I've worked for psychopaths before... Frightening.

Again. You are mistaking privacy and anonymity

Anonymity is to know who is doing a thing. Privacy is to not know what a person is doing.

Example of anonymity: "This person over there is selling water." You don't know who the person over there is but you know that he is selling water.

Example of privacy: "Michael is doing something" You know Michael but you don't know what he is doing.

Bitcoin by default is semi-anonymous but not private. The blockchain knows that you are transacting and knows how much you are transacting.

Monero by default is semi-anonymous and private. The blockchain only knows that you exist and that you may have made transactions.

Yes, the monero blockchain introduces the issue of possible inflation and unauditability. I am 100% agains that and I really hope that it is fixed at some point.

Yes, you can make bitcoin private but that requires extra steps that normies wouldn't be willing to do and in its current state it is possible to loose money if you are not careful.

No, I am not against bitcoin and lightning. I used to run my own lightining node. And earlier today I started syncing the bitcoin blockchain just so I can run a full unpruned node. When the sync is done I'll set up a lightning node again. This time I will keep it as lon as possible online and I will try to not lose sats in fucked up channels.

I've been in Ukraine during air raids; I've heard Russian drones flying around buildings I was in, and been near explosions multiple times. I've given a fair bit of money to Ukrainian military units – after all, their sacrifices are the only reason I can even visit Ukraine.

It's not hard to figure out what's going on. Anyone with a shred of decency and intelligence knows that Russia is the evil party here and needs to be eliminated.

If Monero has a large adoption only large service providers will be able to run the nodes, unfortunately I see you don't have the right knowledge to understand it, don't waste my time anymore.

If Monero has a large adoption only large service providers will be able to run the nodes, unfortunately I see you don't have the right knowledge to understand it, don't waste my time anymore.

The network effect is not solved when you have a shitcoin like Monero with a decentralization problem due to its dynamic block size.

You should read more about the blockchain trilemma and why layer 2 solutions.

Wrote a little #typescript script to download all the chapters from the #RSS feed mises.org provides.

Should I put it online for your use?

Who else here is a fan of #audiobookshelf ?

#audiobook #mises #rothbard

Followed

Sounds like Apple is trying to keep its audiobook game exclusive... just when I thought I'd never have to shell out extra for a premium Android device #AudiobookShelf #AppleProblems

Yes please 🙏

Here or matrix or simplex....

If anyone knows how to do such a simple and obvious thing as check an incoming XMR payment by subaddress in monero-wallet-cli (I hate this shitty piece of software) please, let me know.

#asknostr #xmr

#Monero Forks

The Monero blockchain has experienced several forks that resulted in the creation of other cryptocurrencies.

Here are some notable forks:

1. MoneroV (XMV): This was a fork aimed at addressing issues such as scalability, inflation, and transaction fees. It sought to improve upon the original Monero protocol by introducing changes that would enhance its functionality.

2. Monero Classic (XMC): Following a significant hard fork in April 2018, Monero Classic emerged as a continuation of the pre-fork Monero blockchain. This fork was initiated by a group of Monero enthusiasts who believed that the changes made to the mining algorithm were detrimental to decentralization.

3. Monero 0 (XMZ): Another fork that arose from the same hard fork event, Monero 0 was created by users who were concerned about the direction of the Monero project. They advocated for a return to the original proof-of-work consensus mechanism, arguing that the continuous hard forks were destabilizing.

4. Monero Original (XMO): This fork also emerged from the April 2018 hard fork, with its developers emphasizing the importance of community choice and diversity within the Monero ecosystem.

5. MoneroC (CXMR): This project is less known, but it was mentioned as another fork that aimed to implement some changes to the Monero protocol while avoiding centralization issues.

6. Wownero (WOW): A humorous and experimental fork of Monero, Wownero integrates some Dogecoin-like elements and features a fixed supply cap, deviating significantly from Monero's vision.

Each fork typically focuses on unique priorities such as privacy, scalability, or mining methods.

However, Monero XMR remains the most widely adopted and recognized privacy-focused cryptocurrency among these.

A mosque and church right next to each other.