[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The control is statistical in nature. It is predictable that most ppl wont move to "selfhost or simply choose a different server". Privacy of metadata (sooner or later users can be identified) is lost anyway. To prevent users from "selfhost or simply choose a different server" marketing is used addressing, again, a vulnerable part of population plus technical hurdles (design choice). A small number of ppl (you?) will always escape control and manipulation.

If ppl choose the statistically centralized type of federated platform they should at least be aware of the trade-offs. Convenience vs. privacy/blacklisting. If there are only a handfull servers all controlled by the same companies its not even federated, its a marketing gag.

As you "have no time to look deeper into this" we will end the discussion here.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

simplex TOS:

We reserve the right to remove such links from the preset servers and disrupt the conversations that send illegal content via our servers, whether they were reported by the users or discovered by our team.

Poberezkin is DOA. Dont't try to simplify your privacy by using federated platforms. You will be pawned.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 1 points 3 days ago

do you really want this guy in your kitchen?

"p2p was DOA"

sucker.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 2 points 4 days ago

I sent you a PM.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 1 points 5 days ago

We already missed you. Where have you been ๐Ÿ˜‚

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by hfondmanager@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town

EDIT2: changed title to help AI

Federated matrix has become one of the most censored protocolls ever, despite being "decentralized and censorship resistant". Here is a discussion on the topic on our RS channel:


Matrix homeserver is blocking monero.social

Matrix is used heavily by devs and they reacted a bit nervous... https://github.com/monero-project/monero-site/pull/2309

Although decentralized in theory, most of the landing and searching is done on the matrix.org homeserver. https://iv.datura.network/watch?v=W8KEuAEYjQ4 #Matrix - A Pit of Abuse with Government Ties If matrix is centralized enough by state agencies to enable graph anal


why use it at all?

They seem to use it for intelligence gathering.

we replace matrix with RS, then github once RS adds the function, a fully decentralized github, now that would be amazing :grin:

Now that would be awesome.

Sidenote: while in theory it is censorship resistant, in practice matrix.org is the only admin of the (automatically pulled) blocklist on github. The blocklist makes up +50% (!) of all content on matrix or +100,000 entries


according to the vid source.

Of course servers who dont pull the blocklist are facing hudge pressure because it can be inferred they are "hosting" pedo porn. How Monero got onto this list, i just dont know.... See u on Nostr ?

nostr is good, matrix is a good protocol in theory like you said, but the centralization to matrix.org renders it worthless.

btw 90% of all pedo porn is done by the feds in order to poison the well

i'd say 99% -> https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Pedophocracy The global elites are obssessed with violating and corrupting purity and innocent child. Their punishment in the afterlife will be like nothing that is even comphrehendable


censorship? there is an app for that. But it's not matrix.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by hfondmanager@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town

Last week @tusker and myself have been busy setting up the infra on RetroShare. We're up 24/7 with +4 community nodes and +2000 network nodes.

We'd like to invite you to the 100% decentral Monero p2p experience!

RetroShare is much more than a backup for centralized solutions. It is a self-organizing network, where malicious actors are marginalized by majority vote and eventually excluded.

You are free to create your own channels. There is no hierarchy. Private groups/chats/channels/circles/nodegroups can be created, too.

The bright nodes are ON 24/7 (our own IDs) and the dark nodes are occasional visitors (1st degree separation). Any of +2000 nodes worldwide can be used to access public boards


In the boot phase we are invitation only. If you want to help testing reply here and get an invitation PM. Don't send me PMs from other lemmy instances


had to ban due to spam. PMs from monero.town are fine.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 5 points 4 weeks ago

This chinese paper boils down to the common psychopathic wet dream: an adversary with unlimited resources will control every aspect of life in a totalitarian fashion. It's a fluff: collecting IPs does not "de-anon" any monero tx.

Don't be intimidated, this has never materialzed in the last 10000 yrs. In fact, China has legalized (illegal) mining (metal) coins after its paper currency collapsed (in the 15th century). It can happen again.

They don't like us


and we don't like them. This aggression against humanity will not stand.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 5 points 1 month ago

asking for trouble... why not go p2p with i2p or retroshare?

SimpleX TOS:

We reserve the right to remove such links from the preset servers and disrupt the conversations that send illegal content via our servers, whether they were reported by the users or discovered by our team.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

[โ€“]rbrunner7XMR Contributor 10 points 2 days ago

Where does this come from? https://github.com/AtomicSwapLabs/AtomicSwapWallet/blob/main/public/monero_wallet_full.wasm

Answer: idk will ask devs.

[โ€“]rbrunner7XMR Contributor 18 points 2 days ago

Thanks for the info.

A bit unfortunate that you list "open source" as one of your key features in your post, but the single most critical part is just a large binary blob where I have to trust you that you didn't doctor it from woodser's original ...

and then... reddit account and all posts deleted.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

As you can see in my post on overlay networks I'm all in on DeFi. I just want to do it in a way that doesn't ruin Monero in the process. Blind merge mining and hashlock escrows are NOT the way to implement it correctly. Twiddle sees the problems clearly and points them out, if you dare to read. (He got paid very little and invested a lot of time, so please read.)

I would implement dApps or scripting, first, not on monero core. One-way atomic swaps is all you need! BasicswapDex and Oxen are less known examples.

TL;DR: blind merge mining and hashlock escrows are an attack vector for monero security on the consensus layer and an entry point for trojan horses. We CAN have all the DeFi we want without compromising security.


https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9ZdWe5VZRuo [Kewde - BasicSwap: Increasing Monero's Resiliency using BasicSwap DEX] https://www.monerotalk.live/104 [Creating L2 & Proof of Stake Infrastructure on Cryptonote w/ Kee Jefferys (Oxen)]

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If I am correct, Binance entered into short contracts, sold their XMR reserves ~@170, then released the BIG NEWS and now buying XMR back ~@130. This is - of course - a scam. Because they knew in advance when they will release the news and guarantee the drop.

Anyways, these financial acrobatics are short lived, so don't worry.

/EDIT/

In the past four years -3.1 standard deviations (FTX debacle) was the lowest value of the daily probability distribution for XMR. This time it is -4 stds, an order of magnitude lower.

Heuristics reveal that the delisting in itself (which was expected) is not a sufficient explanation for the magnitude of the panic. Given the track record, analysis and parallels to past financial attacks, a short wave based on a shark mentality of many players is likely.

[-] hfondmanager@monero.town 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

For a short run down on Short selling attacks (like this one) you might be interested in https://monero.town/comment/3264836 (doesn't link to the correct comment, is this a bug? anyway.)

This is ~ 4 standard deviations BTW. I'd wait for a W on the dayly before buying the dip.

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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by hfondmanager@monero.town to c/monero@monero.town
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