Bitcoin is more easily controlled than competitors like Monero, and lightning is more difficult for the average person to self-host, then a self-host wallet that just works. This degrades the use of crypto for the real world transactions.
Therefore, the point is that being a Bitcoin Maxi is in the US government’s interest.
And so you being a cheerleader for this defeats the purpose of uncensored technology.
And..?
Dodging the main point
As Monero is delisted from exchanges,
The SEC told Coinbase to "delist everything but Bitcoin"
So if you're repeating the government's wishes,
What is the purpose in Nostr's "censorship resistance"?
Florida woman sues Google for deplatforming after she sent pro-life email through Gmail
This is yet another example of why you should not be using the infrastructure of your enemy for critical functions to your life. A 76-year-old woman in Jacksonville is suing Google for deplatforming her about an hour after she emailed members of her pro-life group calling for a peaceful Catholic Mass and gathering in front of A Woman’s Choice, an abortion business in Florida.
Trudy Perez-Poveda says Google targeted her after she sent the correspondence through Gmail. Google refused to allow Perez-Poveda to access her more than 11-year trove of stored emails, photographs, calendars, contacts and other data, her attorneys say.
People will say “oh, but I’m not protesting”, but here’s the thing: Google is involved in so many different industries and causes, across both the left and right, that the number of triggers is beyond what can be avoided. In fact, any industry, even if not political, has the potential to shake up competitors and cause them to want to stop this change. If Google will always side with the powerful incumbent, even if purely economical, then if you’re using Gmail, you’re essentially saying:
“I do not now, and never will, have anything of value to say”
Sources:
https://evilgoogle.news/2024-08-12-florida-woman-sues-google-deplatforming-prolife-email-gmail.html
My impression of Monero users who won't come on Nostr:
"I hate Bitcoin Maxis because they are biased against new technology that is better...
By the way I hate Nostr, so I want to obey and tie my life's work to a single government domain, and listen to socialists on Mastodon, which are the same people who want to tax me, which btw Monero is trying to evade. And I submit to have Twitter shove a captcha up my rectum, all because these Bitcoin Maxis don't care about privacy."
Congrats to nostr:npub1exv22uulqnmlluszc4yk92jhs2e5ajcs6mu3t00a6avzjcalj9csm7d828 for the new $1.3m pre-seed investment from Jack Dorsey and Asymmetric Capital Partners
Great work, we wish you continued success,
If you're not already in our SP simpleX group, join as he's dropping gems:
great article link, thanks so much. we'll discuss this
“Pre-Crime” is taking action BEFORE a crime is committed:
New Documents Show the FBI Implemented Nationwide Social Media Monitoring Ahead of the 2022 Midterms
Fast Key points:
--FBI ordered social media companies to save user data on targeted political individuals, even though no crime had been committed
--Goal was to “maintain relevant user information until legal actions could be formally initiated”
--America First Legal (AFL) initiated the lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration FBI National Election Command Post (NECP)
--It had lists of social media accounts posting what they considered “misinformation,” extending from New York to San Francisco. This included the Right Side Broadcasting Network, cited by Matt Taibbi as targeted for “additional action” by the FBI
So we’re talking about pre-crime surveillance of political adversaries that are just sending messages they dislike. Many in the privacy space warned about pre-crime, ironically we were “pre-crime flagging the pre-crime” but now here it is:
Sources:
Matt Taibbi:
Big New 0-day vulnerability for Web Browsers
(for Linux & Mac)
Researchers at Oligo Security have disclosed a logical vulnerability to all major browsers (Chromium, Firefox, Safari) that enables external websites to communicate with (and potentially exploit) software that runs locally on MacOS and Linux. Windows is not impacted by this issue.
Oligo Researchers have found that public websites (like domains ending in .com) are able to communicate with services running on the local network (localhost) and potentially execute arbitrary code on the visitor’s host by using the address 0.0.0.0 instead of localhost/127.0.0.1.
Remediation In Progress: Browsers Will Soon Block 0.0.0.0
Following responsible disclosure, HTTP requests to 0.0.0.0 are now being added to security standards using a Request for Comment (RFC), and some browsers will soon block access to 0.0.0.0 completely. 0.0.0.0 will not be allowed as a target IP anymore in the Fetch specification, which defines how browsers should behave when doing HTTP requests.
Source:
https://www.oligo.security/blog/0-0-0-0-day-exploiting-localhost-apis-from-the-browser
PoW on Tor nodes?
Who knows what Github is actually giving you?
New PGP Directory August Update:
Avoid backdoors and verify your privacy software with our updated uncensored IPFS PGP directory. Now we're adding more software to the list, with today's addition of Bitcoin Electrum wallet.
Bitcoin Electrum (4.5.5)
KeePass XC (2.7.9)
Session (1.12.5)
Tor Browser (13.5.2)
Whonix (17.2.0.7)
Feather Wallet (2.6.7)
Monero-Official (0.18.3.3)
VeraCrypt (1.26.7)
SimpleX (just have key)
You can use:
SimplifiedPrivacy.sol
SimplifiedPrivacy.x
or the direct hash: ipfs://QmbSKzgBdXdwFdbjmr3EPy7hPjskDVYNkW7ye9invAtxaC
Need help viewing IPFS? Check out our easy tutorial:
Beast Linux Tip:
To avoid having to scroll through your history to find something, do this command:
history | grep what-you-want
the "|" is pipe and it takes the first command and feeds the output into the 2nd one, and "grep" searches for something, so you're literally taking your history and feeding it into a search
No KYC, Peer-to-peer groups, to buy Monero or BTC
Anyone can observe with publicly available information that,
You can get a better price in the groups than hitting the exchanges directly, because you're getting it from a random dude who wants out, while as the exchange has pro vendors charging double. Pro vendors want more to take on the risk of their Zelle/Paypal/SEPA/ect getting frozen. Random dude is more concerned with theft. If the other person is afraid of charge-back risk, then cash-in-mail with an arbitrator would sound good.
One could first meet people and then go with them to Haveno, Bisq, Bitcointalk, or XMRBazaar arbitrators.
With free speech such as "Buying {XMR/BTC} at {insert %} above Spot in {insert country} with {payment methods}"
Legal Disclaimer: I never take custody of funds. I never coordinate exchanges. I don't host or control any of these, this is free speech public information. (2nd disclaimer at the end)
Very Active Monero Signal Group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIMtPr_BcagCe6ARHnHOYXMzS-WMLFVndrjRX-QLye9foEhDjts9QEhsvErDn7i0oiZaV
2nd Signal group:
https://signal.group/#CjQKIH8v8CvjuKl4FPRoWNfI44YK8-12FNdS0E55_LjbrZdbEhA6swzvNFN9VlMExMNmRTa4
SimpleX Over-the-Counter Trades:
SimpleX Bank Exit Group:
Telegram Bank Exit:
SimpleX Haveno Exchange Group:
SimpleX Monero Group with 900+ members:
SimpleX Official Monero Group:
(you might kicked out of this one, but f em, try it)
Matrix Official Monero Workgroup::
https://matrix.to/#/#monero-community:monero.social
XMPP Revuo:
revuo-monero@conference.jabbers.one
Haveno: Anyone with the internet can observe that Haveno works, but it's light liquidity due to DDoS. This is being fixed with a Proof of Work patch coming soon.
Consider reposting this to spread the parallel economy! We’ve got to make this information widely known.
Legal Disclaimer: I am not operating or controlling any of these groups or exchanges. I'm literally talking about public information.
This is a huge deal for free speech:
The guy is a US citizen, whose part of the UN, and he had his home raided by the FBI for his opinion of “let’s make peace with Russia”… under the accusation of “unregistered foreign agent”. Yet Israel’s AIPAC doesn’t register?
Why use Cryptocurrency?
-You don't own bank deposits, they can rip it away
-You have no financial privacy with bank promises
-They are inflating your life's work. Politicians are urinating in your face
-You're supporting genocide. Wars only continue due to central banks buying bonds.
-Cross-border payments are a bitch, but the internet is global. This means you're paying more for local labor, and losing out on foreign customers.
-Banks are fundamentally corrupt:
When the central bank prints, even if stocks and bonds rise at the same rate as inflation, it creates inequality.
Think about it, if you have a billion dollars, do you really care if food for your family costs 7% more (a few thousand a year), when the Nasdaq is up 7% (millions in profit)?
Banks borrow in the short-term, to lend in the long-term. The government prints money to lower the short-term rate, which allows the commercial banks to leech a higher profit margin by lending at the long-term rate. In other words, the government urinates in your face with inflation, to increase the bank's profit spread (short term borrowing vs long term lending rates)
-Banks borrow in the interbank, which you don't have access to. So you're literally letting them use fresh printed money first, and dribble it on you later when it's worth less. Even worse, American Banks don't pay FDIC insurance on foreign deposits, but they still get bailed out on "eurodollar" deposits (for example 2009 & covid). This motivates them to take maximum offshore risk and pay nothing.
In summary, if you ignore crypto:
--You own nothing
--You're missing out on critical thinking,
--Allowing Banks and the Government to abuse you
--You're immoral
--You aid in Genocide
--You're helping oppress the poor
And the only thing giving the dollar value is psychology. I do not accept fiat. I do not value it.
Give me Liberty, or give me Death.
Right, they need to create a programmable unit to follow the rules. We’re going to be releasing some articles on it in the next week. There’s also docs.arweave.org with a lot of good info.
Bitcoin lightning could be good money if people actually self-hosted their liquidity and owned their private keys, but these are big obstacles for the average person. Fighting Bitcoin lightning vs Monero vs others, is in my opinion not that great, it just divides the community. Instead, we focus on accepting all of them, and encouraging people to get off banks.
We are having two debates. The first is “non-money” crypto, which collects revenue as a business. For example Arweave collects revenue into a pool to distribute for a service. This isn’t “just units of currency”, its a decentralized business. (And yes we can debate how decentralized)
Our second debate is Bitcoin the best cash. Do you agree that the purpose of cryptocurrency is self-sovereign control? That people should control the private keys to their own funds?
Some say "Cryptocurrency is only used by drug dealers"
And my reply is,"But they roll up US dollars to snort cocaine, so let’s ban that first"