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Guys, Get on Nostr, there's a growing Monero community trolling Bitcoin maxis, Garnet is a new nostr client to tip XMR, for example: as Italy Raises Capital Gains Tax on Bitcoin from 26% to 42%: https://primal.net/e/note1nsk54jclkjsx3sv4kmwhjmjept0v73rzascn02wt2zs2k6lqlctskltd57
SimpleX is under attack by the magazine Wired, But what surprises me is the reaction of the developer Evgeny Poberezkin, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/wired-attacks-simplex/evgeny.html
SPECIAL SALE: As Monero is delisted from Kraken (for the EU), **Simplified Privacy jumps into the fray, to buy XMR**, by selling discounted hardware & services We’re offering $10 off your Phone or VPS combo purchase, to offer stability to the market and defy oppression. First, if new exchanges aren't listing it, then basic logic would tell us that there's only so many times they can delist XMR to cause a price-propaganda event, and eventually the bad news is priced in. So just hold and ignore it for a week. And the Kraken insiders sold prior to the announcement, that’s why XMR fell more than other coins in the general market. So if you sell now, you’re essentially letting them urinate on your wallet and manipulate your emotions. Second, to prove my first point, if you don't want to hold your XMR, **I will accept it right now today** for a Phone or Email setups **at a discount**. You want to get rid of it? Come on down, and get a completely off-the-radar DeGoogled Pixel or an awesome VPS setup to be self-sovereign with all your communications (email, xmpp, docs, ect) The invasion of your privacy is only first beginning, if you do nothing and sit by, it’s only getting worse. Stop just liking memes and complaining, and start taking action. I’m here to hold your hand through the process, Email, XMPP, Cryptpad: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/index.html DeGoogled Phones: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/they-see-everything/index.html
Elon Musk censors for Brazil, This is a reverse of his previous stance, with chilling effects & The FBI visits the founder of Odysee over his Tweets Arweave up 17% on Double Censorship News, But since Arweave is NOT private, this highlights Monero's use-case for swaps: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/elon-musk-brazil/odysee-tweets.html And highlights the need to get Monero official accounts and the community off twitter, and onto Nostr and Bastyon.
SummerBreeze 4w ago • 100%
agreed, love BCH<->XMR
SummerBreeze 4w ago • 100%
great job, thank you
SummerBreeze 1mo ago • 100%
Consider an Arweave website to stop DDoS without Cloudflare and censorship resistance for Monero binaries, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/arweave/Arweave-QA/index.html
We're talking about the same thing, just the links need to be fixed to work without nginx. We can help for free or limited cost, reach out on matrix
Chrome devs rolled out a new digital ID feature. This corrupt power grab is an attempt to legitimatize Google being the overseer of all identification through their browser and mobile platform: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-id/chrome.html I question the legitimacy of Google to keep us safe, when their Worksheets are being rampantly abused by hackers: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/google-sheets/hacked.html
SummerBreeze 3mo ago • 50%
It had less volatility over the period of time, as measured by the algo. It might help to read the actual information before mouthing off
Today Monero is listed as a front-page trending coin on Coinmarketcap But it isn't rising that much ($148.81 from the low of $137), it's just that it didn't collapse with coins primarily traded on centralized exchanges. Monero's attitude of "use it" over hodl & leverage keeps it stable. And special to this situation, as I've written about earlier, this entire collapse is triggered by Japanese yen carry trades. Monero's history of being banned from the Japanese exchanges, makes it so that very few people long XMR/JPY on leverage https://simplifiedprivacy.com/Monero-Japenese-Yen/index.html
SummerBreeze 3mo ago • 100%
SummerBreeze 3mo ago • 66%
no lightning. they don't even take lightning for email. But we do XMR, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/index.html
SummerBreeze 3mo ago • 50%
We take XMR =) https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/index.html
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 100%
can you cross post to there for me? I'm banned from lemmy.ml and no reason was given
SimpleX will be integrating payments to the server operators to provide incentives to decentralize the network. He’s using a voucher blockchain system, but that’s what the customer gets. The question is what the customer pays. Can the customer pay in Monero included in the self-host default packages, or will operators have to provide their own XMR infrastructure? This is a big deal. These are the types of questions you can ask directly at tomorrow (or tonight if you live in asia)’s event. **The SimpleX dev is dropping by Simplified Privacy’s chat to answer community questions.** Consider showing up to show Monero love and sway his mind to natively support it with his vendor package bundles. **Saturday June 29, 1 hour starting at: 2pm UTC / or / New York 10am / or / Hong Kong 10pm** These are both the same room, we offer choices for the moderator to be online to connect you. Here’s East EU & Asia timezone: https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-4&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FN_McQS3F9TGoh4ER0QstUf55kGnNSd-wXfNPZ7HukcM%3D%40smp19.simplex.im%2F-0fWTzXMJNobsaiaodOGLOfm0m9pq05I%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEAdfeJrGjuY_qKripG4E7xle6nTDWOWuBPtWmapW6pyEc%253D%26srv%3Di53bbtoqhlc365k6kxzwdp5w3cdt433s7bwh3y32rcbml2vztiyyz5id.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22yhJzAfpfVkMynOUVxs412g%3D%3D%22%7D West EU & Americas: https://simplex.chat/contact#/?v=2-5&smp=smp%3A%2F%2FSkIkI6EPd2D63F4xFKfHk7I1UGZVNn6k1QWZ5rcyr6w%3D%40smp9.simplex.im%2FxPXefPbN7ZAkPyMKzJmQrFD_fv55R6w_%23%2F%3Fv%3D1-2%26dh%3DMCowBQYDK2VuAyEALLyynGdXLoWke3pIt1CrR00p62eT0ewpKEaWn542gWA%253D%26srv%3Djssqzccmrcws6bhmn77vgmhfjmhwlyr3u7puw4erkyoosywgl67slqqd.onion&data=%7B%22type%22%3A%22group%22%2C%22groupLinkId%22%3A%22n99NTwZLjeKwyI4lwMHB_g%3D%3D%22%7D If you can’t make it and want to ask something, post it here on RebelNet, and we’ll reply his copy. You can hit “connect as guest” to get random numbers/letters without a nostr key, https://rebelnet.me/news/0xbf8079a69a15fd74ae
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 100%
"Why privacy" -leads to-> "Why Monero"
gotta convince the normie friends to use Monero somehow, showing evidence of the corruption is a start
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 100%
cool. good job, sent you a DM
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 66%
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SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 50%
did you add ?
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SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 66%
I mean old like not maintained, the debian packages are for v9. Tor and Monero have active devs. I think we're gonna struggle with any system that's pure peer-to-peer, servers solve the offline person issue. But I like you and would support the idea. I tried to connect, but you're offline. You use Matrix? SimplifiedPrivacy@hackliberty.org , we can coordinate when you'll be online to connect retro
Btw can servers seeding be setup? Like if its just run on a VPS as a client, wouldn't that solve the offline issue?
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 66%
funny. double thumbs up
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 75%
great post! yes its absurd his shit is on amazon and not pure crypto digital
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 60%
RetroShare is some really old tech man. look at his github dates
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 100%
I own the domain MoneroFreedom.x if you want to use it for IPFS/Arweave sites, I'd be willing to donate it if you showed me the content
Also the tech behind RebelNet.me can be self-hosted for XMR tips forum. I agree Reddit isn't great due to censorship/surveillance. And Lemmy is mostly socialists. While as Nostr over Tor is more suitable. This can use Nostr tor relays
SummerBreeze 4mo ago • 100%
Monero 167!
shortwavesurfer selling paper towels for 0.022 XMR
XMR Bazaar is a new LEGAL marketplace from the Monero Talk podcast. It offers multi-sig escrow for legal goods/services. Simplified Privacy is looking to actively promote use of the market with discounted DeGoogled Phone and VPS combo packs. These open source combo VPS packs offer: --email (fast loading , guaranteed no spam flag) --chat servers (your choice of XMPP/SimpleX) --Cryptpad (end-to-end encrypted google docs replacement) All on a 1 core VPS. We set it up with your domain choice then hand over root to you. **Vendor Profile:** https://xmrbazaar.com/user/SimplifiedPrivacy VPS Combo: Email, Docs, & Chat https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/3YYU/ Keep your name off the hardware identifiers: GrapheneOS Pixel 6a 6GB RAM, 128GB storage Like New w/ 1 hour consult ($295) https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/dpkQ/ GrapheneOS Pixel 7a 8GB RAM, 128GB storage Like New w/ 1 hour consult ($425) https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/n5Ja/ **To get in to XMRBazaar, you need the following info:** user: beta password: tester
SummerBreeze 5mo ago • 100%
I'm confused by your message. RebelNet.me does NOT compromise Monero's privacy in any way. It separates social id from financial id. And someone can self-host it.
How can we get the party started for a Monero social media site to bond a couple of anonymous bros? Well maybe Big Tech bashing, but with an educational twist. This site LifeHacker has half-hearted criticism of Google, but the site itself uses Google analytics and the author uses Gmail. Other than the obvious, we turn it into an educational opportunity to have members of the community tell him all the choices there are to DeGoogle your life. https://rebelnet.me/news/0x2dc0057294f5a05bf7 Who knows? It would be pretty cool if we got a response from the author, and it mentioned Monero.
Let’s face it, our way of life is under attack. The exchanges delist us. Dubai bans us. EU restricts. Others countries we wonder. Nostr Bitcoin Maxis try to haze us. Ethereum VC funded devs treat us like pariahs. Even if you want to act tough and curse me out, you know it’s true that we live in some level of fear. a) To make Monero real world money, you need adoption from everyday people. b) Everyday people don’t care about learning new tech, they learn it from influencers. c) To win over influencers, we need to appeal to what they care about, which is not privacy. They care about censorship, being deplatformed, and being demonetized. Russell Brand demonetized. Glenn Beck pulled from Apple podcasts. America’s front line doctors banned from how many platforms? These are just some well-known examples, but I know dozens of mid-level political guys rug pulled by Big Tech. If we shift the conversation away from Monero is darknet markets, and turn it to undeniably monetized free speech: This is a winning battle. But there’s a lot of choices with censorship resistance. Nostr, Session, Ethereum push channels, Farcaster, Lens, Arweave, IPFS, SimpleX, and the list goes on. The problem with “encryption as identity” is people do not agree on what coins or keys are legitimate. And this fighting and fragmentation kills adoption. Here’s how we solve it: Simplified Privacy w/ DegenRocket has created a cross-key cryptographically agnostic protocol. This means ANYONE can cross-communicate. Our demo example has Nostr and Ethereum talking to each other… with Monero tips. This reduces the number of clients and apps people have to download. When you SIGN you’re sending XMR, you first publicly telegraph you’re doing so with Nostr or Eth. This separates your SOCIAL identity (Nostr/Eth), from your FINANCIAL identity (XMR) in the eyes of Chainalysis AI. Here’s the plan: Step 1. You. It takes only 2 minutes to generate a random keypair and see how it works. Post your stuff, have fun. If you are “too busy”, then that’s the response influencers are going to have to making a Monero wallet. You can not control politicians. All you can control is your own actions. Step 2. Me. I pledge to reach out to 356 influencers over the next year, and pitch them on the undeniable value of ownership and self-custody of their communication and revenue stream, as opposed to being a slave of Big Tech. That if they adopt an interoperability protocol, you get the ears of ALL these keys, starting with the adoption from you. Step 3. Us. When they come on the protocol regardless of Nostr or Eth keys, we hit them with $0 zap Monero emojis. Nothing motivates someone to generate a wallet, like being able to count how much they are missing out. Monero is true free speech. It’s about time we turned up the volume. **Here’s the info:** https://rebelnet.me/news/0xe037eaa0a7d252c9a9
Some in the Monero groups here are not Libertarian, and are more interested in privacy/tech in general. That’s fine. But Macro level politics are important to Monero... Because Reto/Haveno is a response to those politics. The Libertarian Convention went down and there were some developments, including picking a nominee and Trump speaking. There are big political impacts of Trump talking at LP because he is being forced to be more pro-crypto and anti-CBDC to try to sway Libertarian voters. The fact that a mainstream candidate is even showing up to the table is big. “Free Ross” signs went up directly in front of the conservative cameras like Right Side Broadcasting, and Trump did make concessions on Ross Now is Trump actually pure? No. Is the LP nominee pure? Actually, No. An ideological battle went down, and here’s what came out of it: https://rebelnet.me/news/0xcfca11d5fe4eb61788
New iOS update is resurfacing deleted files that users thought were gone. In some cases, nude photos, even after the user WIPED it and SOLD the device. Highlighting the **danger of using Monero on iPhones and Macs**, https://rebelnet.me/news/0xa6f1ae72427b2f1120 So if you haven’t already, consider switching to Linux and DeGoogled phone.
New attack on VPNs! There is a new critical VPN vulnerability from Leviathan Security group, which they call “TunnelVision”. It allows the ISP or local router to see your VPN traffic by abusing the routing options: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/novel-attack-vpn-tunnelvision/
**Update April 29:** You have to update Feather wallet, it fixes a previous minor error with sending Monero. This new version is 2.6.7, and I confirmed it works. Your funds are safe. Update right in the wallet. Spread the word. **Original post:** I do not speak for the developer, I am just spreading awareness to reduce panic and help. Feather wallet has an issue. Version 2.6.5 may potentially get a failed transaction on sending funds. Version 2.6.6 has issues with starting up on Linux. Your funds are 100% safe, you can even import the exact file to a different wallet, and not have to resync. Developer has the fix, it’s being built, he’s getting a couple hours of sleep. No need to panic, it’s a minor issue that will be resolved shortly. Let’s all thank dsc & tobtoht for their hard work! https://docs.featherwallet.org/guides/donate
Monero is actually the quickest to rebound! Huge moves down to 108 now 120. Monero moving faster than most other altcoins and Bitcoin. XMR community is the smartest and fastest, even without as many centralized exchange listings. Saturday night cryptocurrency markets heavily sold off on the news that Iran had striked Israel with drones. Now surprisingly markets are rebounding off the news that Biden says the US won’t back an Israeli response to Iran’s strikes. Big News on Peace and a potential XMR trade: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/buy-dip-peace-news/ Some cypherpunks are confused as to why cryptocurrency prices are affected by war in this situation. And the answer is that Wall Street considers crypto to be a tech stock, especially after the US Bitcoin ETF. And at the highest end of the risk spectrum. Therefore, considering the traditional markets like the NASDAQ are closed, the leveraged traders short sell risk where they can in the only 24/7 market. I am not saying their worldview is correct, I view it as a currency and not a stock. That’s why I’m saying buy the dip, and someday after more adoption, they will see it that way.
LewRockwell is an extremely **popular Libertarian website**. They recently published a well shared article from Dr. Mercola on why to ditch Google: https://www.lewrockwell.com/2024/03/joseph-mercola/goodbye-google/ While it’s great that people see the messages of privacy and anti-censorship, it’s bad that the suggested solutions not only won’t help, but in fact likely turn people off. Here’s a key example: “Your suggestion of reading the privacy policy for every website people visit to avoid Google analytics is not practical. A far better solution is to use the browser extension uBlock Origin, which lists all third party JavaScript calls by domain, and allows you to block it. In fact, your own website MercolaMarket has Google’s APIs on it, which allows them to see the IP address of anyone buying your products. The most ridiculous part is the very article on LewRockwell.com telling me to read privacy policies to avoid Google Analytics, uses Google Analytics and Gmail.” And this is just one of the many examples in an open letter we wrote. The primary problem is not technological, but apathy. It doesn’t have to be like this. We just need the real solutions to make it to the readers screens, like Monero. I stand here today to ask you to share our open letter, so that the thousands of readers of LewRockwell can learn: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/letter-to-lewrockwell/ I stand here today to ask you to be part of the genuine change. Because at the end of the day, LewRockwell is only a reflection of what his readers want. And so the challenge is not convincing him, but you.
Most Nostr users post to relays on Cloudflare and Hetzner. They don’t realize that they’re easily censored, and it’s not decentralized. Even worse, there is the threat of radical Bitcoin Maxis trying to censor Monero via forced lightning paywalls on the relays. Like a chess player thinking ahead, we outline some XMR relays and Tor Onion ones in this new easy to read guide: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/nostr-relay-guide/ Tor Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/nostr-relay-guide/
Spain has banned Telegram. They are claiming this is over copyright violations of users, that Telegram is failing to police. Now some users will be forced to consider decentralized solutions. As I have repeated many times, Session messenger empowers users to defy state level censorship, with its unique blockchain based DNS that completely separates physical locations from identity. And our team has repeatedly mentioned using **Session to defy a Monero ban**. With Session, if the location of the VPS or device is discovered, the user can rotate the blockchain name to a new public key. On the other hand, SimpleX, Tor Onions, or XMPP are tied to physical devices with encryption keys in memory, and their discovery is a game-over. However, Session receives a lot of criticism. Rather than ignore this, I tackle it head on, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/ Tor Browser Onion: http://privacypkybrxebcjicfhgwsb3coatqechwnc5xow4udxwa6jemylmyd.onion/spain-has-banned-telegram-defending-session/
Huge amount of these guides reference if they accept Monero. **What’s the best ________ ?** Best VPS hosts, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/vps/ Pro/Con of Phone Numbers/Services, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/burners/ Crypto-to-Crypto “No KYC” Swap Websites https://simplifiedprivacy.com/swaps/ How VoIP works, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/voip/ Best Crypto→ Fiat gift cards: https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-vendors-that-accept-cryptocurrency/ Types of DeGoogled Phones, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogledphones/ Pro/Con of Linux Distros, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/linux-distros/ Pro/Con of Private Routers https://simplifiedprivacy.com/router/ Pro/Con of Virtual Machines, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/types-of-virtual-machines-whats-right-for-you/ Best Agora Societies, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/realworldagora/ Best Google Alternatives, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/degoogled-life/ Best email? Check out, https://simplifiedprivacy.com/email-cloud-combo/