nonkyc.io requires javascript to run, which is suspicious considering the purpose of the site

I have used them back when they cost 3.5€/mo instead of the 5€/mo you pay for mullvad or ivpn. Gave them a try specifically because the support XMR, and it worked flawlessly for each of the 5 (?) payments I made. Service is fine, no complaints, but the desktop app is shit. Can’t easily configure local bypass which is supported by mullvad/ivpn. At the new pricing their offer doesn’t really make sense anymore.

I recall one instance where a user only got their coins after contacting people in the community who then put pressure onto majestic bank. Higher then advertised rates also happened more then once.

fuck off. seriously.

THERE IS NO OFFICIAL HAVENO INSTANCE, because no one involved with making haveno is running a haveno network, and not even endorsing one. This is very impotent to mitigate legal risks, because apparently governments pull reasons out of their asses to prosecute open source devs they don’t like. Your centralized “fund” shows blatantly that you have no fucking clue what you are doing, and you should not be trusted with an important piece of infrastructure.

If you are looking for a real network, check out the first and only instance of haveno: https://github.com/retoaccess1/haveno-reto

For tutorials on how to use it, check out nihilism’s excellent guides: https://blog.nihilism.network/servers/haveno-client-f2f/index.html

ysk messages on lemmy are not encrypted. Put your matrix username in your bio to enable the “secure message” button (which just redirects to matrix)

exactly. haveno can be a cash cow for the arbitrators if they keep it running. The more they scam, especially on high value disputes, the higher the chance traders will just create their own network, killing the cow in the process.

Love that this was posted on a french instance - and that I got to see it thanks to federation.

Would you mind exporting some of your innovation to your neighbors? I think we have demand too :)

Either monero or cash is fine as payment. You don’t need to support both.

I can not take any privacy service seriously which does not accept monero and/or cash. You exceed expectations by not even including kyc’d payment methods.

Your landing page does not load at all without javascript. For a privacy service this is an immediate red flag. It doesn’t have to be pretty, but I expect to be able to read all text without JS.

I’m not a fan of your “litepaper”. It contains too much marketing (mission statement, ownership, zero knowledge praise) and user guide (website, payment, dashboard, referral). The first block belongs on an about us page, the second on an faq page. As it is right now, it feels a bit like a shitcoin whitepaper. Instead use it to exclusively explain how your tech works, and why I it is better then what your competition does.

Ultimately you could just be another ANOM, and it’s up to you to sufficiently proof you aren’t. Sorry to be this harsh, but your presentation does not give me the confidence to even try your service.

destroy […] assets […] for the public good

The public would greatly benefit if we destroyed assets of lobbyists and their funders! You’re drafting the law for that, right? Right?

What’s the point of doing business?

Ideally, (your) business provides something for your community that they otherwise would not get or not get enough of. You should use your own strengths and interests, because otherwise whatever you do will be mediocre and you’d quickly hate the work. If everything goes well, you get to hire people from your community; so you’re not only providing them with your product/service, but also with income. Good business is geared toward long term operation, and works even despite competition.

Starting a business does not make it a startup. The only purpose of a startup is to grow as fast as possible, with as much outside capital as needed, at whatever cost. Usually it follows the process of enshitification: First be good to customers, then be good to sellers, and once you captured the majority of the market it’s time to fuck everyone over. That’s venture capital for you, in a nutshell.

Regarding investing: Feel free to park some of your money in an ETF if you must. Searching for “the next great thing” is likely a waste of time.

The major issue is the low market share of crypto and the higher effort required to get USD. If you want USD, Monero can not fix this. So whenever you can offer your goods and services in XMR natively to lesser the dependence on fiat ever so slightly.

We’re still here, and have never left. Interest in crypto is primarily driven by price, and with the relative poor market performance attention of the masses is diverted. Almost like if it’s planned by those who don’t like xmr.

very useful, much appreciated

Improved energy efficiency only results in a higher hashrate with the same amount of energy consumed. Assuming electricity costs dominate the mining expenses, in an efficient system the value of consumed energy should equal the value of mined coins. If it’s significantly less, more miners will join until everything is balanced again.

On the flip side this means it’s very easy to calculate the running cost of a financial system based on XMR: it’s roughly 0.8% of the supply per year, slightly decreasing in the future thanks to the tail emission.

If you use the same metric to determine a cost for the current central banking system, which targets a real inflation of usually 2%, but it’s more like a 4%+ cost of living increase for necessities, meaning using monero is AT LEAST 5 times as efficient. However this is ignoring the fees banks demand at every opportunity, so I’d estimate monero is about 10x as efficient.

please do not bring over reddit memes. Eventually someone will not understand the irony and keep doing it for real. thanks

Do not use “paste” that already has a low viscosity at room temp, it will get more liquid as it heats up. Good thermal paste doesn’t even cost much, and a syringe last for years of regular service on multiple devices. Repasting is not difficult.

I’d encourage you to copy/paste any or all of this

Your post may resonate with many people in the community, but I certain it won’t with the general population. When recommending anything, it’s best to focus on things the listener cares about, so tailor the message and don’t copy and paste.

What can we do today to increase Monero adoption?

Use it when buying and explicitly say you accept it when selling. It’s literally that simple.

Droidify is the best! Best performance and UI of all compatible clients, and even handles 3rd repos that wont load on others.

Thanks for the heads up, my setup is indeed 6-12 months old. My thoughts on the linked list:

• uBlock origin is the #1 recommended plugin, and can make some other plugins redundent, see below
• Decentraleyes only helps only for some scripts/sites and may be fingerprintable. Considering that it targets major CDNs and it’s widespread use, I still think it’s benefits outweigh the possible downside, especially if used in conjunction with a good VPN, so its optional but I’d keep it.
• Privacy Badger used to be unique in that it creates a custom blocking list based on your behavior. There was some security and privacy vulnerability with this method, so it’s no longer done. It depends now solely on a pre-trained list just like uBlock origin, offers no additional features and should be removed.
• Cookie extensions may give you a false sense of privacy as they do nothing for IP tracking or other vectors. However they do patch one area, and are useful if used correctly and together with other methods.
• noscript is technically covered by uBlock origin as well, but the UI is far superior and you’ll be using that a lot.
• Canvas Blocker was an optional plugin to begin with, and starting Firefox 120 the FPP (Fingerprint Protection) can subtly randomize canvas, hopefully with less problems. You should be using this build in feature instead of the plugin.
• Font Fingerprint Defender is the one plugin that broke tracking on fingerprint.com, combined with VPN IP change, despite javascript being enabled. If you care about privacy, and not anonymity, you should still be using this.