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People who don’t have enough space to run a local node often talk about this: https://gupax.io/guide/

It may be difficult to get 5 € / mo, but maybe a few €…? There is also some kind of “ruffle” and, although unrelated to mining, recently a zero-fee fundraising website appeared in case you need it.

Yeah, I’m not really a huge fan of Mastodon. It’s at least usable for Tor users, though; there is an onion Mastodon instance, where the admin is obviously Tor-friendly. On the other hand, Telegram, Discord, etc. are tantamount to non-existing as you can’t even sign up anonymously.

Ideally, I think an artist should have their own domain & web site, where they can control every detail, rather than relying on a platform. That’d be my Plan A. Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc. are Plan B, for those who don’t want to learn HTML (or PHP or something like that).

Working with no JS surely sounds great, either way.

Yes. Basically you need a phone number there. I don’t think it’s a good choice. Get your own server, anonymously if desired, and please do not put it behind Cloud Flare. Ideally, an independent libre artist should not rely on a centralized platform provided by a Big Tech company. I believe this is obvious.

If you don’t speak HTML and can’t create your own web pages, then maybe a Tor-friendly Mastodon instance?

PS: or maybe Pixelfed (if it’s Tor-friendly)

Advantages:

• More decentralization: more resistant to censorship, that 51% thing; more community-based, possible “warm and fuzzy” feelings; for the network, more nodes = more anonymity
• You don’t need to trust (rely on) ~~local~~ [Edit: I mean remote] nodes to use XMR; for you, more privacy in a way & more safety
• If desired, p2pool to earn a bit

Disadvantages:

• A lot of (read-)write access; potentially shortening SSD lifespan
• Maybe electric bill - if you think about this only economically
• Others including your local ISP may know that you’re running a node; in a way less privacy/anonymity for you - in theory this shouldn’t be a problem if you live in a “free” country (you’re doing nothing illegal) - in some other countries like China, you might have to be astute to run a node

Yeah, no hard feelings :) and sorry I was not clear enough originally.

I’m a Tails user having Feather there, so if someone says in the Monero community, “Don’t use Feather on Tails,” then naturally I’ll comment on it, especially if the statement seems to be based on misunderstanding about Tor. But that does not mean I’m attacking that poster personally, and I’ll also ask them to correct me if I’m wrong, because there might be indeed some issues with Tails + Feather that I don’t know yet, and if so I’d really like to learn about them. That’s exactly what I did, but you didn’t reply, so…

Not believing what you read blindly is just common sense. Nothing personal. It’s just “Don’t assume; verify.”

Some other articles on your website, or links in them, are informative for everyone. IIRC one of the links you shared is Google Says It Doesn’t 'Sell' Your Data. Here’s How the Company Shares, Monetizes, and Exploits It. (EFF), a very good one. Keep up the great work!

@dragonsidedd @tusker Obviously it’s important for people not to depend (too much) on YouTube, but it’s also risky to assume that another platform is “good” just because it’s not YouTube.

Also, while uBlock is very good, I don’t think it blocks (by default) GoogleTagManager or Google Fonts or JS provided by Google, because many web sites will stop working properly if everything Google is blocked and average users don’t like that (They’re still blissfully using Google search after all). Once a monopolizer starts controlling things, it’s not easy to undo that. (Cloudflare is also polluting > 10% of the websites now, getting worse and worse.)

This issue has been clearly documented since forever in the docs of Feather Wallet, a free (libre) Monero wallet.

Can I manually adjust the transaction fee?

It is not currently possible to manually adjust the transaction fee in Feather.

Transaction fees are visible on the blockchain, therefore setting it manually can make your transaction stick out and harm your privacy. In the interest of transaction uniformity, we have decided to not add this feature at this time.

In other words, you can only use the “standard” fee on Feather.

That’s kind of a rip-off yeah, but it does prove your point too: there are people who want to buy 1 XMR for $200, even if it’s $150 on CEX. A street price. True value, so to speak?

This is a sign to me that it’s more valuable than fiat and people are seeing that.

That’s an interesting observation, and I think that’s correct about Monero. If 1 XMR is say 140 €, I do feel 1 XMR is much more precious than 140 €, if that makes sense.

If it’s a relatively small amount, you can try (KYC-free) DEX like listed in kycnot.me — e.g. Bisq for BTC, and (hopefully!) Haveno is coming for XMR. There are also crypto ATMs, depending on the place you live… Also, the rumor has it in Vietnam you can do fiat <--> xmr freely w/o KYC (not sure if it’s true). Either way, like you said, once you get whatever coin, coin-coin is usually trivial.

Obviously there are a lot of corruptions, yeah… But I’d like to believe that we may be able to change things a bit. We may be able to fight back, rectify things…

I’m talking about facts, not talking about you personally. I use Feather from time to time, so I know a little about it. I’m ignorant about many other things, though.

Describing Feather, I’d first say it’s Electrum-like. That may be the #1 reason why someone familiar with Electrum may want to consider using Feather. I’d also say coin control—which is something you can’t do with the official GUI. Unlike Bitcoin, coin control is usually unnecessary, except if you mine, you’ll get a lot of tiny coins and the inside of your wallet will quickly become messy (like having 10 € all with 1 cent coins, so to speak). That’s where Feather is very helpful 😺