain the supply/inflation of Monero:
#nevent1q…vk77

2025-12-12 22:43:45 CET

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You promote easy to use privacy with GrapheneOS and Mullvad already. If you change your recommendation about crypto to Monero it would be more consistent 😜
But anyway, I wholeheartedly agree 🔥

2025-12-11 15:33:43 CET

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An sich ein schöner und guter Artikel. Doch zeigt er eigentlich nur auf, warum onchain Privatsphäre so wichtig ist. Diese (und weitere) Vorgehensweise(n) werden niemals von der breiten Masse genutzt werden. Und auch für Leute, die sich auskennen ist es sehr aufwendig und oft reicht ein einziger Fehler, um jahrelange Disziplin zu zerstören.
Genau deshalb nutzen immer mehr Menschen einfach Monero. Ich kann meiner Oma eine Wallet einrichten und muss mir keinerlei Sorgen machen, dass sie sich irgendwann doxxt.

2025-12-10 15:03:37 CET

@npub1lsr…m040 is there a reason (I guess there probably is) you have stopped posting the CakePay ratios?
I loved having one more datapoint for looking at #Monero 's usage compared to other cryptos.
If I can wish for something this Christmas I wish for regular CakePay statistics 🧡

2025-12-07 13:24:33 CET

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Monero had dynamic block sizes from the start, while BCH only adopted them very recently.
So you should move that point to Monero ;)

2025-12-06 03:43:22 CET

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For someone that got into crypto a year ago that wouldn't be true. (BTC - 10%, XMR +100%) Not everyone is in crypto since 2010.
Privacy in BTC is expensive and cumbersome.
Privacy in Monero is cheap and easy to use.
More and more people realize this, that's why Monero displaced BTC on darknet markets and also rivals it on legal markets (for some numbers on that check the following message from me: #nevent1q…p2jh)

2025-12-06 03:35:28 CET

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So you either are using a custodial LN setup (at which point you could just use PayPal/Venmo to pay for this stuff) or if you actually use a Delft custodial solution your setup is much more complicated and less reliable then just using Monero.
Either way, you payed more then a cent for your transaction (most likely), so you payed much more than me ;)

2025-12-06 03:24:23 CET

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With higher fees and less privacy, yes.

2025-12-06 03:02:29 CET

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Are you aware that you can buy gift cards anonymously and pay for groceries with that?

2025-12-06 02:48:55 CET

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https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/dispelling-monero-fud/#monero-has-an-infinite-supply
https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/dispelling-monero-fud/#you-cant-audit-the-monero-supply