I often hear this.
1) Lightning Network is a semi-functional crutch that often doesn't work properly even between two different custodial wallets.
2) ecash is a custodial solution that works great for amounts of $1-20-50, but if you need to buy something more expensive, then another risk arises.
3) Fiat on/off ramps and Monero. For some reason, it just so happens that only people in rich countries like Europe, the US, Canada, and Australia have these problems.
The rest of the world copes perfectly well with Hawala (or, as cool kids call it "over-the-counter/OTC/p2p" chats), RetoSwap.com, and various services from KYCnot.me, and dozens of swappers.
And BTW, Monero is used as a digital currency. :)
Due to the fact that governments and regulators are fighting Monero with delists from centralized exchanges, people have developed an even stronger culture of buying things directly with XMR, without a fiat proxy, using Monerica.com and XMRbazaar.com.
Yes, that's right, everything is tied to fiat.
Even if a baker sells his bread for $5, it is still beneficial for all of us that the baker is educated and understands that using fiat currency = total control (especially by banks and other non-cash forms of payment) = being robbed by the state and bankers through inflation.
Also, I don't want the state to rob the baker on taxes, and it is in my interest (out of human kindness) to teach the baker how to use Monero so that he can teach his family and friends, so that more people can circumvent the state's prohibitions, regulations and taxes.
The more educated people around me who know how to properly bypass the state and not get caught, the easier it will be for all of us to live.
And the more people see the value in XMR (for example, thanks to its default privacy and cheap ~0.02 USD transactions), the more the price of XMR will naturally rise.
That's why I don't care about the price of XMR.
The Monero community does not need good dictators. Most of the Monero community prefers to build a parallel economy around itself.
> Does Monero have something similar?
I can't remember how many times I've heard stories that as soon as a Bitcoin-only business adds Monero, the number of XMR payments overtakes BTC.
#Monero #XMR
https://video.nostr.build/555c2334af1fa10560f27ad8b6461c692e7d82438b6acac188fa88474fd4b7e5.mp4
Yes, fiat = shit.
Yes, bankers are bastards and psychopaths.
On the other hand, people themselves support the current financial and political systems. They go to the polls to get pissed on, and after they get pissed on, their memory is erased, and life starts from scratch. And so on and so forth.
And yes, sometimes a modern slave, among close friends, may express dissatisfaction with things, but at the same time keeps "their" "money" in the bank.
I recently saw several posts from people who had been de-banked by their favorite bank, and how they suffered/are suffering because it is difficult for them to live without the digital collar they kindly received from the bank.
And I find it strange to see this in 2026...
It's strange that people suffer because of banks, locking themselves in their crypto bubble in the style of "Bitcoin only", "X project only", and when the bank is taken away from them, people don't know what to do, having only 1 tool at their disposal.
At this very moment, there are dozens and dozens of tools around you that, if combined correctly, will eliminate the need for a bank and its restrictions.
Are you mentally prepared for freedom and its possible consequences from your favorite state? 😏
The price of Monero is secondary.
Continue to educate/onboard people into XMR and build a parallel economy around yourself and primarily for yourself, outside of the state control and without its currency.
#Monero #XMR
1) Trust wallet doesn't support Monero
2) These shitty tokens are... shitty tokens. This is not Monero.
3) Get a normal Monero wallet (like Cake Wallet)
4) Check KYCnot.me
Is it possible to make it so that when you open the "Followers" list, they are displayed in order from the most recent person who followed you to the earliest (oldest)?
But still, the OTC/p2p/Hawala uses it. And it's so fucking sad...
These are wonderful articles about Paraguay.
It all depends on what you want to do in the country. If you just want to be a regular gringo (earning income outside Paraguay and living in a rented apartment), then "everything" is fine.
But if you want to enter the local market with your own idea or business, want to buy housing/land or start building, in short, if you want to invest/relocate medium/large amounts of money in the country, then this may not be the best idea.
#Paraguay
Over the past 6-7 years, I have seen more and more gringos selling Paraguay to other gringos as a paradise on Earth, a refuge from all troubles, a refuge from Europe, taxes, LGBT, and people who did not want to participate in the Covid19™️ show.
But many of the gringos selling Paraguay are not telling the whole story about this beautiful country.
I have a Russian friend who lives in Paraguay for his entire life. He shares his experience of living and working in this country.
The articles are in Russian, but I don't think that's a problem in today's world.
Don't use Tor with that logic. :)
Another volunteer voluntarily went to war in the name of democracy.
#war #Ukraine #Zelenskyy
https://video.nostr.build/cc9178d14b6e94b33e4a88cb859d9f228d741c791acaabd039086c551545c082.mp4
Damn, I got an email from Warren Buffett. Anyway, I don't have WhatsApp. If he had SimpleX, I would have written to him.
+1 cool project in the Monero ecosystem: https://goxmr.click/ (made by @SlowBearDigger).
A "link-in-bio" service where you can add links to your socials, PGP/GPG key, XMR wallet address, etc.
Support the project with some XMR. 🧡
Black&White: https://goxmr.click/thefuzzstone
Soon I will be able to have seven virgin women, although I think that will be expensive 😂.
“With the rise of Islamophobia, we may have to ask all women to wear a headscarf to show solidarity with those who do so for religious reasons.”
Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria
https://blossom.primal.net/5b9bbb2010ec980ccef22fd0737543c589ca57bffd951f454c456badec59a6eb.mp4
Cuckoldistan 💪
En España la policía protege al delincuente, ya sean políticos, inmigrantes que delinquen o como en este caso okupas.
Las fuerzas de seguridad del estado fueron, son y serán basura. Sicarios cobardes que viven de nuestros impuestos.
https://blossom.primal.net/15d4b4d5876a431b4eaab5707c8bda9fc385d7719afd1c567a7155b616679b6d.mp4
That's the price of having democracy.
It has always been this way.
The essence of Hawala is that money from country_1 is not transferred to country_2.
This is especially true for large sums, which would immediately be noticed and confiscated at the airport.
Read about Hawala. It is a huge piece of human history that involves voluntary trade and resistance to the state and its regulations.
Wow, the dude doesn't even understand how Hawala works, but he's suggesting how to "stop Hawala".
That's just the best joke I've heard in the last few months.
https://x.com/JayFivekiller/status/2009464295663321237
I'm not gloating about the early inflation bug in 2010 because the technology was new. But then there was another inflation bug in 2018... And that's a skill issue.
At the moment, only Bitcoin had this problem. But, as always, "Monero is bad". :)
Read this, and welcome: https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/samuel-edward-konkin-iii-new-libertarian-manifesto
Can you find the info about inflation bugs in Bitcoin's histroy, or should I help you with that? Then you can compare it with Monero.
You don't need both. :)
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If you are a leftist, but your brain is not yet completely damaged and there is a chance of recovery, I recommend starting with reading: "Economics for Real People: An Introduction to the Austrian School" by Gene Callahan
This situation showed how many lunatic leftists there are in Bitcoin and the crypto community as a whole.
Once again, slowly:
1) a group of people (white people) decided to create a personal website (with their own money), and set their own rules on that website;
2) a leftist non-binary-genderfluid-turbo-diesel creature invaded (yes, invaded, because no one invited this creature), destroyed someone else's work, and other non-binary-genderfluid-turbo-diesel creatures applauded him at the CCC conference.
I am not trying to appeal to the common sense of leftists or explain things to them from the perspective of economic analysis. If leftists understood economic analysis, they would not be leftists. nostr:nevent1qqs9vg6usvvd68xgphp5fr6qm3e6x0x2y6es4mjlljleg823f68mspq7h8zvr
I once wanted to visit CCC. I heard about the leftism of the brain of a large number of participants...
In other words, there was a website where white people wanted to meet... *check notes* other white people. And according to modern leftists, that is forbidden.
What was demonstrated cannot even be called a vulnerability, but simply the incompetence of the site's chief administrator. nostr:nevent1qqs9vg6usvvd68xgphp5fr6qm3e6x0x2y6es4mjlljleg823f68mspq7h8zvr
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Some people will spend New Year's Eve locked up in prison simply because they didn't have the money to buy their freedom from Zelensky's dictatorial regime.
https://video.nostr.build/14de8df4eea1758f48819c16041ed9b4ac1e71a450fd594f75cf3e64cbafd3e4.mp4
YouTube threw me a few videos like: "I'm done. Leaving the USA."
And in each of these videos, you can hear that "the government doesn't care about people."
I don't understand, what's so surprising about that?
The best FOSS launcher for your GrapheneOS just got an update.
https://github.com/LawnchairLauncher/lawnchair/releases/tag/v15.0.0-beta2
Add a pinch of agorism to this, and teach people how to use GrapheneOS, SimpleX, and Monero instead of your local shitcoin.
