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Chief Power User at #Bitcoin Forging my Familia with @npub1dsne272dyl3v7ru8cyeryym9td9k8jax2f52rues9u2zjt6dcfuqyx3wd8

Holy shit we can eat posts now

When coinbase blows up it's gonna be interesting

hodling tip

Orange pill enough people to where different people are buying you a steak dinners every day of the bull market to thank you for teaching them about bitcoin.

I want to host a silent retreat but with lots of steak

Every silent retreat I've been at was catered to Vegans and Vegetarians.

It's probably 10x more challenging and rewarding with the extra testosterone.

Replying to Avatar jb55

too easy

pls send it back mi familia

can't believe I missed the first nest on there

NEED MORE PURA VIDA ON MY FEED

One thing that needs to be said that wasn't said:

NationStates are the biggest abusers of children and humans on the planet, and are the main reason encryption is important.

I have not tried those. I use Amethyst on an android personally but am recommending to friends who have iphone

Biggest issue with Primal is that it

wont let me Zap from a normal bitcoin lightning wallet on my phone. Only from Alby, Primal, or Mutiny. This is the client I usually recommend to iOS users. Is there a different one that is better for iOS users?

Aaaaand another one! nostr:npub1jfujw6llhq7wuvu5detycdsq5v5yqf56sgrdq8wlgrryx2a2p09svwm0gx just integrated #NWC 🔌

https://stacker.news/items/423928

Now you can easily attach your self-custodial wallets and zap posts

WEN LNBITS NWC

I'm gonna need the coordinates of this place. Bringing a cybertruck and a couple of freezers

This is why I believe people need to have their monthly paychecks 100% in bitcoin LN channels. Then when they pay their bills they have a shit ton of capacity for next recieve

Should you use a VPN with Tor?

There’s a heavy amount of debate over whether you should use a VPN with Tor. We will cover using a VPN either before or after launching Tor, but when people refer to this without explicitly saying which method, they usually mean putting a VPN on BEFORE Tor is used. So:

User → VPN → Tor → Website

VPN before Tor

The use of a VPN with Tor is heavily debated among security experts. We will present both the pros and cons, without taking a side.

Some argue that a VPN provides some benefit because if an entry guard turned out to be the malicious adversary, then instead of directly handing the data packets to you, it yields the VPN’s public IP address.

However, others point out that if the adversary is violent and your use of the same VPN continues, then the adversary will force the VPN to comply with giving up your location.

In addition, critics of the “VPN First + Tor” approach point out that if the VPN is compromised, this is a far greater threat than if a Tor entry guard were compromised because you get a new Tor entry guard at least every 10 minutes. In contrast, most people use the same VPN for all of their traffic.

Proponents of the “VPN First+Tor” strategy argue that the VPN can’t see the Tor traffic and that even if the VPN were compromised, it’s no different than the ISP seeing you’re using Tor. In addition, these proponents point out that by using a VPN first, you’d be hiding that you’re even on Tor, which is in-and-of-itself suspicious.

Our Nostr feed is neutral and does not take sides on the issue. However, the risks of VPN use can be mitigated a little bit (but not fully) by using multiple VPNs instead of trusting a single party. Some security experts suggest having one VPN for Tor and another for regular traffic to reduce the risk of the server recognizing you. Some VPN providers use external third party VPS cloud servers. So if you don’t wish to pay for two VPN accounts, another alternative is to research which VPN locations are on what VPS cloud provider. Then use one cloud provider location for Tor and the other for clearweb traffic.

Make your own Tor Entrance Guard

Since Tor is a decentralized network, anyone can setup a VPS (virtual private server) to enter the network. By setting it up yourself, it reduces the ability of the Tor entrance guard to be malicious. Our company can set this up for you. Please visit the store section of our website.

VPN after Tor

It is also possible to put the VPN AFTER Tor for the purpose of going to websites which ban Tor use.

You → Tor → VPN → Website

There are some risks with this strategy and the main one is that over periods of time longer than ten minutes, the VPN will see all the traffic, whereas if you were just using Tor, then every 10 minutes a different Tor exit node would take over. Having different Tor exit nodes handle your traffic will obfuscate and disconnect each 10-minute session from the previous traffic.

The longer you use the same VPN, the higher the chance of malicious Tor participants (exit nodes, relays, ect) associating all this previous traffic back to your current session. However, this threat assumes the VPN is logging your activity and you’re using the same VPN for a long period of time. Technically the exit node can’t even see the VPN’s traffic, but if the exit node were a malicious violent adversary, then it could force the VPN to give up your traffic. This would be possible since a VPN’s physical location is always known.

The threats from Tor → VPN use are extremely minimal or non-existent if the browsing session is under 10 minutes. Another option is to host your own dedicated VPN on a cloud VPS to ensure it’s operating without a log.

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I'm a fan of vpn first + tor.

Yeah you can say you opt out and they escort you past the scanners and pat you down

Decided not to opt out at the airport because I was low energy. Got scanned two times instead of one and they still had to Pat me down 😂

Fuck this dystopia, always opt out.

Replying to Avatar HoloKat

Super worth it. Been daily driving mine for a while! still keep an unflashes pixel so I can add tap to pay cards to my watch

Was using Primal on Android, but good to know. I'm switching back to Amethyst to check that out 🧐

Don't mind me just buying 10 more years of time onto my renewal

I'll be damned we've thought of everything 🤯