Nostr notes by MrWonderland

On one hand this is surprising but then again it kind of is not ...

2026-10-12T09:53:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…sxzx
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On one hand this is surprising but then again it kind of is not 🤔🤡

Does anyone has details on that?
Like is this possible because it's like swapping coins into Monero immediately out again (so Monero can't really obfuscate anything) or is it the low volume/TX count on Zcash?

I mean I would've expected that the ZK tech of Zcash makes this kind of tracing impossible 🤔

You really are running a challenge to make people not accept ...

2026-10-11T09:12:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…5dlj
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You really are running a challenge to make people not accept Monero as a payment method, don't you? 😂

Yeah man, it's crazy! The SSD I bought was $262 now costs ...

2026-10-11T09:08:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…klsn
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Yeah man, it's crazy! The SSD I bought was $262 now costs $626 and the RAM was 336, which now costs fucking 2633! 🤯
And this was about a year ago.

Oh god, I hate these. Was searching for the same thing a few days ...

2026-10-09T18:22:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…432h
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Oh god, I hate these. Was searching for the same thing a few days ago and was annoyed by the ai slop that I got presented with 😂

Haven't had time to setup a node again. Hopefully in the next ...

2026-10-07T22:10:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…axt6
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Haven't had time to setup a node again. Hopefully in the next few days.

Dude, I just posted the link to the whole article! Nano-GPT is a ...

2026-10-07T19:23:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…elg3
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Dude, I just posted the link to the whole article! Nano-GPT is a well-known service, why would I not trust their numbers?

Dann, looks sick! No I want one too! 😂

2026-10-07T18:59:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…qng6
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Dann, looks sick! No I want one too! 😂

https://nano-gpt.com/blog/september-2026-payment-stats

2026-10-07T18:58:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…7dwq
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https://nano-gpt.com/blog/september-2026-payment-stats

Turns out, the more parasites (politians) we let lead the way, ...

2026-10-07T10:18:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…dq62
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Turns out, the more parasites (politians) we let lead the way, the worse it gets? 🤔🤡

If I can pay with XMR I think that would be interesting (as one ...

2026-10-06T00:47:59Z

In reply to nevent1q…h3ju
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If I can pay with XMR I think that would be interesting (as one can just create a new Nostr key for retrieving the card) 🤔 Let's do it! 🔥

Have you looked at Nano-GPT? I think they're cheaper than ...

2026-10-05T01:12:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…vacp
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Have you looked at Nano-GPT? I think they're cheaper than PayPerQ 🤔

While I appreciate your explanation, I have to push back on one ...

2026-09-27T09:00:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…mkn3
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While I appreciate your explanation, I have to push back on one false claim:
The inflation rate will NOT drop below 0.1% after a few years. Usually we measure the inflation rate p.a. (per year). The current rate sits at 0.838% p.a. and the 0.1% p.a. inflation rate will only be reached in about 881 years!

Just do it. I was vegan for a few years. Then I had problems and ...

2026-09-17T17:24:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…950x
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Just do it. I was vegan for a few years. Then I had problems and now I'm basically carnivore and feel much better.
But don't trust a stranger on the internet. Do your own research and try it for yourself. You can do it.

If that's your most important feature, yes sure. But for me I ...

2026-09-17T13:27:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…x6w6
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If that's your most important feature, yes sure.
But for me I also need a functioning laptop that doesn't cost me a fortune to get a new battery for or where the hinges break after 1.5 years etc.

Weird to not share the original post from OrangeFren about this: ...

2026-09-15T13:18:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…xagy
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Weird to not share the original post from OrangeFren about this:

quoting
nevent1q…awhd
Stats for searches on https://OrangeFren.com in August 🌾

Monero is back in first place!

XMR: 33.17%
BTC: 28.78%
USDT: 10.92%
ETH: 6.33%
LTC: 6.29%
USDC: 4.38%
SOL: 2.56%
XRP: 1.52%
TRX: 1.18%
BNB: 1.16%
BTCLN: 0.71%
XLM: 0.53%
ZEC: 0.43%
GRAM: 0.30%
DASH: 0.24%
BCH: 0.18%
VET: 0.10%
ETC: 0.10%
DOGE: 0.10%

We have detected ZANO spamming our searches attempting to move themselves higher up in the stats. As a result they were excluded from August's stats.

Yes, Tailscale is always turned on on my phone. My Moneronode ...

2026-09-15T08:24:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…4fc8
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Yes, Tailscale is always turned on on my phone. My Moneronode isn't the only service my phone wants a permanent connection to.

What's wrong with firewall punching? I don't see how ...

2026-09-15T01:19:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…gdkg
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What's wrong with firewall punching? I don't see how Tailscale (in combination with Headscale) for example isn't the perfect way to connect to a trusted node? 🤔

I heavily disagree here. The correct way forward is to increase ...

2026-09-15T01:18:26Z

In reply to nevent1q…w8c4
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I heavily disagree here. The correct way forward is to increase privacy with clients connecting to a potential malicious node and reducing the potential impact the bad node could have.
Making connecting to a node harder isn't a great way to adoption.

Have sane defaults for normies and the potential for pros to perfect their privacy needs.

It should NOT! I'm connecting to my own node via a direct vpn ...

2026-09-14T22:27:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…j9f9
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It should NOT!
I'm connecting to my own node via a direct vpn connection. I really don't understand why I should slow down my connection to my node using Tor/I2P.
Also for friends and family that can also connect to my node via VPN it's the same logic.

I do not understand why anyone would connect to his own node via TOR/I2P.

For use with an unknown remote node, yes then I understand it.

I sure hope so!

2026-09-14T22:22:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…yqgf
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I sure hope so!

You might want look at these two: ...

2026-09-13T16:12:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…hps9
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You might want look at these two:

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

https://www.moneroinflation.com/

I honestly think Monero is nicer to handle than self-custodial LN, but you might be more skilled/capable than me.

And yes Monero UX still has some rough edges, but I hope that the synching complains are gone after the FCMP++ upgrade.

*use Monero

2026-09-13T16:06:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…zya6
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*use Monero

Honest question: what makes Monero a shitcoin for you?

2026-09-13T14:56:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…sdak
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Honest question: what makes Monero a shitcoin for you?

The "🤯 maximalism" was about the amount of people ...

2026-09-13T14:53:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…emfd
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The "🤯 maximalism" was about the amount of people voting against it.
I still don't get how anyone could seriously call Monero a shitcoin.

Holy shit, that level of blind maximalism 🤯🙈 Also if ...

2026-09-13T14:45:36Z

Holy shit, that level of blind maximalism 🤯🙈

Also if you're a merchant and you're NOT accepting Monero, you're missing out 🤷‍♂️

quoting
nevent1q…tnnm

Should I add payment targets to Sidecar?

If your client can’t see the poll below, just reply with yes or no. I don’t need an essay. Insults will be ignored.

quoting
nevent1q…65p7
Breaking news:
Monero has already expanded past the illicit part of society!
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2089290523429228789
https://xcancel.com/mynymbox/status/2070179538634490075
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/2085704830069133612
https://nano-gpt.com/blog/august-2026-payment-stats
https://xcancel.com/nym/status/2097610460740685828

I had the same thought, but then I discovered Headscale. It ...

2026-09-12T14:35:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…5rwh
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I had the same thought, but then I discovered Headscale. It allows you to host the central control server of your tailnet yourself.
I'm now running the Headscale server for some time now and really can't complain!
https://github.com/juanfont/headscale

I'm running headscale for some time now and it works very ...

2026-09-12T14:33:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…teeu
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I'm running headscale for some time now and it works very well! Would highly recommend switching!

Not every 'we/us' has a socialist connotation. For ...

2026-09-12T11:49:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…mg29
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Not every 'we/us' has a socialist connotation.
For talking about things it can be useful to group certain people/users by similar usage of stuff etc. No need to freak out about that.

Also funnily enough Monero is currently a better SoV than BTC ;)

At least we Monero users have some data to backup our claim of ...

2026-09-12T10:16:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…4kl8
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At least we Monero users have some data to backup our claim of being used ;) (spoiler: it's more than BTC&LN)

quoting
nevent1q…af6l
Breaking news:
Monero has already expanded past the illicit part of society!
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2089290523429228789
https://xcancel.com/mynymbox/status/2070179538634490075
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/2085704830069133612
https://nano-gpt.com/blog/august-2026-payment-stats
https://xcancel.com/nym/status/2097610460740685828

Have you provided something of value to people? Or why would you ...

2026-09-12T10:09:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…yjt3
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Have you provided something of value to people? Or why would you expect to receive money?

Reality wants to disagree with you: #nevent1q…4xjp

2026-09-12T09:30:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…fup3
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Reality wants to disagree with you:

quoting
nevent1q…4xjp
Breaking news:
Monero has already expanded past the illicit part of society!
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2089290523429228789
https://xcancel.com/mynymbox/status/2070179538634490075
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/2085704830069133612
https://nano-gpt.com/blog/august-2026-payment-stats
https://xcancel.com/nym/status/2097610460740685828

Sounds weird that a FOSS project uses primarily proprietary ...

2026-09-10T21:12:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…3m2w
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Sounds weird that a FOSS project uses primarily proprietary garbage like discord for communication and also recommends a proprietary client/app as the default.
I mean I haven't looked much into meshcore but reading your thoughts about it alone increases my blood pressure.

Btw thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights regularly on here, as this Lora stuff etc was something I wanted to look into for a long time and now I'm getting good information just passively 🙏

First off, those are MULTIPLE links to different services that ...

2026-09-10T13:45:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…y2r8
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First off, those are MULTIPLE links to different services that publish their payment numbers (your answer seemed like you only read one).

Second I only quickly checked ShopinBit's officially reported numbers and there peak was ~$1.7M in 2024 for ShopinBit and ~$1.1M for ShopinBit EU.

So yes, obviously this is a very limited dataset. Not a lot of corporations are publishing their krypto sales data sadly and probably none of those does like $100M+ revenue a year but it nevertheless shows that Monero gets definitely used outside of darknet markets on normal everyday/legal stuff.

Breaking news: Monero has already expanded past the illicit part ...

2026-09-10T09:25:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…4g80
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Breaking news:
Monero has already expanded past the illicit part of society!
https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2089290523429228789
https://xcancel.com/mynymbox/status/2070179538634490075
https://xcancel.com/OrangeFren/status/2085704830069133612
https://nano-gpt.com/blog/august-2026-payment-stats
https://xcancel.com/nym/status/2097610460740685828

Do you actually believe that? 👀 I don't think I can ...

2026-09-09T12:24:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…3l7v
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Do you actually believe that? 👀
I don't think I can currently check/verify how Blackrock's money flows (or the government's etc).
And in Monero you CAN proof that you did a TX and you CAN give other people a viewkey to a wallet, so that they can verify what money flows into a wallet.
With BTC you have no choice but to be completely transparent. The slightest error and all of your privacy efforts get erased.

What a fuckin hassle 🙈 One reason more to use onchain TX. Oh ...

2026-09-09T11:00:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…2pry
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What a fuckin hassle 🙈 One reason more to use onchain TX. Oh wait with BTC that's slow and expensive. Gosh I'm grateful for the existence of Monero 😎

You might not know that, but the transactions that create new XMR ...

2026-09-09T10:46:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…zas7
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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.

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

#nevent1q…xwcf

2026-09-07T17:08:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…qpgx
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quoting nevent1q…xwcf
If you use Amethyst client you can now add your Monero address on your profile through Settings > Payment Targets

#monero #xmr #amethyst

Nostr event nevent1qqszl2typzd922v06s2p2ztzv609lm2yrduge4ftk7ma9tyutcafnkqzypwdurfukf7vtxaugye0l7jude6vwhn7vjj67kfwr4wxur5dej0yv89naln

2026-09-06T20:02:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…evud
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https://news.bitcoin.com/security/we-are-whitehats-nearly-4000-btc-drained-from-blockstreams-liquid-peg/

You know you could just research that yourself... But now that ...

2026-09-06T19:56:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…m3yx
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You know you could just research that yourself... But now that you asked me so nicely...
Currently the sender privacy in Monero works like this: Everytime you want to send a TX your wallet picks 15 (mostly) random TX from the blockchain and signs it so that your TX looks like anyone from the 16 people (you plus the 15 decoys) could have sent this TX. This gives pretty good privacy but these so called ring signatures can be attacked in a few ways so that you could theoretically reduce the ring size to about 4 (instead of 16).
Now with the upcoming FCMP++ upgrade every transaction will look like it could've been sent by everyone on the chain. That means instead of potential 16 senders you now have 150million+ possible senders.

Other improvements that come with FCMP++ (the full name btw comes from Full-Chain Membership Proofs + Spend Authorization + Linkability) are for example that you can now sign TX that depend on a TX that has not yet been published, allowing more L2s to work with Monero aka Transaction Chaining.

Also this upgrade will bring Carrot (Cryptonote Address on Rerandomizable-RingCT-Output Transactions) giving us better view keys, Migitation of a few attacks that are possible with current addresses (were an attacker can gain some insight about the ownership of certain addresses) and some more.

If you want even more details I encourage you to continue reading these:
https://www.getmonero.org/2024/04/27/fcmps.html

https://github.com/jeffro256/carrot/blob/master/carrot.md

Holy fucking shit! Thanks!

2026-09-06T19:41:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…nx4t
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Holy fucking shit! Thanks!

Can someone please explain this to me? I'm not quite getting ...

2026-09-06T19:08:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…xr8k
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Can someone please explain this to me? I'm not quite getting why liquid seems to be in trouble 🤔

I don't know what client you use for Nostr, but it might be ...

2026-09-06T18:07:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…782p
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I don't know what client you use for Nostr, but it might be supporting payment targets already (like Amethyst for example). If so, you might want to add a Monero address as well :D

Because ring signatures are the weakest link currently. Also the ...

2026-09-06T17:09:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…zpgr
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Because ring signatures are the weakest link currently. Also the upgrade brings a few improvements overall to the network.

I did the switch. Amethyst looks nice so far. Thanks for the ...

2026-09-06T02:17:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…zyad
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I did the switch. Amethyst looks nice so far. Thanks for the recommendation!

I finally switched to Amethyst. I have to say that it seems like ...

2026-09-06T02:15:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…lllq
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I finally switched to Amethyst. I have to say that it seems like a lot has happened in the last year or so. I might have lost a few relays through switching clients but for now it looks good. Thank you for your recommendations.

Because Monero offers actually valuable features today. 😎 Most ...

2026-09-04T16:48:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…6une
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Because Monero offers actually valuable features today. 😎
Most other projects just give you empty promises.

You forgot #Monero #XMR

2026-09-04T05:36:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…gtvm
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You forgot #Monero #XMR

Monero is the (cypherpunk's) future old man 😂😜

2026-09-02T05:17:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…pz9s
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Monero is the (cypherpunk's) future old man 😂😜

I'm interested whether my old setup still works. I set a XMR ...

2026-09-01T20:51:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…a9sg
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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?

How about just accepting Monero?

2026-08-31T21:44:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…36rs
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How about just accepting Monero?

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

2026-08-31T21:42:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…mznw
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Oh boy 🤡 I think this guy is about to have a rough awakening someday...

Sounds like a swap provider problem. Have you tried contacting ...

2026-08-24T08:55:55Z

In reply to nevent1q…d42y
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Sounds like a swap provider problem. Have you tried contacting Cake or the swap provider you used about that?

At least show the full graph... But oh wait, that probably ...

2026-08-21T14:56:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…kwfp
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At least show the full graph... But oh wait, that probably doesn't fit your narrative, does it?

As with all other self-hosted software, if you want to be ...

2026-08-20T18:24:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…qp6p
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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.

The second version already exists today. It's called Monero ...

2026-08-20T07:11:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…p274
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The second version already exists today. It's called Monero 😎

Please never fold/bend Goldbacks 😭

2026-08-18T19:38:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…04u9
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Please never fold/bend Goldbacks 😭

I don't really want to disturb our Monero echo chamber here, ...

2026-08-18T00:53:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…49sw
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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.

Who doesn't need a Monero? 🤔😂 But jokes aside, yes, ...

2026-08-17T20:11:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…zpwu
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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).

If I'm interested in being able to pay with Monero? I sure ...

2026-08-17T19:50:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…sw0c
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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! :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmAAeEm1nIE A little shoutout ...

2026-08-17T12:41:41Z

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

You are aware that if they manage to funnel most of the hash ...

2026-08-17T08:20:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…j3td
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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).

For people like me, that don't want to click Twitter links: ...

2026-08-16T14:47:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…de3p
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For people like me, that don't want to click Twitter links:

https://xcancel.com/kevinnbass/status/2087805214074060830

For me personally Bitcoin is the black pill and Monero is the ...

2026-08-14T12:06:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…9780
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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.

Nice FUD there bro. Corrupting Monero isn't the same as ...

2026-08-14T11:53:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…9qa8
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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.

I think you were talking about Zcash. Do you have any ...

2026-08-14T10:58:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…fwvc
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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?

True 🤔 I've never noticed that before. Weird. Probably ...

2026-08-12T19:23:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…q497
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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.

*Monero elitists 😎

2026-08-12T19:17:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…p0y4
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*Monero elitists 😎

Austrian economics does NOT say you need a hard capped monetary ...

2026-08-10T11:25:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…gr25
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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.

To say BTC has a fixed supply is kind of wrong. It will increase ...

2026-08-10T04:10:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…7l4p
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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.

Yes, true. But that's why the Monero community is very ...

2026-08-10T02:58:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…a0ej
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Yes, true. But that's why the Monero community is very conservative in adopting new cryptography and always going multiple audits before changing stuff (I mean that's one of the reasons why I prefer XMR over Zcash).
But if I need to choose between a very tiny chance of an inflation bug and no privacy in a hostile environment, I'll gladly take the tiny chance of a hidden inflation bug and sleep well knowing I (or others) won't doxx themselves using it.

It depends on which service you use and how much you get, but usually a low single digit percentage.

You might not know that, but the transactions that create new XMR ...

2026-08-10T02:48:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…nmkn
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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.

'A settlement layer must be globally liquid' Depends on ...

2026-08-10T02:18:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…a3mh
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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.

Have you actually looked at the trade view graph? That's ...

2026-08-10T01:54:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…h6wq
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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 :)

Is it (BTC) though (the best settlement layer)? ...

2026-08-09T15:58:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…7nuw
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Is it (BTC) though (the best settlement layer)?

Garnet and mostard render it, yes.

2026-08-05T14:12:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…ju4r
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Garnet and mostard render it, yes.

Endlich wieder mal eine neue Folge! 🙈😅 Diesmal zum ...

2026-07-28T23:09:49Z

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

This seems big! A decentralized git? A decentralized marketplace? ...

2026-07-27T20:46:15Z

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

What happenend to those tweets? I can't find any of them 🤔 ...

2026-07-22T14:16:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…pzuk
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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?

Sorry but this analogy is BS. Money in of itself is a prove of ...

2026-07-16T17:22:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…gm6v
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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.

@npub1wsu…uyw3

2026-06-25T21:21:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…xzlc
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NHPilled (npub1wsu…uyw3)

Yeah, sadly you can't wake up people that aren't open for ...

2026-06-25T21:20:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…uadq
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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!

I would sign it but I do not live in the US 🙃 Though I wish ...

2026-06-08T22:42:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…qslr
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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.

What happened?

2026-05-21T09:57:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…rh6r
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What happened?

Btw of anyone out there wants to run a FCMP-Testnet-Node (and ...

2026-05-16T13:53:38Z

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.
# '';
};
~~~

Sorry, aber der Typ hat sich maximal selbst zerlegt 🙃 Er wirkt ...

2026-05-15T10:31:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…fmcy
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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.

It feels good to see a big corporation not being a huge dickhead. ...

2026-04-28T14:04:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…3exe
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It feels good to see a big corporation not being a huge dickhead. I agree with your assessment!

The Privacy Hypocrite Shame List Companies that market themselves ...

2026-04-17T07:31:19Z

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

If you add this address to your Nostr bio people can even tip ...

2026-04-16T17:38:03Z

In reply to nevent1q…qpfy
_________________________

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

The source is twitter/x: ...

2026-04-15T14:35:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…z8dp
_________________________

The source is twitter/x:

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

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

2026-04-15T14:35:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…0j95
_________________________

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

Great pitch for Monero

2026-04-13T11:02:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…au2f
_________________________

Great pitch for Monero

Nostr event nevent1qqsyduga2u6vux80lfd3slxtw3hg3y6v54xh4em60l9h0xzvrlmc8rqzypwdurfukf7vtxaugye0l7jude6vwhn7vjj67kfwr4wxur5dej0yvvplq9k

2026-04-08T06:49:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…djd9
_________________________

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

2026-04-08T06:38:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…mp6l
_________________________

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

@npub1wsu…uyw3

2026-04-05T20:21:48Z

In reply to nevent1q…n73s
_________________________

NHPilled (npub1wsu…uyw3)

Thank you for sharing this! I wasn't aware of that. What the ...

2026-04-03T16:20:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…kctq
_________________________

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!

Are familiar with Proxmox? If you want to run multiple services ...

2026-03-30T16:47:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…tcuq
_________________________

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.

Wait, it already was in the hands of criminals, wasn't it? ...

2026-03-28T16:44:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…w8rm
_________________________

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

Most likely yes. This would only deny one from making a fully ...

2026-03-26T12:54:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…kxz9
_________________________

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

I was in the process of moving some stuff away from Ubuntu and ...

2026-03-26T11:12:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…2n3l
_________________________

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.