brito

I'm writing geogram for off-grid conversations without internet

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2026-02-24 00:49:49 CET

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That android distro is suspicious as heck.
Imagine if the monero team would tell you to only use iPhone because it is "more secure".
That's what they do, except they force you to use Google hardware and don't provide details on their funding (tip: they don't like XMR either)

2026-02-24 00:47:17 CET

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I'll turn it off.
NOSTR has been looking very stale to me in the past few months. Not seeing new people albeit the firehose shows a lot of activity.

2026-02-23 17:34:06 CET

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The ideal thing is that you keep one of these on top of a rooftop and then use bluetooth to get messages on the watch or phone.
At the moment the network that I see with most potential is APRS because it connects text messages from walkie-talkies, these LoRa devices and anyone who has an internet connection. So fairly good to connect people everywhere.

2026-02-23 16:07:35 CET

Arrived to my house a recent Heltec LoRa ESP32 to match the model that @nprofile…4dhc is using.
Pretty soon we should have a good firmware ready for LoRa, WiFi and BLE integration on geogram.
https://blossom.primal.net/767b0525e5c10772a656332f2b490c96d203cf9a2071dec7e25df0086297d331.jpg

2026-02-23 16:05:36 CET

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Always was. There was a reason why feds shilled so hard in 2010 to be used for drug and shady transactions, it made life easy to track who bought what to whom.

2026-02-22 20:37:07 CET

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When there is no privacy, there is no sovereignity (for you).
That is what fedcoins deliver.
Monero fixes that.

2026-02-22 20:32:41 CET

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Good links. Particularly enjoyed reading about manet.

2026-02-22 10:40:02 CET

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I read your post from hackernews about the centralization of the AT proto, was right on the spot and made me think a lot. Then saw you were also here on NOSTR.
There is a lot to improve.

2026-02-22 08:39:48 CET

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Hello, that seems to be common practice.
How would you suggest it to be improved? I'm reaching the point where I will be providing a browser extension to sign NOSTR events since the current ones are not easy for users.
So I'm interested to hear your thoughts, thanks.

2026-02-21 10:27:30 CET

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Estamos a desenvolver o https://geogram.radio entre Portugal e Alemanha há mais de um ano como código aberto.
Tem aplicações para email, office, partilhar ficheiros, chat, meetings tudo a funcionar dentro do próprio telemóvel ou portátil sem precisar de servidores. Até faz as suas próprias redes por rádio.
No caso que se viu em Leiria, geogram teria continuado ligado por rádio ou satélite sem ser starlink, porque usa APRS gratuito através de satélites como o ISS.
Opções existem. Se queremos sair da pasmaceira desses monopólios temos de ser nós próprios a fazer essas alternativas.

2026-02-21 10:22:00 CET

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It isn't. That was an awful project which ignored basic requests and code contributions for several years that would have made it usable.
The moment that meshcore was released last year, almost everyone jumped away from that awful project.
For your information, LoRa only permits a few text messages per hour. It is not capable for sharing pictures, files nor voice.
Plus, when more people use LoRa on the same region than the frequency quickly gets crowded and you are not even able to send those few text messages. This has happened again last month in Portugal during the floods. Everybody with LoRa wanted to send messages and the more crowded it was, the more people insisted on sending messages.
So, it failed even on the scenario it was meant to be useful. It is a good toy, but really far below bluetooth, WiFi and radio walkie talkies.

2026-02-20 22:51:19 CET

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This is the last time that I am replying to AI slop.
The case in 2019 was not a failure of the protocol nor the security, you can use your brain to read and educate yourself: https://web.getmonero.org/2018/09/25/a-post-mortum-of-the-burning-bug.html
The second case involved a modified wallet library and mining exchanges to publicize transaction receipts and even this only gave a low probability of being detected. Normal users don't publish their receipts nor use modified wallets. In either case, ring size was increased, zero transactions were ever compromised.
You can read this by yourself: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2408.05332
Instead of using AI slop. As mentioned, I won't reply again to bots with low-quality information

2026-02-20 08:53:36 CET

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I'm calling fedcoin to cryptos supported by federal governments.
This is a factual naming convention: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/publications/real-target-trumps-crypto-strategy-federal-reserve
Anyone advocating for "freedom" while supporting traceable fedcoins is either blissfully ignorant or downright malicious.

2026-02-20 08:48:29 CET

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Please stop posting AI slop, you are human so use your brain.
Monero was never broken in terms of privacy. This isn't about freezing accounts but rather persecuting anyone who uses them.
Happened several times in the last years and you keep ignoring that.
Ask your AI, learn to use those tools instead of just slopping around.

2026-02-19 23:34:46 CET

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It's going to hurt. Families completely messed up (again). All of that until you learn that LN is quite traceable with the right tools, which are easy to purchase on state-level.
Before you call me a fan boy for monero, just note that I was one of the first people mining that fedcoin back in 2009 with very similar beliefs to yours. That was the reason why we pushed it up on the first place.
Merchant adoption should never be an argument, otherwise we'd all use paypal. Economic density is debatable, since there are factually more daily real transactions happening on the monero blockchain than that fedcoin because real people do use it on the streets.
If you'd know me better, you'd see I pass quite some time researching newer technologies and supporting people that build them. Monero delivers everything that was dreamed from a crypto but isn't the only game in town. You'd find me more often being a fan for BEAM (tokens on top of a private chain) or SIGNA (not private) because the concept of mining with disk space rather GPUs is quite something special for me.
Do your own research. I couldn't care less about whichever crypto is used, but we should care when people will get persecuted because it lacks privacy.

2026-02-19 21:27:31 CET

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They accept a lot of crypto and yet no Monero.
Can be a fantastic service but I'll pass, have zero benefit in sponsoring fedcoin supporters.

2026-02-19 21:21:00 CET

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Has anyone informed them aboout the complete lack of privacy on that fedcoin?
Let me know how that goes once the ANC is back in power and they start "taxing" the rich farmers again because your wallets are now transparent.
Let's be serious, you wouldn't use that for serious things and you know it.

2026-02-19 16:41:14 CET

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Weird..

2026-02-19 13:13:54 CET

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Nobody asked for a bot opinion from IDF.
Please go shill your tokens elsewhere.

2026-02-19 09:22:22 CET

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Food stamp is not food.

2026-02-18 23:02:01 CET

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You do realize that channels fail all the time and banks are ultimately covered by the central bank to restore small amounts.

2026-02-18 22:49:47 CET

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A bank check is a signed TX just as well, doesn't make it money by magic.
That is confusing food stamps with the food itself.

2026-02-18 16:46:17 CET

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When you to bank and ask for a pre-filled check, there is a signed transaction from both parties that you can broadcast (give) to whoever you want.
That person then follows delivers the check (token) and digitally signs the transaction as concluded.
These are basic banking procedures. I've made earlier the analogy to food stamps and food. Avoid confusing both as food.
A check is not money. A token is not fedcoin. Tokens are objects representing something else. Probably with 1:1 parity, probably signed digitally, orally or with paper. Doesn't really matter. Unless you are confusing tokens with whatever pyramid schemes on casino coins, where those are essentially pegged to nothing else other than hopes.

2026-02-18 14:28:03 CET

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You're replying to a bot which confuses food stamps with food.
Fedcoins aren't good for you, it's a trap.

2026-02-18 13:04:00 CET

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I'm all in favor of profiting from fedcoins as governments and millionaires pour money to make them "relevant".
The only difference is remembering that neither governments nor millionaires have your best interest in mind when it comes to money. That is when you go for real solutions that they avoid like the plague.
Guess which privacy coin keeps getting chased by western government and delisted from all major exchanges because of "reasons"?
That's the coin that provides privacy and liquidity on the real world out there.

2026-02-18 12:36:28 CET

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Don't forget privacy. You are doing this for the sake of some privacy too.
This means to stop endorsing fedcoins.

2026-02-18 12:35:21 CET

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You mean the email service on geogram?
Today I'm mostly working on the chat app but can take a quick look there too, just let me know.

2026-02-18 06:40:32 CET

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Just Like a digital check, or a token in crypto terms.

2026-02-18 06:19:17 CET

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It is an example, because people here are still confusing tokens for the things those tokens represent.
Another example would be saying that food stamps are food because they map 1:1 with food through a digital contract.

2026-02-18 04:21:55 CET

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Yeah. Quite the habit nowadays of throwing robots to try winning arguments.
It wouldn't be a bad strategy except their answers really suck as superficial and not really reflecting on the topic.

2026-02-18 04:18:52 CET

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A token from some other technology.
When I write a check with 10 XMR to someone else and the bank has those 10 XMR on my my account, the check is the token until redeemed by the bank.
This really isn't difficult to understand, yet the maxis completely refute reality like a religion instead of facts.
Doesn't matter if my check has a "smart contract" with the bank. In the end of day it isn't the same as the original currency and nobody here should ever lose sight of that basic fact.

2026-02-18 04:12:48 CET

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That is the exception that you confuse as norm.
Now do 200 million USD in a few hours like monero did completely outside centralized exchanges.

2026-02-18 04:10:40 CET

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There is no freedom without privacy.
That fedcoin has no privacy.
For all that is blessed in this world: use a crypto with proper privacy instead of being fooled by shills.

2026-02-17 20:56:38 CET

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In other words, a token.

2026-02-17 16:20:19 CET

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A token is not the real thing, just like USDT is not USD.
LN is a token technology available to any other crypto so that point of "fast transactions" is moot when any other crypto can literally enjoy the same tech.
Albeit we never see LN being used in the real world for anything other than zaps or the ocasional coffee because for anything bigger it will break often or not find a channel. That is really the reason why monero doesn't care about acrobatics and just uses monero itself without loops nor jumps.

2026-02-17 14:17:41 CET

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That is the same as saying that USDT is USD, they aren't the same at all.
LN is not bitcoin. It is an abstract payment technology that can just as easily be applied to Monero. The reason why it isn't is simply because nobody cares about 10 verifications for small purchases in the real world, which is where you find the heavy XMR users on daily basis.
More verifications are essential for larger purchases and still somehow you try to ignore that fact.
You continue putting here the answers from chatGPT which are shallow and incomplete. At least ask chatgpt to go deeper and do a proper analysis of my reply.
You are a human, can still think on your own, learn on your own. That machine isn't helping you grow in knowledge.

2026-02-17 11:03:27 CET

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> implies centralized issuance, account freezing, and programmable expiry. Bitcoin has none of these.
That is your opinion. Federal governments have been using all kinds of currency since hundreds of years and this is just another tool under their "compliance" belt.
> Here's how Bitcoin actually works for privacy without permission:
lol. Don't let chatgpt write things for you. Use your own brain. None of those things are private once you do your own research.
> Lightning provides instant, onion-routed payments
LN is not BTC. You have never done a payment in monero, otherwise you would know that people don't "wait 20 minutes" for paying a coffee or small things. They want for more confirmations for larger values where the loss is considerable.
On that chatgpt case of paying at a clinic they have your identification. You are owing them money, wether it takes 20 minutes of 20 days they know that they will be paid. That is not even a realistic situation at all.
Just try it once.
Unlike fedcoins that often use slavery-based mining farms in China, Monero can be mined right now with your laptop: https://gupax.io/

2026-02-16 23:06:49 CET

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If you'd be in Germany that is a quick test and be done with it, don't remember the cost but os about 50 euros.
Online you can take it from providers in California (English language) for about 5 USD, plus a registration on the FCC for 35 USD.
There are apps for Android to help practice the questions and answers (multiple choice). I studied for about a week, passed the exam in 2 minutes because the questions are the same from the app 😆

2026-02-16 21:13:28 CET

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That fedcoin is synonimous with surveillance. Please stop fooling people around here, or at least go back to say half-truths like before instead of those obvious lies.
A fedcoin where all transactions are transparent, where everyone can see how much money a person has on the wallet is exactly the opposite of protecting against surveillance, it is in practice inviting it.
We are better with monero and its privacy against surveillance.

2026-02-16 18:14:35 CET

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Nobody ever does that. It is the same as advertisement, why the effort to install adblockers when they shouldn't be so damn invasive into our lives in the first place.

2026-02-16 16:08:14 CET

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First part is believable, second part not so much. They don't really care.

2026-02-16 16:05:41 CET

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Now you know why women live longer.

2026-02-15 23:11:17 CET

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How much is the pay?

2026-02-15 22:46:03 CET

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Unlike yourself, which achieved nothing noteworthy other than working as shill for some government.
How much is IDF paying nowadays?

2026-02-14 23:43:22 CET

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Boomer coins get you arrested when donating to protests or paying "unrealized taxes" as seen nowadays in Europe.
Thanks, no thanks. Monero fixed that.

2026-02-14 21:14:30 CET

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More bullshit about "signal", there is more evidence that it is NOT secure than otherwise.
Being open source is not a guarantee at all, considering there is zero verification that the servers or clients are running the same code presented as open source.
Furthermore, those encryption algorithms are perfectly useless when it is easy for that app to send your private credentials back to their servers.
These are basic facts, seeing them being ignored so consistently is indeed suspicious.

2026-02-12 14:19:39 CET

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Why insist on boomer fedcoins.
Monero solved crypto for the real world.

2026-01-16 20:58:48 CET

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JFYI: basic radio license in the US is 5 USD and the exam is remote. Costs more the FCC registration which is 35 USD or so.
Anways, that is just to get an official radio callsign and additional frequencies.
You can use radio in CB (Citizen Band) around 27Mhz and so on without any license, this is valid throughout most of the world and used heavily by truck drivers.

2025-12-07 21:17:20 CET

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He was also promoting tor, wire, signal and bunch of other sus tech in the past.
Then again, he also recommended nostr in the past. So I guess his opinion is just normal with plenty of mistakes like anyone else around here.