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2026-03-13 09:05:07 UTC

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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 10:21:26 UTC

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Nice! I sent a bit of XMR as well

2026-03-03 12:50:45 UTC

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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 12:42:38 UTC

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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 12:28:35 UTC

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Because a lot of them are either normies or collectivists.

2026-03-03 10:20:58 UTC

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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 09:53:07 UTC

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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 09:33:07 UTC

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Another reason to debanke yourself and start using Monero

2026-03-02 09:52:01 UTC

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

2026-03-02 09:49:02 UTC

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Intermittent fasting

2026-03-01 17:28:02 UTC

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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 11:57:50 UTC

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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 14:19:56 UTC

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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 14:18:14 UTC

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

2026-02-17 23:25:39 UTC

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https://antimoonboy.com/darknetmarketmaximalism/

2026-02-17 10:25:30 UTC

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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...

2026-02-09 21:04:37 UTC

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Thank you for sharing these informations :D

2026-02-09 21:03:31 UTC

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Thanks for sharing!

2026-02-08 01:10:02 UTC

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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 12:29:23 UTC

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

2026-02-02 18:59:33 UTC

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It is, not could be.

2026-01-30 23:44:13 UTC

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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 :)

2026-01-30 23:40:27 UTC

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

2026-01-19 08:49:24 UTC

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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

2026-01-14 13:04:28 UTC

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

2026-01-14 12:27:55 UTC

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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 21:49:42 UTC

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

2025-12-16 08:11:05 UTC

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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 21:43:45 UTC

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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 14:33:43 UTC

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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 14:03:37 UTC

@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 12:24:33 UTC

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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 02:35:28 UTC

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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 02:24:23 UTC

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With higher fees and less privacy, yes.

2025-12-06 02:02:29 UTC

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

2025-12-05 03:02:48 UTC

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Yes, Monero has no hard so for the supply as Bitcoin. It had an emission curve with a tail emission following after that. But why isn't that a problem and more of a feature? Let me explain:
Bitcoin has a long term security budget problem, while Monero has that part secured (thanks to the fixed block reward of 0.6 XMR), but the tradeoff is a asymptotically reducing inflation rate that's approaching 0%, but never reaches actual 0% inflation rate as Bitcoin does in the year 2140.
Currently the inflation rates are basically the same for both (BTC 0.82% vs XMR 0.85%), but in the year 2140 BTC's will be 0%, while XMR's will be at ~0.43% per year.
And the Austrian school of economics doesn't say, the supply of a currency has to be completely fixed.
About the network effect:
I tend to agree that Bitcoin's network effect is larger currently, but then again what exactly do you mean by that?
Because BTC was first used on the darknet markets. That is basically what made it what it is today. XMR is the only currency that was able to displace BTC there. And basically every business that accepts BTC and XMR, that publishes it's usage statistics, shows that Monero rivals Bitcoin's use, even though Bitcoin's network effect is much, much greater.
As an example:
#nevent1q…0yta
https://nano-gpt.com/blog/november-2025-payment-stats
https://xcancel.com/alexis_roussel/status/1988697421581594928
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/1995450935175197000
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/1978715781744472132

2025-12-04 15:39:42 UTC

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Can you please elaborate more on how they have the power to completely block me vs the same situation under BTC?
What would those bigger problems be?
And no, Monero is not perfect. But it's the best overall design that currently is able to deliver useful safety/privacy to the people that need it.

2025-12-04 13:15:39 UTC

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Bitcoin with all of these already exists, it's called #Monero

2025-12-04 09:40:17 UTC

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Labeling #Monero as a scam, while it is the project that tries to keep Satoshi's vision alive is just...
#nevent1q…cx30

2025-12-04 09:34:42 UTC

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And it's called Monero

2025-12-04 09:31:29 UTC

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Labeling Monero as a scam is this day & age is just cringe. I don't even know what to say to that, but one quote comes to my mind:
You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.

2025-12-04 07:41:55 UTC

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That's why you need good out-of-the-box, cheap & usable onchain privacy. That's what enables us to just ignore those tyrants and transact freely, as Satoshi envisioned.
#Bitcoin gives them the power to regulate us, #Monero helps and protects the ones living under this socialist/totalitarian regime.

2025-12-03 20:32:57 UTC

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Does it support tips with Monero?

2025-12-01 07:53:07 UTC

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Support zaps with #Monero like #Garnet (that sadly doesn't get updated anymore) or #Monstr

2025-11-24 07:47:45 UTC

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https://www.truthcoin.info/blog/ln-blackpill/

2025-11-23 08:22:17 UTC

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Trying to scale on L2 when you have crippled the L1 is useless. Bitcoin would need to first scale on it's L1 as far as it can, before it starts pushing further scaling into L2s. All L2s today compromise on the decentralization.
Privacy on BTC is extremely hard to do well and it's very costly. Monero in comparison makes it accessible and cheap for every person, even non-techy people.
And without privacy Bitcoin is not fungible.

2025-11-23 08:01:39 UTC

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Sadly Bitcoin has lost the plot. Satoshi talked about privacy improvements to BTC and how it could scale on L1 to a large scale. Today's Bitcoiner mostly use custodial and closed source solutions on L2.
Luckily Monero continues the original cypherpunk vision.
https://image.nostr.build/4217c48f775143ec3a5fac099688e0413fb0ea274566522bbd5b91c089fa7d4f.jpg https://image.nostr.build/5f219e05018f5f56c966e765b1786613613f3882016cfc9cfd0329d8e6c1e2b7.jpg https://image.nostr.build/566da5dcf919dfe8ba55ab9b1fd4626042b5b7ff7aa0c19dd57763af30e43569.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e0d52612832e69d2bc9157094db413520222fa691399d37450d786bca460f663.jpg

2025-11-20 20:04:44 UTC

(Sorry to all english speaking people 🙃)
Ein durchaus interessantes Gespräch zwischen Bitcoin Hotel und Martin Sellner.
Ich finde es spannend, wie beide im Grunde sagen, ja #Monero ist sinnvoll für Transaktionen, aber es taugt halt nicht als langfristiger Wertspeicher, so wie #Bitcoin .
Wieso begreifen beide nicht, woher denn das Vertrauen in eine Sache als Wertspeicher kommt?
Es ist irgendwie herrlich anzusehen, wie sie beide darüber reden, dass die aktuelle Entwicklung der Staaten weltweit ins Totalitäre geht, aber sie nicht begreifen, wo der große Nutzen/Mehrwert von ANONYMEM GELD liegt?
Im Angesicht dieser Maßnahmen, die Sellner aktuell erfährt, ist es doch ganz leicht zu sehen, warum man nicht ein transparentes System wie #BTC will, sondern lieber ein Privatsphäre schützendes, leicht zu nutzendes Wertetransfersystem wie #XMR .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQxnhAnLxUU&t=1195s

2025-11-19 10:21:42 UTC

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Any update for the last month (please)? 🙂

2025-11-18 14:26:36 UTC

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You are aware that you can prove that a TX originated from you?
Also view keys exist.
The always on privacy of Monero can be 'disabled' for certain scenarios if you need it.

2025-11-17 17:23:01 UTC

Is it elitist to wish for more XMR delistings when I read something like that? 🤔
https://image.nostr.build/57b8f0e2bf1b3437f6071759803370c9c1f7326af1ce0df1ac50dba86885d525.jpg
https://xcancel.com/ToxicHodler/status/1989986226972348506
#XMR #ZEC

2025-11-09 05:20:11 UTC

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If you're talking purely rated by her face maybe she is just pretty and not absolutely gorgeous. But all things considered she was quite lucky when it comes to the gene mix she got, I'd say.
But in the end of the day beauty is absolutely subjective and also yes, she's kind of hyped currently 🤷‍♂️

2025-11-08 08:09:48 UTC

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While I love that story, I am also annoyed that once again a person got lured into a fully closed source and custodial system. This is not helping anyone really.
And the most annoying thing is, there are fully open source and non/self-custodial alternatives.
If you'd have onboarded that gentlemen to Cake Wallet and Monero, he had privacy from the start (without needing any further knowledge and pretty much no way to shoot himself into the foot). But also everyone had lower fees paying him.
It just makes me sad when I hear Bitcoiners talk about centralization and not needing to trust third parties, but then in the same sentence recommend WoS...

2025-10-13 10:19:59 UTC

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What is he suffering from? Maybe he could be helped? If he is open to it and he haven't tried, intermittent fasting can cure/help with a lot of stuff. Maybe even a carnivore diet?
Depending on what he has and how bad it got, there might be some hope left, if he is open to trying something new.

2025-10-09 09:14:53 UTC

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Do you mind quickly explaining what RNS and LXMF are? 🤔

2025-10-01 12:57:40 UTC

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If you're currently living in the US: consider New Hampshire!
You can get a taste of the community during Porcfest (Porcupine Freedom Festival) every summer. (Or reach out to me and I'll connect you if you would like to get in touch with some free staters before next year)
If you're living in Europe: I don't really know if there is hope other than migrating to the US and aiming for NH.
Maybe take a look at Liberstad (they looked promising aswell but I haven't kept up with that project) or Liechtenstein/Monaco?
Depending on how wealthy you are, take a look at the FreePrivateCities Foundation and all the projects.
There are some pockets of freedom loving communities out there, but they're small and probably not near you 🙃

2025-10-01 06:26:45 UTC

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I 100% agree.

2025-09-25 08:29:17 UTC

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Jokes aside, the following article was an interesting information piece about the lead dev of knots:
https://blog.lopp.net/knot-a-serious-project/

2025-08-24 23:16:40 UTC

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No they aren't.
For example Seraphis would've brought us a new set of transactions while FCMPs unite all of the previous ones (like PreRingCT etc) into one.
But there is some overlap. There has been some work on the Monero codebase for Seraphis that now gets reused for the FCMP hardfork.
Also with Seraphis there would've been Jamtis, which Jeffro basically ported over into Carrot. So we're getting most of the features without a change to our addressing schema.

2025-08-24 12:52:47 UTC

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The upcoming upgrade is called FCMP++ and not Seraphis.

2025-08-20 00:27:08 UTC

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Sadly I've never experienced that moment 😂
Though it made me chuckle, thanks 😁