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Juan

Because you can’t get certain benefits in the shielded pool.
This is the marketing dream: privacy and convenience
Unfortunately, reality is one or the other with a compliance driven chain

2026-04-15 15:51:24 CEST

Once esteemed developer Riccardo Spagni, credited with making Monero what it is today, seems to have rugged Tari, a project he’s worked on for the last few years.
In an X space, lead developer Naveen Spark, claimed that until recently, he considered “fluffypony” a friend. “A lot of deception”. When asked if Fluffy leaving created a contributor hole, Naveen said it didn’t. Naveen said to go look at Ricardo’s GitHub contributions and it will tell the full story.

2026-03-30 14:25:28 CEST

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Guess I need to setup I2P and see what the fuss is about.

2026-03-30 14:24:21 CEST

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So you’re saying I’m a software developer?
Here I thought I was vibing

2026-03-27 18:55:51 CET

Missed by a quarter (should have been 26Q1) but this is exciting!!!
Monero Beta testnet to deploy before 5/1
https://blossom.primal.net/a625bdde40ff4fce3be571f17c87f51fbe54f75bfc4c9d5aa67a30148484c9bd.jpg

2026-03-27 13:22:30 CET

Perusing Reddit this morning. I keep to a few subreddits to see what’s useful.
All-in-One media server deployment based on the *Arr services. A simple script to deploy things like Radarr, Sonarr, etc and have your own media server.
https://github.com/DarthVibe/Executarr

2026-03-25 15:17:22 CET

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2026-03-25 15:16:57 CET

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For self custody, it seems to be great
But MAGIC Grants is fedded. Justin Ehrenhofer is a fed, works with the Feds, and has no business funding or giving grants to Monero developers. The same reason I speak out against Zcash I’ll speak out against MAGIC.
1 pr and update, your TX history and anonymity is gone. It’s one thing to trust devs who constantly push even more privacy. It’s another to trust an entity whose head is seeking to deanon Monero for “lawful purposes”. Couple with the incoming CARROT viewkeys (which I support), this is a bad recipe in the making.

2026-03-24 23:34:58 CET

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Oh this is interesting…

2026-03-24 00:40:01 CET

Here’s the Chainalysis training video they gave to the IRS.
https://odysee.com/@takebackourtech:f/chainalysis_XMR:d
6:50 “…increasing ring size to 100s will make our jobs that much more difficult”
13:35 “…a lot of how we do our Monero tracing is through involves IP observation…”
13:55 “Dandelion has made that impossible.”
15:15 “Here we see are stealth addresses. We can’t just toss that into the search bar and see other transactions from that user.”
Minutes 16 through 18 show how they use heuristic probability with fees and number of decoys. They also are using the older 10 decoy setup and not the current 16, soon to be hundreds of thousands with FCMP++
19:55 “…are greyed out. These are our tool ruling out some decoys. It uses a variety of heuristics to determine some of those {decoys} may have been previously spent”
20:20 “… We have an output labeled RPC. This will always draw our attention. What that means is a user connected to one of our nodes to broadcast their transaction.”
20:35 to end: Shows transaction hashes from MorphToken swapping service. They didn’t trace it without having bad OPSEC. The subject used Chainalysis nodes to broadcast his transactions. That was on Exodus, a lightweight wallet where there’s no self-custody. It was also relying on 10 decoys. Chainalysis isn’t going to show a hard to trace for training, they want to show exactly how they did it to find other like transactions.
So yeah, the Chainalysis can’t trace Monero easily and a lot of tracing in this video relied on decoys, heuristics, sloppy OPSEC, and subpoena’d data because of Bitcoin transactions being public.

2026-03-24 00:29:12 CET

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Coupled with typical OPSEC behaviors with ease of use and boom, cooked

2026-03-23 20:21:27 CET

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I read non-custodial completely wrong.

2026-03-23 18:36:07 CET

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Did you get Skylight?

2026-03-19 13:41:22 CET

You don’t need to worry about Proton being breached and having you data stolen.
They’ll give it to the FBI for free, cuz they asked nicely
https://blossom.primal.net/4d73ea7e201d1f72db5d81a2b61fc014114219e1031c30d12b17926d4f3a7c90.jpg

2026-03-19 03:37:40 CET

The more you spend and transfer, the bigger the anonymity set
FCMP++ will be the greatest upgrade to Monero since its inception. Effectively becoming what Bitcoin should have been all along
https://blossom.primal.net/6a30c79bca1a6bec97c554852dcb3631707fb041695a2512b3bc6c3699d2e0c7.jpg

2026-03-17 13:19:57 CET

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2026-03-17 13:19:21 CET

We’ve gone from
“That’s photoshopped”
To
“That’s AI!”
Another Millenial torch has been passed on

2026-03-17 03:35:57 CET

If you use Docker and/or have a media server, message me or let me know below if you can test something for me.
I’ve built something that has spawned 2 something’s and need honest opinions.

2026-03-16 20:49:50 CET

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His ammo shoots wonderfully. I have a hundred rounds or so left

2026-03-16 20:44:55 CET

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He’s small time in the grander scheme but one of the best

2026-03-16 20:44:07 CET

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9mm is not really a hunting round. I’m down to my last 1000 rounds and I don’t like it

2026-03-10 17:48:13 CET

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The issue is OPSEC and public blockchains, not how you choose to store it

2026-03-04 15:01:48 CET

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GM
Get Moner

2026-03-04 03:13:48 CET

Where can I get world news on here? In case centralized places get attacked

2026-03-03 17:30:52 CET

GrapheneOS is now getting its first major OEM support.
No longer are you tied to Google Pixel, you can now add 2027 Motorola Signature and Razr to that lineup.
Couple that with Cake Wallet and you have a privacy phone that accept Lightning and Monero into a secure wallet
https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/
https://blossom.primal.net/80fbea0e8975837a1ad13ce9d1c8e57dcbf360d9b9f8e6e556cfd106782268fe.jpg

2026-03-03 13:25:00 CET

Days like today I’m reminded
BTC/XMR swaps are best fee but slow as molasses
LTC/XMR is quickest but worse rates

2026-02-27 14:18:29 CET

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Joe is doing well on making this a reality

2026-02-27 00:04:29 CET

Joe_IO on X has developed a first.
First iOS Monero only wallet with background sync
First iOS Monero only wallet coded in native iOS which means it runs on iPad and M1 Macs
First Monero wallet to support BLE to transfer Monero P2P
Monero One is going to put a lot of other wallets to shame
Monero.one is where you can download it to help. It’s in Beta and has an Android native beta too. All open source
https://blossom.primal.net/3e454eb40bbb91d5d9dba378d8b68ffb430afc8233ad6e48e2a690097c1cc5d2.mov

2026-02-26 14:16:59 CET

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I’d be happy with 3%. 5% is getting out there but once you pay a fee for something like LTC/SOL, then swap to XMR, total fees can reach 10%

2026-02-26 14:15:48 CET

Explain where I’m wrong
A CEX is like the towns water department. There’s a single entity responsible for providing you water. You fail to pay, they shut you off.
A DEX is like the whole town having a backyard well but instead of just connecting to your house, it also connects to the pipe under the road. If you or I stop providing water, the rest of the homes provide it. As long as I provide water, I get paid by how much goes out. This is like me connecting my wallet to Hyperliquid, setting my Monero price, and receiving any approved crypto in exchange for my Monero.
Reto is similar to you coming over and asking for a bucket of water. It’s decentralized in the fact you can ask any or all of your neighbors for buckets of water. It is using TOR so instead of you going to my front door from the street, you come to the back door after going through 2-12 backyards to my house.
Is that really a decentralized exchange or is it a decentralized Craigslist?

2026-02-25 14:26:43 CET

Where does one acquire Monero without losing 5-10% in fees to swaps or P2P premium

2026-02-19 18:57:30 CET

My response to an OG Monero developer who said take on Skylight and Justin wasn’t correct.
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I appreciate and respect your take. The Monero OG devs have seen a lot and experienced it too.
The issue with Justin, when boiled down or dug into or however else you want to distill it, is the same thing Bitcoin has gone through. That is the capture dev team for personal or corporate gains, however you look at it or choose to believe.
Yes, he could have been very influential in the beginning. He chose to use that knowledge for personal gain against the ethos of what Monero was created to be. That knowledge was patented, productized, and sold to unwind the very thing he helped build. His motives now are clouded in those choices. Now, he’s using that same wealth to pay for the product development he is ultimate trying to destroy.
This puts him very close to the auditors, developers, and influencers because of money he acquired to destroy Moneros privacy. There is no argument you need to be paid. The money you receive though is tainted, not only by how it was gotten but by the friendship he’s developed. Epstein didn’t finance and help capture Bitcoin directly, he funneled it through grants and friendships.
Sometimes it takes new eyes, new ideas, and new blood to realize maybe the very thing you believe needs to be challenged and reevaluated. The hardest thing to do is reevaluate friendships that have been built with blood.
While I may be wrong on how this product works currently, you know as well as I do you can be just as malicious with open source code as you can be with closed source due to a variety of things that include complacency, trust, timing, etc. We are looking at a development company whose direction is taken from a man who wants to productize breaking Monero.
The reason cypherpunks build is to be sovereign and private. It’s continually improved upon because of actors such as Justin and the Federal Governments. Comes back to the Biblical proverb that “the love of money is the root of all evil”. It’s continually improved because it is continually under attack. If it wasn’t attacked, Bitcoin would be pseudo perfect.
Bitcoin is an evolution of currency, Monero is a forged tool where Bitcoin has failed to protect sovereignty and privacy. 2 different roots, 2 different outcomes. So you best believe I try to take an objective approach to the overview and point out where we are close to becoming like Bitcoin, all for a few thousand dollars. Bitcoin was inevitable but Monero wasn’t. So I want Monero to not only stay true to its course but also survive bad actors, even friendly millionaires who bled with the very people who made Monero what it is.

2026-02-18 19:00:52 CET

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Not a true representation. How much do CEXs hold?

2026-02-18 15:15:20 CET

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I believe it. Tux is even pseudo defending this

2026-02-18 00:51:17 CET

Do NOT download or use Skylight Wallet by MAGIC Grants
MAGIC Grants president is Justin Ehrenhofer
Who is Justin?
He’s a former COO of Cake Wallet
After he left Cake, he founded Moonstone
What is Moonstone known for? Crescent Discovery, a tool that tries to help deanonymize Monero.
What better way to capture FCMP++ data than having a lot of users (most who don’t change default nodes) use your poisoned nodes with your wallet. This helps mature the patent and tool. How it deanonymizes is with poisoned nodes or wallets as it needs an identifying “enote” to start the trace
https://patents.justia.com/patent/20240428251
https://blossom.primal.net/ea5f9c3e4934b7c3041b013a28335434aa5c6f644326751789cb3a880f23b2db.jpg
https://blossom.primal.net/4ca6856a1dd8788e342d1d258725cfb1e203da2571a941d17c9628bfd9e2e9db.jpg

2026-01-14 14:08:02 CET

Felt sick yesterday
My work phone rings at 2030 after I had been asleep trying to fight off what’s making me ache
3.5 hours later, I’m home
That OT pay is going into Monero
https://blossom.primal.net/544cd6a8eaa9e90d1eacd409efb1ddf309fa57cbc39d3d0397b34b8813d37608.jpg

2026-01-14 13:23:28 CET

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Truth!

2026-01-13 22:26:56 CET

Best flu homeopathic remedies
Hot toddy is one
What’s some others?

2026-01-13 12:26:56 CET

Monero, a crypto likened unto cash, has flipped Bitcoin Cash.
Monero could be a top ten by weekend.
https://blossom.primal.net/66a83dc725ea509c55c93012be97fa32440f714bb76617cde2bcd107b792fea2.jpg

2026-01-13 03:14:12 CET

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Without NGU, you don’t have network security

2026-01-12 21:19:59 CET

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And despite the delisting, we still gain

2026-01-12 21:19:19 CET

A flippening is nigh!
Monero to overtake Bitcoin Cash!
https://blossom.primal.net/2d6b1f4063344f0a113cb31a54a6911a958a9cd360062c936e7745542a653799.jpg

2026-01-12 14:23:04 CET

Everyone’s talking Silver and Gold
Monero though is breaking out. This is digital wealth that refuses to be subject to market manipulation, regulatory control, and public analysis
It requires purposeful steps to own, much like physical metals. You can’t just buy the paper version from an exchange and expect to own it.
If you want to own it, you will want to go through the steps to acquire it. If you want to sell it for cash, you will go through steps to figure it out. If you want to purchase items with it, there’s plenty of places to use it.
https://blossom.primal.net/48d18667136044430b0349c84fb1b1c613082384fc14e6b477bef12b8e51cabc.png

2026-01-11 23:22:09 CET

$10bn market cap
ATHs
Monero is making waves!
$XMR ftw, LFG!
https://blossom.primal.net/e6a35aa44326fcc748a633de542b69b532509abfcfe94fdb154ff3f4e7c9a9db.jpg

2026-01-11 18:49:17 CET

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Thank God he’s not

2026-01-11 16:18:28 CET

Monero quietly hit $9bn in market cap a couple of hours ago
It’s close to creating a new ATH that hasn’t been seen since 2018, nearly 8 years ago to the day (Jan 8th, 2018)
This is in spite of its +70 regulatory delistings
Onwards and upwards
https://blossom.primal.net/bf5239175ceffc19f39e2bec85afc92464b6a625dfa362af245081fb93c864a6.jpg

2026-01-11 14:42:04 CET

Since when is having the best tech more important than having the best community?
XMR is king of privacy crypto and is not slowing down. ZEC is in ETHs position and will remain so.
ETH is better than BTC and LTC combined with TPD
Yet ETH can’t usurp BTC. It’s pretty much centralized and captured. It has a very central head like ZEC does. The irony is in the comparison.

2026-01-03 12:39:34 CET

Kivimäki didn't get busted 'cause Moneros’ cracked
Nah, he slipped up way before on the Bitcoin side
Same old story with these hacks:
• Tiny test transaction in BTC
• CEX hits (KYC leaks, emails, IPs)
• Linking wallets to his email servers
BTC clustering heuristics nailed the ID early. Switching to Monero after? It’s like putting on a mask outside of the bank doors you’re trying to rob
Privacy isn’t a magical shield. It's your whole damn playbook.
Monero shields the moves, but can't fix dumb upstream mistakes
Real defense?
Right tools + smart timing + iron discipline + zero trails from the start
Snap the links early, or Chainalysis owns you
https://blossom.primal.net/b781aea31392542db4a228fe4aab68174e8ce7e1266df3385c3e65c885cbf865.jpg

2025-12-15 00:00:18 CET

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Bitcoin and Litecoin both have utility and solid metrics.

2025-12-14 19:56:48 CET

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Welcome
Now to proselytized the Bitcoin Maxis here

2025-12-14 17:22:29 CET

Between Bitcoin Lightning, Monero, LTC MWEB, there is 0 reason to hold any other coin.
None
Being sovereign is worth the work

2025-12-08 18:35:13 CET

Docker
Servarr containers
QBittorrent
Mullvad VPN
Jellyfin
$5/m for the Mullvad and you have hundreds of thousands of shows and movies available to download and watch.
Add in $100/yr and you get IPTV with 20k channels available.

2025-11-19 15:34:33 CET

How do you like your steaks?
When it’s cold outside, skillet. When it’s warm outside, grilled
https://blossom.primal.net/11211faa4b0c2485742aae5466deec43f021a603d5dd215c997191c984c0dcf2.jpg

2025-11-13 14:25:55 CET

One of the best things to do is sit in silence and reflect
Some times, you realize profound things
Others times you just give yourself time to relax

2025-11-05 14:53:12 CET

Bitcoin is on sale!
Monero is getting higher lows and starting to break out.
You’d be stupid to not hold both
https://blossom.primal.net/48f85cd29abc7420df4f081b84f5ca9f1c9a5fb67ccb8891a4611c8edcaecabc.png

2025-11-05 14:33:14 CET

Christ is King
For Him I fight
https://blossom.primal.net/fcc80d2e96d8b831d94ed7a8d4ca5539c7ab3e8174fac90d6bfe0b0c27b45139.png

2025-10-30 13:21:08 CET

After SimpleX announced they’re creating their backbone on to Ethereum, then their own blockchain, the curiously said they wouldn’t accept Monero s payment into their blockchain voucher program due to “regulatory” concerns
So today, they’re announcing a new product line.
https://blossom.primal.net/362b93e26efa0b529fb52fb9fa46f25bf9467ead6d00f1c45c7753451da2e538.png

2025-10-29 14:28:10 CET

How do I get discovered better here on Nostr?

2025-10-29 14:11:38 CET

Can you call yourself a privacy advocate if you shill coins with optional privacy?
At that point, BTC is the clear winner

2025-10-29 00:43:52 CET

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Do you think with FCMP++ and CARROT making Monero even more private and quantum resistant that there will be more talk from the OGs?

2025-10-29 00:05:53 CET

Bitcoin and Monero have a very symbiotic relationship with each other
The OG has become a store of value
The other is more concerned about private fungibility
Most Monero maxis recognize The OG for what it is.
Why don’t the BTC OGs recognize Monero for what it is?
https://blossom.primal.net/48f85cd29abc7420df4f081b84f5ca9f1c9a5fb67ccb8891a4611c8edcaecabc.png

2025-10-28 20:27:44 CET

Scalped a quick win
https://blossom.primal.net/eacdb6ca03e21034965b1176e6f63c334416f572ef50c0fba5cdc07996a0d5e7.jpg

2025-10-27 15:03:02 CET

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Or be like me
VPN to phone home, block outbound requests, set nodes to your home nodes

2025-10-27 15:01:14 CET

Is it really private when:
You have a centralized company
You are regulatory compliant
Have exposure to the Stock exchange
Holding shielded coins is like having a safety deposit box in a bank. They can drill it out whenever they want
Monero is just cash
https://blossom.primal.net/30673e4ba6ff558eacd0df1e1128c153f36981f837cf19789c1f3aa2562bb290.png

2025-10-26 18:59:15 CET

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For anywhere I can start looking?

2025-10-26 18:36:25 CET

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👀
Interesting since Cake is a huge player in Monero

2025-10-26 16:28:32 CET

The perception of reality is more real than reality itself ~
Billionaire Boys Club

2025-10-26 15:55:44 CET

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I think this was the first time I pinged you but I appreciate the work you put in! 🫡

2025-10-26 14:43:24 CET

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And closed
“But it’s not a 10x! It’s not 100% profit!!”
And that’s how you lose money. Greed
https://blossom.primal.net/b5de03797d4a8cfaf0de43cb0d0737fb9da85aeb5ea0b539e2b619cc30724113.jpg
#nevent1q…eez2

2025-10-26 14:23:56 CET

@nprofile…fzuc could I get a listing on the Monero list?

2025-10-26 14:19:00 CET

2 hours ago: 10x long XMR/USDT @ $341.69

2025-10-26 14:01:47 CET

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With a declining security and increase in centralization, yes it can

2025-10-26 13:38:41 CET

This won’t be popular. Maybe you need a Monero?
From Shanaka Anslem Perera on X
The Silent Seizure of Bitcoin Has Already Begun
What took governments 15 years to fail at through regulation, Wall Street accomplished in 18 months through optimization.
The numbers don’t lie … they scream:
BlackRock’s IBIT alone: 802,000 Bitcoin. That’s 4% of all Bitcoin ever mineable, held by one entity. Total US spot ETFs control 1.25 million BTC … 6.3% of circulating supply … concentrated in Coinbase vaults.
Since July’s SEC approval of in-kind transfers, over $3 billion in Bitcoin has moved from self-custody to institutional control, enabling 20-37% tax deferral while capturing an additional 5-7% of supply within 12 months.
Here’s what nobody’s connecting: On-chain transaction volume has collapsed 15% since Q2. Addresses holding more than 1 BTC are declining 8% quarterly …. the first reversal in Bitcoin’s 15-year history.
Economic nodes dropped from 60,000 to 52,000. The Lightning Network has stagnated. Fee revenue is evaporating while mining costs remain fixed, threatening network security itself.
Meanwhile, 30-day volatility compressed from 45% to 38% … projected to hit 30-35% by 2026. This mirrors gold’s trajectory post-ETF launch: 40% volatility reduction in three years, 30% supply centralization by 2010.
The mechanism is surgical: Low-basis whales swap Bitcoin for ETF shares tax-free. Custody transfers to Coinbase. Supply disappears from circulation.
Price discovery fragments … spot markets now represent just 45% of volume, down from 80%, while CME and ETF flows dominate at 55% combined.
But here’s the systemic risk nobody’s pricing in: ETF sponsors retain sole discretion to select the “valid” chain in protocol forks.
When custodians controlling 6-10% of supply signal their preference, they effectively veto contentious upgrades … privacy enhancements, scaling improvements, anything non-compliant with AML regulations.
This isn’t theoretical. Bitcoin Cash’s 2017-2018 forks left 16-17% of nodes stranded when economic majority chose differently.
The parallels to 1933 are haunting: FDR’s Executive Order 6102 confiscated gold at $20.67, then revalued to $35 …. a 69% wealth transfer. The mechanism? Centralized custody.
Today’s ETFs create identical seizure vectors, but the confiscation is voluntary, incentivized, and irreversible.
Top four mining pools control 55% of hashrate. US geographic concentration sits at 45%. AWS hosts 75% of relay infrastructure.
The 51% attack vector has quietly shifted from nation-state adversary to state-custodian cooperation.
We’re witnessing the transformation of rebel money into spreadsheet collateral. Bitcoin’s success as a reserve asset is simultaneously its failure as sovereign money.
Arrow’s impossibility theorem proves itself at scale: you cannot have decentralization, institutional adoption, and protocol sovereignty simultaneously.
By 2030, projections show 70% supply capture by compliant custody. Price may hit $200,000+.
Volatility may compress to equity-like levels. But the asset that reaches that milestone won’t be the Bitcoin that started this revolution.
The speciation has already begun: BTF (Bitcoin TradFi) versus BTS (Bitcoin Sovereign) …. two chains, two visions, two incompatible futures.
What matters now: custody concentration above 10% triggers protocol ossification. A custodian hack exceeding $5 billion reverses the trend.
Bitcoin below $50,000 forces mass redemptions and self-custody resurgence.
The choice crystallizes: allocate 50-70% to self-custody for sovereignty, 30-50% to ETFs for liquidity …. but understand that threshold risk at 20% concentration signals the point of no return.
This isn’t evolution or corruption. It’s something more profound: proof that scale itself is incompatible with pure decentralization.
The question isn’t whether Bitcoin will be captured .. it’s whether what remains after capture still deserves the name.
https://blossom.primal.net/40e5b7e881afe66c06797d5a4e5d9cee28be33c986d3a72c9ee2a83f2881da9d.jpg

2025-10-25 22:25:42 CEST

Looks like I have to upgrade the Mercedes
Trimester grey the emblem and make the mirror lights amber would be the only change
https://blossom.primal.net/2a1242ccd89e1ef1e67907fc0d0792eb69d7a559196d300b7990320ac65b1118.png
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2025-10-25 20:26:45 CEST

Time to bull post Monero here on Nostr
Longed XMR and nabbed a 5% profit in 30 mins
https://blossom.primal.net/6a124f257f2878d780604f0efb6023937c26561da61a296f799717f606862e96.jpg

2025-08-15 12:50:48 CEST

If you’re mining $XMR on Linux, run your XMRig as sudo
Helps with the MSR MOD failure and that’s about a 30% decrease in hashrate

2025-08-14 17:58:06 CEST

I’m a privacy advocate.
While I don’t maximize privacy, I have no problem helping the last person become more private.

2025-08-14 14:41:55 CEST

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I mean, I’m at work when I could be at home building out my XMR miner or my Plex system.

2025-08-14 14:40:49 CEST

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Done

2025-08-14 14:34:03 CEST

Time to learn how to “hack”
Really, just want to figure out how I can use Shodan and find Pubic fuckers

2025-08-09 15:48:48 CEST

Time to build the XMR community on Nostr