i'd say about half my zap attempts fail from #amethyst lnurl issues. when they do i can still zap from primal & iris. despite this, amethyst is still my favorite mobile client. hands down
these are about $20 off, plus free shipping to 🇺🇸 plus a free 32GB sd card.
if you're wondering why i am selling, i bought 5 (1 for me & 4 family xmas presents. 2 of those 4 decided it was too much and i am holding their keys)
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ah. i see what you're saying. well, for one, i never plan to sell, but i would like to maybe borrow against my #btc some day. i guess i am hoping that by then we've won. or that at least, there will be freedom oriented options for such things. if my tradeoff is privacy / security now and maybe less options to operate in a white market in the future, i am ok with that. i think it's more important to focus on the near, clear and present dangers, then the distant, theoretical ones
i don't understand the question
idk. i dl the apk using obtanium
start here cakewallet.com
maybe i'll put something together, but still figuring it out for myself. i've been using cake wallet. it's a nice app, but missing just a few features that would make it great, imo
Based on the true-life experiences of Dave Fishwick; 'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank
no doubt. i think Marx is the last. #4s gonna bug me
this is the way? part of me doesn't like to admit it. i want to be a maxi, but i am a pragmatist
*nervous chuckle*
Don't you dare criticize any aspect of Bitcoin! /s
I was in a similar position a couple years ago. The answers from the zealots were never satisfactory. Was always shot down for asking legitimate questions, but that is very common in this space. Learned better and found others who were more intellectually honest.
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Don't worry about dogma. Use the best tools for the job.
In terms of private, simple, cheap transactions, Monero is just hands down better than whirlpooling/coinjoining. I would only use Whirlpool if I had no other choice and had to use Bitcoin.
Privacy:
Amounts and addresses are COMPLETELY HIDDEN on Monero (Confidential Transactions + Stealth Addresses). In Whirlpool they are obfuscated, but still visible so strictly more vulnerable to tracing and chain analysis especially thru user mistakes.
Anonymity:
Because your transactions are automatically chosen as decoys for other user transactions that happen, your anon set grows over time passively with no other actions required of you. Every spend from others in a coinjoin potentially reduces your anon set. It is never known if a TXO was spent with Monero, UTXOs don't exist. Coinjoining requires active participation and is only as large as others that are coinjoining with you.
Cheap:
Average cost is less than a cent to transact.
Simplicity:
All this is by default. No special wallets. No tedious and slow process. Just press send.
Censorship resistance:
No centralized coordinators
The only other real contender for privacy is Ecash like Fedimint or Cashu, but they are both custodial and mints can print tokens unbacked by Bitcoin.
There are a lot of people even on Nostr who like to save in Bitcoin, but spend in Monero. I think that is a reasonable position if you are coming from Bitcoin-only territory.
Cake Wallet is great for Monero. Check out Monerujo and Stack Wallet too. If you'r really hardcore about security, check out Anonero (Only available on Tor). Some of the Samourai Wallet guys helped with it's creation if I'm not mistaken: http://anonero5wmhraxqsvzq2ncgptq6gq45qoto6fnkfwughfl4gbt44swad.onion
i dont want to throw shade. that's not my goal here, but there does seem to be an irrational, automatic dismissal of everything not #btc . that's a blind spot
There aren’t many things that keep me up at night, but this does. A gain of function coronavirus with 100% mortality has been tested on “humanized”, genetically altered mice. This is to say that these mice respond to human viruses in many of the same ways we do.
Dr. John explains it well:
https://rumble.com/v46h21x-new-brain-virus.html
This, at the same time the world’s elite are building bunkers in remote, isolated locations around the globe. Antarctica, Hawaii, New Zealand etc. An interesting characteristic of viruses is they need an infected reservoir to survive, without one, viruses cease to exist, their survival is predicated on a cyclical revolution of infection, mutation, infection, mutation. How would a pandemic with transmission and infection rates experienced in COVID-19 and eventual 100% mortality play out? Everyone on the planet dead in six months, except for isolated individuals, who could emerge into a new depopulated world free of everything but a clean, fresh, start. I sincerely hope this is all coincidence. #greatreset #covid #pandemic #depopulation
when Dr. John Campbell starts to sound like Alex Jones, you know you're on a fun timeline
and phoenix may be the best solution rn. it's my favorite lightning app. but yeah it's not easy enough for normies and the channel opening fees dont jive with someone used to venmo. maybe if you can explain that they are 'buying security' 🤔
right and so maybe, in the interest of advancing freedom as quickly as possible, we consider focusing energy on interoperability with currently viable payment rails rather than uber complex L2s
🤷🏻♂️ #asknostr
that's a nice way to put it. in the end the market will decide
- if this movement is about #freedomtech, and the ends > means, then let us be agnostic toward the devices that get us there. i'm a Bitcoiner because i think it's the most likely to succeed, but that has more to do with first mover advantage, network effect and momentum, than the tech itself. i don't necessarily want to be part of a club. the camaraderie in #btc is a wonderful thing, but it is secondary to my desire to smash tyrants; to be free and to live in a free world.
- im saying that to say this: i've been mixing my bitcoin into cold storage using #whirlpool for a about a week and i'm only about half way to the anon set i'd like to reach. it wasn't cheap either. i decided to download cake wallet and within an afternoon i had swapped in and out of #xmr for a fraction of the whirlpool fees. and the time invested is night and day. and time is money. this is one example of my larger point; are we missing opportunities because of a binary mind set (bitcoin vs shitcoin)? another example is the #lightning network. i run a node (poorlyi). it's a mystifying pain in the nuts, and i'm not a tech dummy. i've seen stories of devs giving up on it. i know others have pondered following suit. is #liquid less of a shitcoin than Monero?
- maybe our hot wallets are atomic swaps into shitcoins. bsv when you want to be accountable; xmr when you don't. or #ergo . why not? real question, i don't know shit, but i shouldn't be afraid to ask amongst adults.
- if #ln or #fedimints or #ark or some other L2 is able to scale to a worldwide p2p cash system then great. i'd prefer to keep it all in the family, but they seem way too complicated atm and let's not lose sight of the real goal with all of this. #winning
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maybe it was me? looks like i just zapped from primal
best advice i've received. thank you. wasn't able top zap u
after some fafo with #whirlpool and seeing how long it takes to get a couple mixes, not to mention the fees (even with an scode), the premium paid for kyc free is looking more tolerable. might do #robosats going forward for stacking. still debating the best way to move my existing #btc into cold storage. some was purchased on localbitcoins and some on coinbase, many years ago, and i didn't label it 😑
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i did early on. Antarctica and Manson ep. i see i have some catching up 2 do 👀 good stuff🤙🏻
new pfp who dis
such a cool surprise.
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ha. i had that exact line on deck for if i ever change mine. tried to zap this and then realized i was connected via orbot. did u ever get an answer on that?
real question bc i don't understand all the stuff... how likely are we to see single digit fees again? should i have taken care of business when they were in the 40s? are 3 digit fees the new normal?
he was pretty bad too. after dave mentioned bohemian grove and epstein, reason boi did this thing that i hate, where it's 'well extremists on this side think this and extremists on that side say that, but clearly all 'reasonable' people know the truth is somewhere in the middle.' 🤮 nope
dave's so good in this it makes up for their mealy-mouthed milquetoast interview.
that was a great show. have you seen esmail's latest movie 'leave the world behind'? terrifying because it feels totally plausible