My #nostr confession: I bought and sold drugs on the dark web for a couple of YEARS. I confess this only to say that #monero has deluded you, if you think it's proper OPSEC. If you're using #xmr for "privacy", you should learn PROPER OPSEC and use #Bitcoin instead.
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That's badass
It was badass, but I was ready to get married, buy a new house and have some children in a few years. OPSEC doesn't work very well with anyone else involved. So, the time came to "put childish things away." I left it behind and now have a wonderful family.
You nailed it!! That's awesome. I was a technophobe so idk how to access the deep web or anything cool like that.
Tails OS
Idk what that is. But how does one even learn about that you know? It's tricky because everything is so opsec that I can't just ask.
Hey how do I buy belt fed weapon systems with Bitcoin on the dark web hahaha.
Is tor legit? Or is it basically a CIA Google that looks private?
Nostr is more intertwined with the dnm then most know about…
… I have questions I won’t ask ya lol…
But how do you feel about how "ab2 devs" talked about their next version of "ab"…
Can you explain more? I'm not aware of ab
So Alpha bay 2 devs were talking about making a dnm that was more decentralized then normal markets, to the point where a vendor would just spin up their own dnm with this software…
I'm very curious as to why you say this. I'm mostly curious about what you consider proper OPSEC for BTC that improves over what I would consider a much more private from the ground up coin in XMR.
I have the same question
The OPSEC is not for the currency you use. It's for the activity you're taking apart in. The currency is just one part.
Yes, I get that. But one of the checklist items surely is that XMR > BTC for privacy.
The currency you use is irrelevant to an individual's privacy if OPSEC is done correctly. That's my whole point.
Ok
Sending from a dnm will get you flagged so what's the proper way to wash your payout these days?
Lol... I don't use fiat... So there's that. Also, liquid and lightning atomic swaps exist.
When someone sells you easy opsec it's not good opsec. And that's exactly what monero shills shill.
Monero offers *good* default privacy guarantees.
There are technologies that protect sender, receiver and amount. Understanding those, users can make decisions.
Its homeslice here who's claiming easy opsec on a transparent chain "because liquid exists"
Yea... I didn't say that. Your fee fees are very hurt because your orange coin sucks. I get it. I'd be mad too if I was down 50% for the year.
Monero been around 150 for like three years now bro. I got in under 60 USD so feeling pretty good about it.
And you still haven't provided any actual information about the supposed invincible opsec possibilities on bitcoin.
Just "trust me bro"
You're too focused on currency to understand OPSEC
Monero users have opsec. Monero is just one part of it. Those that don't though are still protecting themselves unlike bitcoin users that leave a big gaping hole to be filled by dicks and sundry.
This is true users of any currency have OPSEC. Except for CBDCs of course.
Pointing out that currency opsec is just an aspect of the greater opsec picture,
doesn't excuse you from explaining yourself when you assert bitcoin is fine and monero is unnecessary.
But you don't really have anything to say about it at all, do you?
Exactly. All things equal the same user would have a more difficult time maintaining their opsec as a whole by using Bitcoin vs Monero. An inconvenient truth they don't acknowledge.
All things equal, they work the same for opsec. One of them stores value well... An inconvenient truth for you.
One coin maintains forward and backwards privacy by default.
and one doesn't.
You are either lying to us, or to yourself.
Either way its misinformation that some peoples lives depend on.
Get your shit together.
Can you tell me who Satoshi is? Since Bitcoin is so bad for privacy?
What does anonymity have to do with privacy? Maybe learn the difference. Satoshis is anonymous but his transactions are completely public.
Thanks for making my argument for me. Anonymity is superior to privacy.
"...Since Bitcoin is so bad for privacy?"
Your whole claim was that Bitcoin is private. It's not.
Now you're switching up your argument to anonymity (Bitcoin isn't even truly anonymous, it's weakly pseudonymous). A blockchain that is anonymous AND private would be ideal for OPSEC. Lack of privacy weakens your ability to stay anonymous.
You're being dishonest it's not the same. One makes things more difficult one makes them easier.
SoV has nothing to do with OPSEC or private transactions. Bitcoin can be $1 trillion per coin and still suck for privacy. In fact, it's a bad point for you to bring up because the only real time-tested SoV we have is gold which is private. Multiple millennia vs ~15 years
It’s actually down pretty bad over the last 4 years in bitcoin terms. Using fiat as your denominator will distort your actual value 
Now price it in BTC. Oof.
You maxis love a fiat chart when it fits your narrative don't you?
This is measured in BTC not fiat. I already told you I don't use fiat.
Look this isn't hard
That is the USD PRICE OF BITCOIN.
(XMR/USD)/(BTC/USD) is USD denominated.
Obviously.
Its retarded y'all wave that around when you like but spend thw rest of your time shitting on fiat.
What that chart measures is *relative* speculative investment. Mostly by VC and fiat institutional degens.
So cool, BTC has attracted that crowd and you get off on your increased fiat-equiivalent purchasing power.
Kinda weird flex for supposed "freedom money" but I'm used to it.
All things equal the average user is much more likely to make mistakes trying to be private on Bitcoin vs Monero
The rest is cope
do you take no security measures to protect your family, or you just have a specific definition of what "true" OPSEC is?
Any good resources you can point to for family security?
If you want to keep your family safe, don't participate in dangerous activities. This would be why I quit. Proper OPSEC involves operating as a ghost. No one knows anything. No one. Assume an anonymous identity. Operate over tor.
This is like saying everyone should learn proper engineering before driving cars. If someone needs to learn engineering to use your car, your car sucks bro.