@Paul_Harts @techlore granted the only reason the #UAE and espechally #Dubai banned #Monero is to "protect" it's #TradFin #MoneyLaundry that is #Hawala:
@techlore re: your #short on #Monero, the #EU already overtook it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uszPsqw7vos
It never was like in #Dubai where one was (and allegedly still is) able to buy real estate with cash & no questions asked or proof of origin for the funds.
Let it go, already. No one uses MobileCoin. You can’t even find an exchange to buy it.
Then why does @signalapp still have that shit in it? @Mer__edith could've pulled that #Shitcoin yet refuses to do do!
The Cloud Act is a non-issue. Signal doesn’t have data on users, so they can’t be forced to disclose it.
That's literally wrong!
It’s been 30 years, and no one uses xmpp. Let it go.
Wrong again. Otherwise there wouldn't be thriving ecosystems and Apps to this day. It's just that corporate shills refuse to acknowledge that Signal - like all centralized, proprietary, #SingleVendor and/or #SingleProvider kessengers before and after - will inevitably die as their business model is not sustainable. Sake with #ICQ really. The only exceptions are those that abolish #privacy for #profit, integrate actually working payments or sellout to a #cyberfacist #government (all those apply to #WeChat!)
It’s shocking that people who claim to care about security and privacy push niche apps with terrible UX and no PFS like Delta or XMPP instead of the only private messenger with any real market share, Signal.
You know what's shocking to me: People who are unable or rather unwilling.to acknowledge that Signal is garbage and it's requirement for a #PhoneNumber kills any #privacy benefits it may have on paper by virtue of being at best pseudonymous (assuming the userd don't live in a juristiction that demands "#KYC" for even prepaid #SIM cards (ime. #Germany) or god forbid even #IMEI|s (i.e. #Turkey has a literal allowlist that'll kick any device off it's MNOs after 90 days within 365 days.
I'd rather help people onboard #XMPP+#OMEMO like @monocles and/or @gajim or #PGP/MIME like @delta & @thunderbird (incl. setting them up with #Orbot / #TorBrowserBundle / @tails_live so their traffic gets through @torproject and doesn't provide any useable IP addresses.
As for #Sustainability, providers like https://monocles.eu finance themselves by subscriptions (starting at €2 p.m.) which people can pay fully anonymous using #CashByMail and #Monero on top of common payment methods (i.e. SEPA wire transfer)...
@GhostOnTheHalfShell @cryptadamist #Monero is the only crypto I use for actually buying and selling things online.
It's bad enough for Amazon to know my credit info.
It would be patently *stupid* to broadcast details of my every individual purchase, unencrypted, to the Entire Internet.
Show me the AMZN/WMT blockchain; I will show you a paradise for scammers, state surveillance, and stalkers
@cR0w @Dio9sys I bet you #skiddies gonna go #cryptojacking #Monero tonite...
Creating a Tricked-Out Monero Server with TrueNAS
Monero is a cryptocurrency with strong privacy properties by default, but your wallet still needs a way to connect privately to the network. The best solution is to run your own Monero node, a copy of the blockchain which allows you to connect without anyone else knowing when you're using your wallet or sending transactions.
Our latest tutorial showcases how to easily set up your own Monero node on your TrueNAS server, using MAGIC Grants's pre-packaged Monero apps: https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/06/12/monero-server-using-truenas/
@rolle along those lines #privacy #PrivacyIsAHumanRight #monero
@cobordism @hyc @voxel Noone claims that #Monero will help "#AbolishCapitalism"!
What is however evident is that only #PostPrivacy #Shitcoins can do #ProofOfStake as unlike #ProofOfWork it inherently necessitates #PostPrivacy as in all transactions and amounts are public.
Again: I call it "least worst" for a reason; not "great", "good" or even "okay"...
@hyc @voxel also #PoS inherently rewards rich users and concentrates power even more than the nature of #PoW would, as running a #Monero #node or #miner doesn't require expensive custom #ASIC|s that are going to become manufactured #eWaste down the line and can't be repurposed for anything but being the noisiest and most expesive space heaters!
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114638656071829798
Case in point: There are only ugly and filthy solutions to that problem and Monero chose the "least worst" they could: Shure it still has problems but those are at least fully known, understood and working as in 'communities can outnumber single rich entities'...
@voxel like all #PoW #Cryptocurrency, #Monero too does #WastefulComputing.
That being said Monero was explicitly designed to not be #ASIC-able in a cost-efficient manner and be #GPU-unfriendly, so it's more #decentralized and doesn't cause harm by demanding custom hardware that can't be repurposed that causes 100% avoidable #eWaste!
Reading scientific reports about Monero's environmental impact.
If anyone knows any further about this, I'm open for an unbiased talk about this topic, I would like to learn more.
@sodiboo @tauon @puppygirlhornypost2 @silly I recommend going full #degoogled #Android.
"#Stablecoins remained the primary choice for #terrorist financing organizations" according to #TRMLabs (who have a questionable history as far as downplaying things like crypto's terrorist financing use cases but are at least more reliable than #Chainalysis)
and when they say "stablecoins" they really mean "#Tether on the blockchain (#Tron) owned by #Trump's new business partner #JustinSun".
(h/t @cybeardjm)
@AssociatedPress @business-and-finance-AssociatedPress another reason why #Shitcoins are bad and why #KYC is a risk, not a benefit!
Monero and Zcash Light up the Charts as Privacy Coins Quietly Hit $10B - While leading digital assets such as bitcoin, ethereum, BNB, and solana have momen... - https://news.bitcoin.com/monero-and-zcash-light-up-the-charts-as-privacy-coins-quietly-hit-10b/ #marketsandprices #privacycoins #monero(xmr) #zcash(zec)
@radmin @vozercozer them featuring #Bitcoin #Ethereum, #BraveBrowser and not #Monero, #TorBrowser & #BitTorrent shows that the original creators (not the OP!) are #CryptoBros and #TechIlliterates as they shove in #Blockchain garbage everywhere and fail to acknowledge shortcomings.
Also noone wants garbage like Ethereum, #Filecoin and/or whatever other #Shitcoin they pitch!
@ip6li @SchreibeEinfach nickt zustimmend IMHO verdient @Lilith nen #Bundesverdienstkreiz denn die hätte viel weniger Stress wenn diese statt "#RespomsibleDisclosure" jene Lücken gegen #Monero an #ExploitHändler wie #Zerodium verkauft hätte.
