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[–] admin@monero.town 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I might need help with the tor config after the upcoming server migration. I should be able to handle exporting and importing the database & this time I'll be using ansible for the install instead of a manual docker config.

[–] admin@monero.town 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The server is getting migrated soon, i did not really know what i was doing when i initially set this up.

[–] admin@monero.town 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's not really but the paper suggested some improvements that would make the transactions waaaay harder to link to a trade. Definitely a net-positive for privacy.

[–] admin@monero.town 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No, the transaction tracing relies on the transparent bitcoin chain. It does not work for the off-chain payment methods and especially not for something super private like cash by mail.

[–] admin@monero.town 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I think your podcast link might be broken.

[–] admin@monero.town 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Monero is untraceable if used correctly. Aleksanteri Kivimäki was not busted because of "Monero tracing". I don't believe anyone has, usually it is simple amount and timing analysis on the swaps in and out of Monero. If someone gets a 5000 XMR ransomware payment and a random guy suddenly deposits 5000 XMR into a centralized exchange, of course you can "trace" that but you are tracing metadata, not Monero itself. Monero is only one tool in the opsec belt.

[–] admin@monero.town 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Make sure your wallet is up-to-date and pick a trusted community remote node like:

Edit: Removed the kyun node. Apparently it's not an official kyun node and ran by an anon.

[–] admin@monero.town 15 points 4 months ago

It would greatly help if you would actually describe your project instead of having people search for your account on a different site.

[–] admin@monero.town 1 points 5 months ago

Yes! That is possible, check out this guide. Pruned db is smaller but it will first do a full sync and then prune it so you still need enough storage for the "peak".

[–] admin@monero.town 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

Raspberries lack physical AES instructions, I am not exaggerating when I say this could take 5-6 weeks to sync. There are other SBCs like the Rockpro 64 that would be way better suited for a node but the most economical option is getting used mini-pcs from ebay for $50.

It will have high RAM usage because it is constantly writing and reading during sync.

[–] admin@monero.town 5 points 7 months ago
[–] admin@monero.town 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

We are temporarily suspending monero.town signups while this is live to prevent airdrop hunters from joining. Non-local comments containing an address will also be removed. Known community members can still DM me on matrix to get approved.

 

geteilt von: https://monero.town/post/2863766

Monero turns 10 today! 🥳

 

The proposal for Generalized Bulletproofs Security Proofs is now open for funding on the Monero Community Crowdfunding System.

GBPs would be used to replace Monero's Ring Signatures with Full-chain membership proofs.

Let's get this funded ASAP!

Source: @DontTraceMeBruh

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by admin@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town
 

Since the old payment gateway kinda broke when we switched the hosting provider I’ve set up a new one :)

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by admin@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town
 

Since the old payment gateway kinda broke when we switched the hosting provider I've set up a new one :)

 

Please report if you encounter any issues. Since about a week ago, the monero payment gateway doesn't seem to work and while setting up and testing the site after the migration I've ran into the site not always loading but that could be related to DNS propagation and hopefully resolves itself in the next few hours.

 

Shoutout to the pict-rs dev asonix for helping me with the migration ♥

https://git.asonix.dog/asonix/pict-rs

 

Server showed as online on the hosting provider dashboard but it wasn't responding. After contacting support, this was fixed at some point.

This led to a config file being reverted because of a setting I didn't change earlier which led to the page only showing "Server error."

Everything should work again and in the future that config file shouldn't change by itself anymore. I still have no idea what the problem on the providers side was, let's hope it doesn't happen again :P

 

There is a lot we can do but it might become a bit spammy if we add too much. Some ideas would be:

  • Monero ecosystem releases (Monero, GUI, Haveno, Serai, etc) either in a special releases community or the regular Monero one
  • DarknetLive posts to the darknet community
  • Crypto news to the cryptocurrency community

All of these feeds are of high quality and shouldn't completely spam us.

What do you think? Any other suggestions?

 

Edit 2: This has been replaced with a bot that posts way more reliably, as well as locally to the instance.

~~#### Edit: This doesn't seem to work that well, will be upgraded soon.~~

~~Posts made to r/Monero can now be seen on monero.town by subscribing to !monero@lemmit.online 🎉~~

geteilt von: https://lemmit.online/post/157129

This is an automated archive made by the Lemmit Bot.

The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/monerobull on 2023-07-10 19:36:45+00:00.


If this works as planned, this post should show up in the feed of https://monero.town/, a monero-focused Lemmy instance.

Comments made on either the reddit or Lemmy side don't get synced, just the post itself.

If you can see this post on .town, congratulations, you don't have to visit reddit anymore 🥳

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by admin@monero.town to c/meta@monero.town
 

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This instance doesn't share its backend with monero.town, in fact, it runs on an entirely different (and way less reliable) server.

Edit: Subscriptions aren't working since remote instances don't know where to send their posts (doesn't work with onion addresses). This means that only manually searched posts actually show up, making the whole instance pretty useless ._.

~~You can still view monero.town and the rest of the fediverse through federation. You can either put communities into the searchbar and subscribe to them (Example !monero@monero.town) or put entire links to posts from other instances into it to make them show up here.~~

Since this instance is on Tor, it can federate inwards (pull content from other lemmy servers) but CAN'T federate outwards (interacting with posts on other servers). You can still comment and vote but only people on this instance will be able to see this. You are essentially siloed with a one-way window into the outside world.

For now, registration is open because I don't want to manage applications on two instances at once. Don't abuse this or it will be shut.

Matrix join the matrix room for live discussions/questions: #monero.town:monero.social

 

Here is the changelog.

This upgrade brings a ton of bugfixes and performance improvements.

It also broke the nice custom theme we had 😅 I'll try to iron this out but for the time being we will change back to a default theme.

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How do I participate on Lemmy instances outside my own?

If it's already discovered (see the next section on that) you can go directly by URL in this format. https://yourlemmy.server/c/coolcommunity@coolserver.com or by searching for coolcommunity in the search bar. You will stay logged in with your home server this way but can vote, comment, post using your current identity on that other server meaning you don't need a separate account. Neat right?

Discovering: Hey I can't see [x] newly started community on my server! I can't find [y] popular community from my small server! What gives? (IMPORTANT)

Some communities might not appear from All, until any logged in user of that server searches for it in the lemmy-ui (web) searchbar.

For example, to "discover" coolcommunity @coolserver.com from instance yourlemmy.server, you would type "!coolcommunity@coolserver.com" within yourlemmy.server's search bar and wait 10 seconds. Ensure that community has at least one post that can sync, and even then it may take a while to actually appear in some cases. If you set the filter to "communities", enter the community in that format and press search and nothing happens, that means it is discovered. If it says No results, try again after 10 seconds, check that you have spelled and formatted correctly.

That causes your server to "discover" it and will start syncing posts and be searchable and also available on apps like Jerboa. Only after it is discovered can you use a URL link to it in this format: https://yourlemmy.server/c/coolcommunity@coolserver.com I coined the term discovering here but in essence it's initiating federation and post-fetching from that community.

I signed up but nothing happened/Some notification came up but I missed it. What do I do next?

This server has a manual approval process. Usually requests are approved within 30 minutes but it can take up to 12 hours to get approved. Try logging in after an hour, if it works you are successfully registered. You won't get any notification at all of your approval unless you inquire about your application through outside channels like the monero matrix rooms.

How do I find more communities?

The communities page or searching for communities.

Help! Why can't I see any/many posts and comments on an active thread?

Check your Language settings. Select English, Undetermined and your native language(s) using Ctrl+Click in the webui.

Where are the "Hot" and Important posts on Lemmy?

Whichever server you decide with, you can use the All page from the home of your server, sort by Hot, New, Active. Just keep in mind again, if your server has few "discovered" communities you won't see much outside your own server. Subscribe to major, active communities that you might be interested in then you can look in your "Subscribed" page as your feed for buzzing posts.

Statspage on number of Lemmy users etc.?

Sure! FediDB, this page is also useful to find new servers to join.

Anything else I need to know?

Please be careful with what you share on the internet. This should be common sense as even content on Reddit can be archived before deletion.

This post is based on this Lemmy FAQ.

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