You give your email to an instance that is federated to other instances. This plurality of instances don’t have access to your Email
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2026
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some instances you don't have to supply an email to make an account, you don't have to provide any personal info
Was just confused af when I saw someone else posting that they didn't have to give theirs.
Mirage gave me a seed phrase and that was it, which I liked. Privacy first ideally is always my approach.
Appreciate the reply my bro
I guess that some instances could work like that. Go see a Piracy instance for more info
Are you advertising for Mirage? You seem an bit obsessed with talking about it.
They've worked it into literally every comment in this thread, so I'd say the chances are about 100%.
This depends on the server you sign up on. lemmy.world is just one of many. No idea which one doesn't require an email address. Since you're already on lemmy.world I'd stay there for a while to get a feel for the other servers out there.
Makes sense man. Still finding my way around on here. Looking for a new home post Reddit ban. Mirage and here both looking great so far.
I'm only aware of this one instance having email set to optional.
Most require it to help combat bots.
how many active users does Mirage have? I've never heard of it before
Its home page says about 1800 users at the moment, invite only.
that checks out - thanks for finding that info for me!
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Few of my codes if you want to give it a try!
Precise numbers I have no idea my bro but it has been growing a lot over the last few weeks for as long as I've been on there. mirage.talk if you want to have a look!
oh, it's crypto-bro blockchain stuff, yeah ... no thanks 😅
here are the last two years of actively monthly user stats on Lemmy:
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats&months=24
note that a lot of people are migrating to piefed (which integrates with lemmy and serves the same purpose):
https://piefed.fediverse.observer/stats&months=12
It's built on a blockchain but that's as far as the crypto element goes. no token or anything like that. No base knowledge of crypto needed. The blockchain allows you to remain anon when signing up.
ZeroNet was doing something similar over a decade ago, the idea of a radical free-speech / censorship-resistant blockchain-mediated forum is nothing new. (In the end it tends to create a space for pedophiles, Nazis, and other such taboo groups who experience the most censorship elsewhere.)
My issue with this is less about a lack of knowledge (I have more crypto and blockchain knowledge than I would like to have), but more about the disappointment in crypto-bro culture and their ideological associations. NFTs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technologies are all darlings of reactionaries and grifters - it's a toxic culture, and I'm just not interested in anything associated with it.
Nah i'm with you on that one 100% as well. As someone that's been in the crypto space for years now. (More than I would like to admit). Crypto Twitter for example is a cesspit. I find myself enjoying Mirage more so now due to the fact it's not too dominated with Crypto content. Far from it at this stage. Plus there's no algo, it's all opt in/opt out self moderation, which suits me also.
But I hear you on the crypto culture 100%.
oh, that's nice - I remember enjoying aspects of ZeroNet, though it was hard to filter all the junk out; it was also much smaller than Lemmy.
I think you will probably fit in nicely on Lemmy, tbh - anti-Zionism is pretty much the default here (which is why I assume you got kicked from Reddit), and there are a lot of techie people here, too.
Thanks for being nice to me and hearing me out 💕
Legend. Thanks to you!
My pleasure!