SaberhagenTheNameless
Saberhagen The Nameless

XMR: 84mAJEgdihyRHkz8fGeuqgbQ19SuGeFWbhokJG2uMNMwTkDyoyQ3H7BijQNwSriSp9hHfaRGZYpCuKvHJwTer8av845U9py

SimpleX: https://smp17.simplex.im/a#R1eFufRtZcsq_c7drIpiHLhdNGaUd_lSEjW1yMY-IvY

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nos.lol

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2026-08-09 05:06:28 GMT

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Kind of a broad question and depends what you are looking at and comparing to. For a few examples Monero is more decentralized when it comes to mining and mining pools (anyone can mine no special hardware required, and p2pool exists), but more centralized when it comes to node count and contributors to code (if you're basing it on number of contributors) than Bitcoin. They're both similar in regards to node software centralization.

2026-08-02 05:46:15 GMT

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The problem is how do you know who the real owner is? Can't prove it with the private keys anymore because the original thief and copycat thieves will also know it. Could also be abused by moving your own coins to another wallet, pretending you lost them to this attack, and get compensated while still owning your original coins.

2026-08-02 05:09:35 GMT

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https://trocador.app/

2026-07-21 09:07:16 GMT

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nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp42vshaxfqmrnccxmvl05ruvd0el089xrhclck9mc05un50g2p84qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwaehxw309aex2mrp0yh8qunfd4skctnwv46z7qgswaehxw309ahx7um5wghx6mmd9uqzpz58jas4kyxkxemshrkw98q9fcz07a8kry82g27gupjpxephhpqy30tzzd

2026-07-20 06:47:16 GMT

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Do you know how to reach out to the Monfluo dev? Maybe you can ask them if they would be willing to sign the Zapstore repo @nprofile…e6hg
I tried but the SimpleX link on codeberg isn't working and I don't have a Matrix account

2026-07-14 08:06:48 GMT

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From what I've heard for example Cake wallet is just waiting for Breez SDK to add it then it's a simple matter of including it in the wallet UI. Supposedly it will be soon. Not sure about wallets that use other Spark implementations but I'm guessing it's a similar reason they don't have it yet either.

2026-07-13 07:31:22 GMT

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Probably the UI. I don't think any Spark wallet has unilateral exit flow built in them yet.

2026-07-09 06:37:50 GMT

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I like Dark Wisp personally

2026-07-08 08:09:26 GMT

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The problem seems to be that every client is doing Monero tipping differently. poster.place wasn't recognizing my monero payment target from other clients. Had to re-add my Monero address in another field on my profile on poster.place. Now it works

2026-07-08 07:49:09 GMT

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yea I think you're right for amethyst

2026-07-07 11:05:49 GMT

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Amethyst, Ditto, Dark Wisp, and Imwald now support Monero tipping (and more) through payment targets

2026-07-07 10:41:03 GMT

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I think it's already possible to set up LTC MWEB tips. Need to use Nostr clients that support payment targets and add your address. Amethyst, Dark Wisp, Ditto, Imwald...

2026-07-07 10:31:47 GMT

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Posted the same thing but just saw this 😂

2026-07-07 10:05:22 GMT

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Yea Qubic attack. It wasn't a 51% attack by definition because they never reached 51%. Yes it can happen again. Every PoW blockchain is vulnerable to selfish mining attacks to some degree unless they implement some form of workshares, but that comes with it's own trade-offs.

2026-07-07 09:40:07 GMT

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No it wasn't. You mean the selfish mining attack. Reorgs from an attacker start happening well below 51% and every PoW blockchain is vulnerable to it.

2026-07-07 08:18:25 GMT

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To keep roughly the same current total hashrate/security (or more) on only intermittent and excess energy? No, it's not so obvious to me why that would be the case. But sure if we make big optimistic assumptions I could see why you would think so (ALL energy producers in the world, no alternative more profitable uses of that energy, high transaction activity on-chain, etc)

2026-07-03 14:07:57 GMT

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You're talking about exceptional days with a lot of traffic though. I'm hardly surprised they were thriving. Kind of my point that miners will need a lot of traffic to make it worth their time once block subsidy fades away. Not once in a blue moon spikes. Where is all that traffic going to come from if it is expected that most users are going to transact off-chain on lightning, ark, ecash, etc in the future?
I need to think more about your last two paragraphs. Not sure if intermittent mining with excess energy would be enough to offset all the other hashrate that would be lost that would no longer feasible.

2026-07-03 13:20:23 GMT

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Kind of off-topic, but what ever happend with the Monero ecash mint you were working on? Heard you mention it in a talk last year i think

2026-07-03 05:08:00 GMT

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Yea I meant it's likely not happening on BTC. You're talking about Sztorcs Ecash right? Definitely interested in checking it out when it drops

2026-07-02 08:09:24 GMT

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Well yea isnt' it obvious?... it's working right now even when the mempool is empty because there is still a block subsidy
1. Using drivechains is optional though. People who don't trust it can completely ignore it. They never have to expose any of their funds to it and can continue using on-chain, lightning, ark, ecash, etc. Bit of irony considering the last three have a lot more trust assumptions than drivechains, but people are still okay with them.
2. You won't literally have to wait 3 months to get your coins if you don't want to. You can swap with other users on-chain or use services like Boltz that there will surely be a market for like every other coin. I think there is even a drivechain for decentralized exchanges already.
3. Honestly, I don't really have a strong opinion on this. It's kind of already shitcoinified isn't that the whole contention with BIP110 vs Core right now? At least with drivechains the incentives push people to do that off the L1. Most people already associate Bitcoin with crypto in general and use them interchangeably.
4. True
I don't think drivechains will likely happen either.

2026-06-30 10:33:25 GMT

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It is kind of parasitic in that way too since transactions happening on lightning don't pay miners transaction fees to secure the blockchain. If most transactions are supposed to happen on lightning in the future, and block subsidy is going away, who is going to pay miners?
Lightning works for now, but a Drivechain future seems more symbiotic and sustainable.

2026-06-30 10:20:57 GMT

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Thought it was legit at first, but now I'm thinking they're mostly bots

2026-06-28 10:38:41 GMT

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Dude just mute them and the word BCH, use web of trust, paid relays, etc if you don't like them.
Nostr is permissionless this was always going to happen. The protocol isn't dependent on lightning or bitcoin to function at all (or any crypto for that matter)

2026-06-28 09:22:43 GMT

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Where was this?

2026-06-26 06:35:09 GMT

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Swap from a different crypto using trocador.app or something similar there are lots of options that way. If you mean directly from fiat then youre options are slimmer but usually people recommend retoswap.com
https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&categories=aggregator&currency-mode=or&currencies=xmr

2026-06-21 08:47:01 GMT

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Tried like 20 clients. All worked except https://satellite.earth/

2026-06-20 22:28:46 GMT

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VPN, AI, eSIM, sms verification, email alias, note app, food, donations to foss projects...use to buy ammo as well but the website no longer exists.

2026-06-19 13:13:32 GMT

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My point was you also seek privacy in the coinjoins and no-kyc ways you get Bitcoin. But I wouldn't say youre just a hiding rat by doing that. I would say it's smart of you to do when your adversary is powerful and isn't going to play fair anyway. The same way firearms give someone an asymmetric advantage against someone physically stronger.

2026-06-19 06:27:43 GMT

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I don't even necessarily disagree with everything you're saying, but if the privacy Monero provides is like "rats hiding under the floorboards" and "Bitcoin is for people who are fed up with hiding and want to overthrow the system." then why are you talking about no-KYC and coinjoins (means to achieve more privacy)?
Why is the Bitcoin community always seeking methods for increasing privacy whether that is lightning, ecash, liquid, etc?
Your argument would be stronger if you just admit privacy is essential (even if you don't agree with it being at the base layer)

2026-06-14 15:08:52 GMT

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Oh yea it's been around for awhile. Invaluable resource for anyone wanting to get some Bitcoin/Monero without KYC. Pluja is an OG.
Like what you guys are doing with Vector btw! Very cool 🤙

2026-06-14 03:42:51 GMT

"Six years of KYCnot.me"
https://kycnot.me/blog/six-year-anniversary

2026-06-13 13:47:32 GMT

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This is so you don't link different identities and activities together that you may not want connected. If you use the same address everywhere it's pretty obvious that you're the same person.
But for payment targets on your public profile it doesn't matter

2026-06-13 07:31:26 GMT

"The impact of recent LLM releases on these security fixes cannot be overstated. LLMs assisted in identifying several of the vulnerabilities disclosed here. DarkFi is fortunate to be preparing for release during a new golden age of LLM assisted security research. Every bug found today strengthens the protocol for tomorrow.
Here's a detailed summary of the findings and fixes:"
https://dark.fi/insights/testnet-v3a-r1-reset.html

2026-06-13 07:18:49 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHs8EfnfOCM

2026-06-09 10:58:12 GMT

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"Richard Cantillon formulated a theory now known as the Cantillon Effect. The theory is valid when applied to monopoly monies, but has no relevance to market money – a fact that seems to have escaped economists since Cantillon. The basis of the distortions explained by Cantillon is seigniorage, not money production. Market production of money, just as market production of all things, is not only neutral in real effects but also price neutral."
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Inflation-Principle

2026-06-07 04:26:48 GMT

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Looks like the ETH/XMR atomic swap here
https://beta.moneroswap.eth.limo/
This is the BTC/XMR one
https://eigenwallet.org/

2026-06-07 02:45:25 GMT

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TIL gold mining is fiat money

2026-05-28 10:19:57 GMT

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Probably because nation states can act with impunity for the most part so prioritize liquidity over privacy

2026-05-28 10:12:39 GMT

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"The security of Bitcoin does not extend to white market systems. Any system dependent upon the value proposition of Bitcoin must also be black market."
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Permissionless-Principle

2026-05-25 15:05:20 GMT

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Thanks!

2026-05-25 14:07:33 GMT

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I also think, just say we concede for the sake of argument that a fixed supply would be better in theory, tail emission has a much stronger argument for cryptocurrency since mining is *required* to secure everyones coins and ability to transact. Without the incentive to mine none of it works.
Contrasted to the physical world where current owners of gold and ability to transact would be unaffected if gold miners just stopped mining.

2026-05-25 11:13:38 GMT

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can you give me the link for glowstr? don't think i've heard of it

2026-05-25 11:12:18 GMT

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https://jumble.imwald.eu/ and amethyst have payment targets now too

2026-05-25 09:42:05 GMT

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>"An item being "one-of-a-kind" (scarce) does not inherently make it valuable if it lacks utility or liquidity..."
Ok. You seem to already understand that comparing the supply of the two alone doesn't necessarily make something valuable because it completely ignores the other factor of value: demand. You can't control demand. Value is subjective.
>"Also, there is a difference between coerced utility (the USD, which you are forced to use for taxes) and voluntary utility (Bitcoin)..."
Not sure where the disagreement is then.
Bitcoin/Monero/gold mining requires work, is open to anyone, and acceptance is voluntary. Sound money.
Fiat inflation requires no work, closed to a centralized group, and acceptance is based on coercion. Not sound money.
>"Sound Money is not solely about having a fixed supply; it is about having a supply that cannot be manipulated by central authorities or protocol....
>"Tail emissions (as found in Monero) introduce a perpetual dilution of the supply introduce a perpetual dilution of the supply, which (regardless of the technical rationale) is a deviation from the absolute scarcity that is a necessary prerequisite for a "hard" asset that can compete with the USD long-term..."
Immediately go on to contradict your first sentence with the second one 😂
You mean a hard asset like gold? The thing with perpetual dilution of supply that has a larger mcap and network effect than Bitcoin? Money for thousands of years?

2026-05-24 10:32:41 GMT

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I see you added QR codes that was quick!

2026-05-24 07:35:14 GMT

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We can look at examples where both are accepted. Monero is either ahead or right behind Bitcoin in use. Which is spectacular for how small Moneros userbase is in comparison.
SilentLink, Coincards, NanoGPT, PayPQ, NymVPN, ShopInBit, Porcfest vendors, Darknet Markets, etc all show this when they breakdown what their customers are paying in
Bitcoin and Monero have a symbiotic relationship imo. Different strengths.

2026-05-24 06:53:06 GMT

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Scarcity fallacy. Something can have a fixed supply but have less demand than something with continuous supply i.e. one of a kind artwork that no one wants for VS gold with constant inflation.
If you think network effects and merchant acceptance win idk why you're a Bitcoiner. USD blows it out of the water. And way more people are storing value in gold so it doesn't win there either.
https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Scarcity-Fallacy

2026-05-24 06:10:21 GMT

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Can you make it render a QR code of the address when clicked?

2026-05-23 06:26:06 GMT

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Yes, I'm useless to YOU because I won't give YOU money. Like I said, you're an entitled whiny fuck. Now piss off.

2026-05-22 07:50:10 GMT

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Pure projection
You're the only person that started bitching about no one giving you Monero 😂
I wonder why

2026-05-21 09:46:56 GMT

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How do you go about hooking up someone with a Monero address? How would that even work? You expect someone to create a wallet for you and hand you the private key? If you're too lazy to even download a wallet and create an address to put on your profile (exactly what you did with your lightning wallet so I know you can do it) idk what to tell you. Seems like you don't care about being tipped with Monero that much.
If users like what you have to say people will tip you but there is no obligation. The entitled attitude you give off doesn't help either.

2026-05-20 11:23:01 GMT

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Was asking @npub133v…fx0e

2026-05-20 10:07:56 GMT

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How tf can anyone tip you in Monero without a Monero address in your profile? lmao

2026-05-19 05:49:13 GMT

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Last time I checked that wasn't true, but maybe that changed. Even so, I'm pretty sure Spark Operators can see everything. My main point was that Spark requires greater trust than lightning and on-chain. Just letting you know if you didn't.

2026-05-18 10:39:33 GMT

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Spark has greater trust assumptions than on-chain and even lightning FYI. Probably good enough for 21 sat zaps though lmao. Also, current privacy is as bad as on-chain the public can look up transactions (with the exception of maybe cake wallets implementation)
https://www.bitcoinlayers.org/
https://sparkscan.io/
https://reneaaron.github.io/spark-lnaddress-doxxer/

2026-05-18 09:22:30 GMT

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Is this related to the alternative to Frigate (craigraw/sparrow project) that @npub1v6q…nzyr mentioned a month or so ago?

2026-05-18 08:04:28 GMT

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I think perhaps the dude above means simply integrating a Monero address on your profile/notes to receive donations (only the donater and you would know the transaction happened though)
If you're broadcasting the tx key with the transaction to show the details all over nostr that would be entirely different and you're right that would make no sense

2026-05-18 07:22:35 GMT

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We can be retarded, but he's saying this mockingly lmao

2026-05-17 07:01:35 GMT

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You living under a rock bro?
https://nostr.download/56dc5fbda5274bca67d5e0fa5469dda74666d442b34b749b1902ef0b8f2dd73d.mp4
https://nostr.download/18b0355bb15e57d008fee1a490bedec2046444927fea6e4e6c82fc11a76feb4e.mp4
https://nostr.download/b9eb6810076378fc8331e91ff1f1fbb6c6fdbb7d049cf4511f81b5af60464398.mp4
https://nostr.download/dc53a569d1c30e2a2e6d9d0d4478ee171d0479f0d75aee5c52d2c28fbe727698.mp4
https://nostr.download/ee626eb0c8f24ca7df483de4b53be028b6e149ee1a45844ed70a1c835852ee4f.mp4
https://nostr.download/0d659e6f00c0ae73fa799b02310cf6b7ac5840396aa2a9c5c6e1750f87d3c119.mp4

2026-05-15 08:24:21 GMT

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https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/fungibility-graveyard/
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-dcd-1_21-cr-00399/pdf/USCOURTS-dcd-1_21-cr-00399-1.pdf

2026-05-15 08:18:03 GMT

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I thought you were actually asking but yes there would be no difference from the fiat side of things

2026-05-15 06:32:19 GMT

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Depends. Some have no KYC below a certain limit. Some simply require phone number/email verification (could use a burner for either)
Click one and click "view details" and scroll all the way down to "limits and verifications" to see:
https://coinatmradar.com/

2026-05-10 12:13:57 GMT

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They can't do that much with Lightning or Liquid either

2026-05-10 11:40:41 GMT

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KYC isn't about what happens to the coins afterwards. It's about a list showing you bought X amount of coins on Y date being tied to your real identity that governments and criminals will know (this info will leak eventually it always does - just search all crypto exchange data breaches for this year alone). You can't "unKYC" by coinjoining or swapping to Monero. Does nothing to erase that list.
Goodluck convincing the state and criminals that "there is no way to prove that I control those sats anymore". Doesn't matter if it's true or not. They aren't going to believe you. You're guilty until proven innocent. You're now a target.
https://github.com/jlopp/physical-bitcoin-attacks/blob/master/README.md

2026-04-22 11:35:04 GMT

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"You know why Nostr doesn't Zap Monero ??"
This was the assertion 👆
Now you know it actually does...which is why you're pivoting to some other retarded claim 🙄

2026-04-20 12:15:19 GMT

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https://nosmero.com/

2026-04-06 05:50:36 GMT

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Damn. I have to pump those numbers if I want to beat the highscore

2026-04-04 04:26:10 GMT

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Even if liquidity wasn't a factor nation states have the luxury of doing what they want with impunity for the most part so don't really care about privacy

2026-03-28 10:48:07 GMT

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The OPs original topic was fungibility meaning any given coin is indistiguishable from another. With Bitcoin you can split into "clean" and "tainted" coins. With Monero either *all coins are clean* or *all coins are tainted*. You can't pick and choose like Bitcoin.

2026-03-26 06:58:08 GMT

New wallet
https://monero.one/
https://www.youtube.com/live/27gFfwr2qjo?si=Xd0gp-ijB786U0N0&t=6013

2026-03-26 06:52:44 GMT

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@nprofile…xlvn

2026-03-26 06:13:09 GMT

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What is "functional money" and why can it never be that?

2026-03-24 07:40:12 GMT

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FYI if you run and connect to your own LWS you're not trusting anyone with your privacy and have no sync time. I havent tried it myself yet but @npub1nu7…ndfa has:
https://nostrudel.ninja/articles/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzp8euwghzsxupay6z7ku9f58mltj94q5vv2ykt5fyywzw2sxek9efqyvhwumn8ghj7mrfva58gmnfdenhyetvv9ujucm0d5hszxrhwden5te0dehhxarj9e3ksctfd4sju6twvehj7qq4x3gx7dz3varnjj6n09thq5rjw3xx7tfdv57uz4x0

2026-03-20 10:08:33 GMT

"Both Monero and Tor use Ed25519 elliptic curve cryptography. A Monero public spend key is mathematically identical to a Tor onion service public key. This means anyone can compute a deterministic Tor onion address directly from any Monero address.
Each MoneroDM instance runs a Tor onion service computed from the wallet's Monero spend/view keypairs. To send a message, MoneroDM computes the public onion address of the peer from the given Monero address."
https://monerodm.org/

2026-03-20 09:12:54 GMT

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The "Electronic" in "P2P Electronic Cash" already excludes physical cash
Can't send physical cash over the internet, instantly, and to anyone on the planet
Lightning privacy is too convoluted for most users. Most they can hope for is traditional bank level privacy (bank sees everything, public cannot). It's pretty good if you know what you're doing though.

2026-03-14 05:38:32 GMT

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#nevent1q…2aec

2026-03-13 06:45:41 GMT

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Anything we use criminals are going to use. Can't stop that with anything in life especially in open and permissionless systems (which is itself a defense for everyday people against even more powerful criminals). Overwhelming majority are normal users though.

2026-03-12 06:04:00 GMT

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Yea admittedly the UX for this stuff isn't quite there yet if you're used to exchanges. Trocador might be the easiest, quickest, and cheapest to use among these, but you're trusting a single swap provider not to freeze your funds during the swap (although they rate the chance of that happening for each swap provider). Eigen is probably the most trustless method followed by bisq/retoswap/robosats (because it's a multisig so you're relying on cooperation from arbitrators if something happens). Never had a problem with any of them myself though.
Here is the latest news about Thorchain adding XMR from a few days ago. Basically they're hoping to get it out sometime in 2026 but it's privacy properties and multisig makes it a little more complicated than other blockchains to implement:
https://xcancel.com/THORChain/status/2030831688532762713?s=20

2026-03-11 06:55:17 GMT

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I don't think it's a question of understanding. It's now normie because its in the awareness of the masses. Normies know what Bitcoin is more than ever even if it's just in a vague way and might even have some on an exchange. If you mentioned any other cryptocurrency they likely would have no clue what it was.
That doesn't mean all Bitcoiners are normies though.

2026-03-11 05:51:57 GMT

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Hey @npub1ge0…jcs3 think you can help him out?
If you can't find an answer on here I would recommend going to the Monero group on SimpleX and just ask the group in general. I'm sure someone will have an answer for you.
https://smp4.simplex.im/g#YdVKQcI2JIZuTzfFlQfhNg-SnNaxA73sBH1A9YY4vqE

2026-03-11 05:26:54 GMT

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Do you want fiat to XMR? Or crypto to XMR?
Fiat to XMR:
-Retoswap (Haveno)
-XMRBazaar
Crypto to XMR:
-Trocador (Almost any crypto to XMR. Simple to use swap aggregator)
-Bisq (BTC to XMR. Simple enough but you migh have to wait for someone to take your offer if you don't like any of the current rates)
-Retoswap (Crypto to XMR. Same as above)
-Robosats (Lightning to XMR. Same as above)
-EigenWallet (BTC atomic swaps. Simple to use. Fees aren't the cheapest, but also not crazy either)
All are no KYC.
Thorchain and SeraiDEX are also on the horizon for easy to use crypto to XMR swaps just something to keep in mind for the future.
https://retoswap.com/
https://xmrbazaar.com/search/buy-exchange/
https://trocador.app/
https://bisq.network/
https://eigenwallet.org/
https://learn.robosats.org/docs/quick-start/
https://kycnot.me/?categories=exchange&categories=aggregator&currency-mode=or&currencies=xmr

2026-03-10 06:53:06 GMT

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Yea still a lot to be desired, but to be fair they're still new and in uncharted territory. Right now my expectations are tempered because of that.
I'm a fan of what they're trying to do and still excited to see whats down the road though. Sure it will improve over time just have to be patient.

2026-03-09 01:54:23 GMT

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Sorry I just saw this. Sent you a message

2026-03-08 11:33:19 GMT

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I tried it with two new freshly signed up nostr accounts on different devices and it worked without a problem. Not sure why yours isn't. Try restarting and sign up with a fresh account instead of using this one? Just for troubleshooting purposes. I'm curious if it will work

2026-03-08 11:12:46 GMT

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Sure I just sent you a message did you get it?

2026-03-08 11:10:56 GMT

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Sparks Datenschutz auf Cake ähnelt dem eines VPNs: Ihre Transaktionen sind vor der Öffentlichkeit verborgen, nicht aber vor Spark selbst. Angeblich soll der Datenschutz im Laufe der Zeit durch verborgene Beträge und anonymisierte Signaturen weiter verbessert werden.
Weitere Details finden Sie hier:
#nevent1q…mp07

2026-03-08 09:23:51 GMT

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Weird 🤔

2026-03-08 07:31:44 GMT

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Better at what?
Both have confidential txs. Monero adds one time stealth addresses and ring signatures in addition to obscure the transaction graph (Liquid doesn't). Monero wins that hands down and soon to have full chain membership proofs to completely hide it. I don't think Liquid even has plans to improve privacy afaik.
Liquid daily transactions are significantly less so it's anonymity set is much smaller.
Liquid has no p2p market presence. Not really used anywhere.
Both have low fees.
Liquid requires permission from a federation to peg out.
All Liquid really has going is it's value peg to Bitcoin if you held for the long term (several years). But if I'm only holding and not using why not just hold actual Bitcoin? Short to medium term performance of Monero vs Bitcoin has been a toss up.

2026-03-08 01:59:20 GMT

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Here lets test it add me and send me a message
https://files.sovbit.host/f76562ad30120e99032d0ceee3de24a8b75e047f5696e83642544fa0abeb723f.png

2026-03-06 06:39:24 GMT

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Ungovernable Misfits should have a podcast out by tomorrow with Seth on to give a bit more detail on it
#nevent1q…k5kw

2026-03-05 07:38:57 GMT

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Spark still has certain issues around it the most obvious one being privacy. I'm hoping that will improve over time. It will always have different trade-offs to Monero because of it's architecture, but the trust assumptions seem an improvement over fully custodial Lightning without sacrificing UX
Technically Spark is a statechain, not Lightning, but that's abstracted away so that it feels indistinguishable. Been playing around with it and interacting with Lightning through Spark is actually pretty damn smooth so far ngl

2026-03-04 09:29:20 GMT

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Is there any reason for the XMR step? Seems unnecessary if you're not starting off with it.
Swap BTC on-chain to LN with Trocador, Robosats, or Boltz.
Or go fiat to LN directly with Robosats.
https://trocador.app/
https://learn.robosats.org/docs/access/#-robosats-federated-client-with-tor
https://boltz.exchange/

2026-03-04 08:26:04 GMT

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monstr can be installed on your phone as a web app, but other than that none that I know of. Garnet was the first actual app but the original dev abandoned it a long time ago
I think I've seen the Bitcoin Cash one you're speaking of seemed interesting

2026-03-03 10:32:37 GMT

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https://monstr.land/
https://nosmero.com/

2026-03-03 10:09:46 GMT

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Privacy, low fees + straightforward to use in a sovereign way VS Lightning

2026-03-03 08:45:19 GMT

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Thanks for the info Soul
Do you know if these extra fees go to Spark even if you're using Cake Wallets implementation? If not, does Cake charge?
Still, I could see how the fees and trust assumptions might be worth it for some users to avoid certain UX aspects of using Lightning directly when they're forced to use it.
I've seen others like @npub1g0a…gqpz mention how the Spark entity can collude with a user to steal from another. The privacy also doesnt seem very great atm. Though to be fair it seems better than on-chain Bitcoin or default Spark where your transactions are fully public.
Either way I wasn't making any recommendation with this just presenting a new development and people can delve further into the details themselves

2026-03-03 07:00:32 GMT

https://blog.cakewallet.com/lightning-is-finally-here/

2026-03-01 04:43:22 GMT

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Sim, o meme é estúpido. Embora eu não considere o Monero particularmente caro para usar, ele pode custar menos de um centavo. E Dash PrivateSend é apenas um coinjoin glorificado.
Use qualquer ferramenta que atenda ao seu objetivo ou às demandas de uma situação específica. Se a privacidade for uma prioridade, use Monero. Se isso não importa, use Dash.

2026-03-01 04:32:01 GMT

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https://silent.link/

2026-02-28 07:09:18 GMT

https://xcancel.com/shopinbit/status/2026996307030638927?s=20
https://files.sovbit.host/6c5fdb8a09f45978b0bac3829fb3ff41f1a4a9ab73a242027c47dd8209acc4b6.jpeg