Current government security (police) is not only useless, but even harmful to average people.
Oh, you're losing faith in politicians? Congratulations on acquiring critical thinking skills.
> agorism is not a philosophy. It’s a tactic.
You definitely need to read the "New Libertarian Manifesto" again.
I'm glad that #Nostr is developing. I liked the presentation. I need to learn more about this protocol so that one day I can give up Twitter/X.
I know :) I was shocked to find out that the most downloaded app among the chinese diaspora anywhere is We(f*cking)Chat: multiple studies of chinese respondents (mostly U.S. citizens / permanent residents who've never even been in china) show that 95% use it daily(!!!), with 82% insisting no viable alternative exists. So you flee the communist regime for the "free world," only to stay leashed by choice?
Most ppl want a one-size-fits-all fix for humanity... I gave up on the majority of it, I'm not even counting most as my species (I'm "an alien on Earth, where coercion is normalized"). They get exactly what they deserve. I started using social media (though I don't enjoy it, tbh... even some say I'm okay-ish at it) just to track down my kind, scattered across the globe. I've met some IRL while living between places, mostly due to circumstances, only very recently by choice (never rooted in any one for more than 6 months) :) The rest of humanity just doesn't concern me.
TL;DR: I'm not a racist (I'm much worse ;) ) -- I'm a speciesist, and I'm here to find my kind and build something together :)
https://x.com/AilliaLink/status/1911523301089780197
I have an explanation for these statistics, namely, the withdrawal of money from China.
Officially, Comrade Xi (🫡) allows up to $5,000 (equivalent to CNY) to be withdrawn. If you want more, you need to obtain permission.
And so the Chinese have "reinvented" Hawala and they're using USDT-TRC20 (on Tron) as a medium of exchange. Since their diaspora is spread all over the world, you have "nodes" for Hawala.
It is clear that all money transfers in WeChat are monitored by the state, and in order to withdraw a larger amount, you need more "money mules" to break large amounts into smaller ones so that the state does not pay attention to you.
>>> Most ppl want a one-size-fits-all fix for humanity.
And it should be done with the push of a single button on the phone. If you have to go into settings and press two buttons, most people will give up.
>>> gave up on the majority of it
Same. I once tried to "save the world" when I discovered Linux and FOSS, but I noticed that most people just didn't give a shit.
Then I thought I would "save the world" when I discovered Bitcoin in 2014. Nope, didn't work. Most people still didn't give a shit.
Then I discovered Monero... and around the same time, I stumbled upon "New Libertarian Manifesto" by Samuel Edward Konkin III. I had read Mises and early Rothbard (before he later became a regular conservative), and didn't think that "New Libertarian Manifesto" would surprise me much, but I was very wrong... 😏
>>> I'm not even counting most as my species
I understand what you mean. By the way, there was an interesting speech about individualism on DarkPrague.com. And I remember one phrase very well: if you consider yourself an individualist, you must always remember that you are in a hostile environment. And I agree with that. That is, if you offer freedom (in any form) to the wrong person, there is a chance that this person will try to destroy you (set the state against you in any form).
>>> I'm a speciesist
In my understanding, this shows a person's adequacy and sanity. But I don't hang out with normies, so I could be wrong. 😅
Imagine choosing this over #Bitcoin https://blossom.primal.net/138a40fe67d4c08ddb9ec70eeb81da4de281bfe572a9fad9382a0ebd9bac8490.mp4
It's very easy to imagine.
This is what looks like free (as in freedom) trade.
Free from government control, aggression, and coercion.
And without the use of bloody fiat currency.
Your VC coin/community can't do that.
#XMRbazaar #Monero #XMR #Agorism nostr:note1h3x59zgex78v6grw8eypmvpvvja5uyqaz8v607ed3lm02p3ecs0sh57gyj
> If we do nothing...
Don't you think it's too late?
I don't know what country you live in (and I'm not asking), but look around you. People don't despise the state, they are happy that the state has taken their life energy (50%+) and made them *checking notes* - the state in a smartphone (apps like "Diya", "mObywatel", etc), and people are happy to use it, and even people from different countries tell each other whose state in a smartphone is better.
Add to that TikTok/YouTube/Instagram and their algorithms, which control the behavior of the majority (what to buy, what style of clothing to choose, what to think about which celebrities, etc.).
And all this is happening amid growing tyranny on the part of the state (any state, I don't distinguish between them, they are all psychopaths by default), inflation, deterioration in the quality of air, water, food, etc.
I said it once, I'll say it again about all the compliancepunks out there:
'Compliant privacy' is like... you can have triple anal and still be technically a virgin, right? (Pardon my French, but it’s the only analogy that fits... pun intended.)
What is your plan if it's ABSOLUTELY impossible to comply with the future EU Chat Control Act AND still protect users' privacy?
Evgeny Poberezkin, are you ready to be the next Ladar Levison? Can you publicly promise will SimpleXChat will follow Lavabit's path IF it's impossible to comply?
https://x.com/themerit0crat/status/1983912852411801714
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The debate about SimpleX has been heated over the last couple of days.
Here is my final decision [ at the moment ].
I also dislike the concept of "legality".
SimpleX has a company/legal entity (just like Signal), which means that if they openly say "fuck the laws" - the creators of those very laws will come after them faster, which is unlikely to be what they want (just like Signal).
I will continue to use SimpleX, and as soon as they change their ToS / privacy policy / transparency report - I will stop.
The advantage of SimpleX over Signal in terms of legal bullshit is that:
👇🏻
when the privacy policy changes, there will be a full-screen notice in the SimpleX app.
There will also be a link to Github to see exactly what has changed.
#SimpleX
There was some kind of troll in Matrix (Monero Offtopic)...
I don't understand why there is so much emotion surrounding the price of Zcash.
If you think that in today's cryptocurrency world, anyone other than you and 0.01% of people despise the corporate component of any cryptocurrency project - think again.
Moreover, no one doesn't care about centralization (take Tron, Binance Smart Chain, and other EVM-like networks as examples), and the fact that one pool was mining ~75% of ZEC blocks until recently is also irrelevant.
By the way, for greater decentralization, the corporate boys added +1 pool (F2Pool) so that you would finally shut up about ZEC being mined by 1 pool for almost 9 years. Forget it, now there are 2 pools. Enjoy.
Also, why is the community, which has spent most of its time focusing on improving the Monero protocol and spreading information about it, suddenly so concerned about market cap?
At this stage, Zcash wins in:
* ease of entry/exit (thanks to integrations with other networks and DEXs
But Zcash is losing in terms of merchant adoption. And this price increase could change that too.
Instead of running around on Twitter, maybe it would be more productive to do something more useful for XMR? 🤔
Greetings to all my friends in Slovakia!
Don't break the law there!
#slovakia #slowalkia
Thinkpad + Arch + KDE Plasma = ❤️
#Linux #ArchLinux #KDE #Plasma
Many people didn't understand this because they didn't read any further. 👇🏻
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And here's the answer to why not Bitcoin / Monero / etc. 👇🏻
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#SimpleX
LibreTube - my favorite FOSS YouTube client just released the update.
This is a good time to remind you to support FOSS development with Monero.
Check Github: https://github.com/libre-tube/LibreTube
⚡️🇪🇺 REMINDER - Are we really going to let everybody forget that EU chief commissar Ursula von der Leyen wanted to violate the bodily autonomy of half a billion EU citizens by imposing mandatory vaccination?
"One third of the European population is not vaccinated."
"Therefore, I think it is understandable and appropriate to lead this discussion now, how we can encourage and potentially think about mandatory vaccination within the European Union."
https://blossom.primal.net/09cc383818ab9aa346610e99fc93e19062af33835687b9aaf994f342767ac7d8.mp4
It was the choice of suckers who agreed to be vaccinated. What complaints?
I didn't know that such a list already exists and is maintained by someone else. There is no point in duplicating lists.
Please add yourself to this list:
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If you consider yourself as a Monero enthusiast - please leave your Nostr npub key, and I will add you to this list.
I'm making a follow list for Nostr, so we don't lose each other when Twitter/X block us all here, and ask for KYC.
#Monero #XMR
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
One more time - Signal is centralized crap, with shady commie culture behind and it, and a 100% premined shitcoin Mobilecoin (which is dead).
That's why we have nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828
This is Ukraine, capital city Kyiv.
The police kidnapped a man, so he can die in the name of democracy and patriotism.
But before that, they decided to boost his morale.
Ukraine is a dictatorship.
Your politicians tell you otherwise so they can steal your money.
#war #Ukraine
#Zelenskyy
https://video.nostr.build/f83168d43337395f7708cd6ed009c16682e2c8661fea2d5d5a729f90e8b6c05a.mp4
Have you ever purchased a "money mule" account on darknet?
More than half a year ago, I deleted Firefox and switched completely to Brave. Brave is clearly faster.
What I miss in Brave from Firefox:
1) Ctrl + Tab (the way it works now is just awful)
2) Screenshot tool (to take long screenshots)
3) Containers
Monero is available on Bisq as one of the payment options, alongside Wise, Revolut, and other banks and payment methods.
However, it is _not_ natively integrated as it is in Haveno/Retoswap.
Although most of the liquidity on Bisq over the years has been on the XMR/BTC pair, their "DAO" did not vote for the integration of Monero...
Probably they didn't want to create competition for Bitcoin, because people would start trading, for example, XMR/Revolut or XMR/Wise instead of pairing it with BTC.
Anyway, whatever. I haven't used Bisq since 2019. It's no longer needed in my toolkit.
No.
Instead, the Monero community forked Bisq, removed the BSQ token, and we ended up with:
😌
I saved % because I bought XMR at market price. In theory, you can also do this on RetoSwap, but you have to wait a long time for someone to take your order for cash at 0%.
If I had used Bisq, I would have had to pay a % extra. But instead, I bought at market price.
What's more, since the Bisq community treated Monero the way it did (in 2019), I haven't used Bisq since. I have plenty of other tools to buy/sell XMR (or any other crypto).
Did you support nostr:nprofile1qqs9g69ua6m5ec6ukstnmnyewj7a4j0gjjn5hu75f7w23d64gczunmgvflt8e with a Monero donation this month?
Even if it's 30 steps, I don't care. The main thing is that any ban imposed by the state can be circumvented.
[ a quick agorist OTC/p2p tip ]
How to use Zcash to get Monero without KYC? 🤔
1) Buy USDT-TRC20 with cash without KYC;
Most likely, you will receive "bad" USDT with a bad AML score, and if you send it directly to a centralized exchange, the exchange will block it.
2) Go to "Near-Intents(dot)org" and log in using any wallet you like that is supported by the platform;
3) Get the USDT-TRC20 deposit address and send USDT there;
**At the moment**, regulators have not forced the implementation of AML scoring into Near Intents, so take advantage of this.
4) Swap USDT ➔ ZEC and then withdraw ZEC to Zashi wallet (to the t-address), and shield it immediately;
5) Then split the ZEC amount (without dust) and send it preferably to different Kucoin accounts;
Fully KYC'ed Kucoin accounts can be purchased on the free (as in freedom) market for ~100 USD in XMR;
Yes, XMR is available on Whitebit, but I do not recommend this exchange because it may suddenly ask you where you got your money from, and if you do not provide what they require from you, your money will simply be stolen in the name of holy democracy.
6) Send ZEC to Kucoin (without dust), as soon as ZEC arrives = sell ZEC/USDT and then buy XMR/USDT
More agorism = less statism. 😘
Decided to write an article for Western people who, in my opinion, are pretty bad at OTC/p2p in general, and use their banks in a weird way to buy/sell crypto, including Monero.
In other words, my article will be useful for any crypto community.
Escape from the concentration camp called "Ukraine".
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In the Odessa region, border guards shot and killed a man on the border with Moldova as he attempted to flee Ukraine.
The victim was a 23-year-old man from Kharkiv.
Border guards noticed men climbing over protective structures and, after unsuccessful calls to stop, fired several "warning shots" in the direction of the men.
Subsequently, the body of one of the men was found with a fatal gunshot wound. The second man was detained.
#politics #Ukraine #war
I'm thinking of abandoning F-Droid as a source of apps and using Obtainium to install FOSS apps/updates.
Lately, something terrible has been happening with the speed.
Here are two videos showing attempts to update via 5G and WiFi.
https://blossom.primal.net/70a0b23dca3e35618804df1e1e9a6f871da57145103e7848e558ae526dd878e2.mp4
https://blossom.primal.net/d16774b4f0aead99fcdf67cf1561e7c2db4139b3f9ade279f7c270437d10cd1a.mp4
This is a notification from Kucoin (web version).
I wonder how true this is, or is it just an attempt to influence people by saying "FOMO is here, go!"
I hope that nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ks3f750r will manage to release a good, high-quality device that will be pleasant to use, and that it won't be a "typical FOSS" with poor build quality.
#StallmanWasRight
Another one... 😒
By the way, after the Qubic incident, I noticed a large number of "well-wishers" who can't sleep at night because they really want to help Monero and want XMR to abandon RandomX in favor of an ASIC friendly algorithm, or full PoS...
cringe...
It's time to unsubscribe from many cunts.
Oh, I know at least 2 dates when I'll be in a good, democratic mood... 🇪🇺😌
Why all the sudden fuss?
Create FOSS wallets without trackers and publish them on F-Droid.
"wUt aBaUT iOS ?!" - get a normal phone with nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ks3f750r.
This is what you call a research, not your corrupt "crypto media" cunts that successfully sold you (suckers) the panic that Monero is dead.
1) https://x.com/JohnnyLaw2021/status/1955199575993749897
2) https://x.com/JohnnyLaw2021/status/1955404624178872489
3) https://x.com/JohnnyLaw2021/status/1955693713868702045
If you still have the ability to read and analyze information about XMR, then... congratulations.
How wonderful the market is! 😌
Market = voluntary human activity.
Due to panic (which is stronger than the attack itself), the price of Monero fell only by ~7% / 24h. [ freaking XMR doesn't want to die ]
Those few CEXs that for some strange reason haven't delisted XMR yet, closed the withdrawal = added more panic.
Crypto media (in most cases, corrupt cunts) have buried XMR dozens of times since yesterday.
Popular people in X and Nostr, heard the bell, although I don't know where it is, and added panic with their inaccurate posts = added more panic.
The first test network (alpha stressnet) for FCMP++ will be launched soon = XMR already gets "quiet attention"...
It's not hard to guess what will happen to the price of XMR when the developers inform us about the status of FCMP++.
It's also not hard to guess what will happen to the price of XMR when FCMP++ is in the mainnet.
And my post is not about the price of 1 XMR in fiat (although for whom it matters, and that's fine), but about how thousands of people around the world are wondering what to do and how to benefit from it.
How wonderful the market is...
Yakihonne (web) > Primal (web)
I am sometimes shocked at how FOSS developers refuse free money (crypto donations) so that people can support their project!!!!
And then they shut down the project because there is no money, or sell it to a company that closes the code and embeds advertising.
What else can I watch endlessly, besides a campfire in a quiet forest, or a mountain river?
How popular Bitcoiners lick the boots of the state (and el Comandante Bukele). 😌
>>> But I’m still pissed off that I joined a revolution that never happened
No one is forcing you to stay where you are now, right?
>>> Everything we used to say that would happen with Bitcoin went down the drain
Yes, that's why there are so many other different projects around, because people didn't want to bow down to Blockstream and Bitcoin Core and just sit and wait for the kings to decide what to do with the project.
>>> Now it’s a stonk, just an instrument to speculate on in hopes of making more US dollars
Many popular figures in the Bitcoin community have been waiting for institutional money for years. Dreams come true. They've arrived. Everyone is enjoying it. Only you don't like the fact that BTC has been recognized by governments. Enjoy the cypherpunk future together with the government.
>>> It didn’t progress towards becoming a currency that competes with the dollar
No offense, but that sounds a little naive.
>>> It didn’t progress technically to encourage freedom fighters around the world to use it
It is impossible to predict everything that happens in a free market. One can only enjoy it. People around the world use what is beneficial to them, and Bitcoin definitely loses out here in comparison to USDT (whether one likes it or not). Also, Bitcoin has begun to lose out to Monero in terms of payment convenience, without the need to build additional crutches that only lower the UX.
>>> Outside of making more dollars, there’s nothing that it does that other networks do better
Free market! Monero - for cheap and private payments by default.
Ethereum / Solana - for DeFi.
Bitcoin—for NgU, and for recognition by revolutionary states (lol) and their structures. The Bitcoin revolution is here, together with us and the good states around us. Aren't you winning!?
>>> It doesn’t have a killer use case anymore
And this has been the case for many years.
>>> All we have is hope that the ship will eventually turn around
What kind of change are you hoping for in Bitcoin? Privacy? The big boyzzz who call the shots don't need that.
>>> But even the OGs who joined for ideological reasons seem to be selling
Because there are more ideological projects and communities.
>>> It’s depressing, really. This is not what many of us signed up for and I feel deceived
I get you. You can also go for a more ideological community.
>>> I spent nearly a decade promoting Bitcoin as freedom tech, but now the FBI is allegedly happier when their targets use bitcoin instead of cash (as suggested by Peter Thiel)
About ~8 years ago, special services began to openly say that they prefer when "criminals" choose Bitcoin over the traditional financial system because it is easier for them to track BTC.
>>> I sometimes feel like a fraud who pushed false advertisement
It's not your fault that the Bitcoin project was hijacked.
⚡️🎙️ WATCH - “The central bank of the United States, the Federal Reserve was created right before the war”
“The head of the German central bank and the head of the American central bank were run by brothers during a war between the US and Germany”
https://blossom.primal.net/4ffd92ee1e0c6939dfd4c7dceec6f4d38cc3ec7fef3eb166e42d48aee5767200.mov
And no one will even check the info, they'll just believe this dude and his words.
Enjoyed reading this article.
This is what really works - peaceful economic resistance, not "laws", courts and elections.
Quietly, peacefully, _people_ build strong economic and social ties with each other, and the state gets - 🖕🏻
https://www.dw.com/en/german-shadow-economy-booms-amid-high-taxes-and-state-aid/a-73356796