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2026-06-05T13:14:34Z

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It is. Like Bitcoin is.

Nostr tries to be a public square and not money like Bitcoin. Monero is better money.

That's while you will hardly find a Monero bro without a ...

2026-06-05T10:06:41Z

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That's while you will hardly find a Monero bro without a Bitcoin position, while the reverse is quite seldom for Bitcoiners thanks to maximalism ideology.

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2026-05-31T10:44:29Z

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Fungibility and exchange privacy are the forgotten virtues of sound money, and Bitcoin provides the greatest accelerationist contribution to this mental paralysis. Yet, there has been no cause for concern since 2014, for Monero remains standing and operating flawlessly despite all attacks. Just keep reading; if you are not a prejudiced monkey, you will grasp it.

In the modern economic world, particularly on platforms where decentralized financial alternatives are fiercely debated, the concept of "sound money" is unfortunately undergoing a severe intellectual contraction. Even those who claim to draw from the theoretical legacy of the Austrian School of Economics and Ludwig von Mises frequently fall into the trap of focusing on only a single attribute of money: supply scarcity, and consequently, resistance to inflation. Undoubtedly, a predictable supply structure that cannot be expanded through political intervention is an indispensable foundation for money. However, for an asset to truly serve as sound money, it requires two other fundamental pillars that are just as vital as scarcity: Privacy and Fungibility. Today, these two concepts are the most fundamentally forgotten virtues of money when it comes to preserving the free market and establishing individual liberty.

When it comes to understanding the evolution of money, one must inevitably return to Carl Menger's theory of the origin of money. Menger explains that money did not emerge as a result of a decree imposed from above by states, but rather organically, through market actors selecting the commodity with the highest "marketability" (Absatzfähigkeit). The marketability of a good is measured by how easily and without loss of value it can change hands, independent of space, time, and person. This is precisely where fungibility -the requirement that every single unit of money carries exactly the same value and quality as any other- comes into play. A unit of currency in your hand must be perfectly substitutable with any other equivalent unit in the market. This was the secret behind why gold and silver were the most successful currencies throughout history. Even if a gold coin had been obtained through criminal means or was subject to a political embargo, once it was melted down and returned to the crucible, it would be freed from all its past "stains", become anonymous at the atomic level, and return to the system with a clean slate. This inherent purity of physical money naturally preserved its fungibility.

However, with digitization and the introduction of entirely transparent, open public blockchains (first-generation architectures like Bitcoin), this historical reality was inverted. On a transparent distributed ledger, every single unit (or satoshi) can be tracked retrospectively from the moment of its creation through every transfer it undergoes, by anyone and any authority in the world. This has given rise to a fatal phenomenon that stands in diametrical opposition to the nature of money: Tainted Coins.

If a digital currency was used in the past for a cyberattack, an illicit trade, or to fund a dissident political activity disliked by states, the digital footprint on that money becomes permanent. Today, financial intelligence firms (Chainalysis, Elliptic, Ciphertrace, Integra FEC, etc.) are mapping specific units, transactions, addresses, and nodes by tracking these trails and compiling blacklists in compliance with government requests. In this scenario, a digital asset that you accept into your wallet in exchange for completely legitimate trade or labor can be frozen by centralized exchanges, rejected by financial institutions, or forced to trade at a lower value (at a discount) simply because of the "sins" of its previous owners. Consequently, a market stratification emerges where "clean" and "virgin" (never-before-transacted) coins are sold at a premium, while coins with a history lose value.

In a system where one unit is not equal to another and is treated based on its history, the fungibility of money is completely destroyed. And where there is no fungibility, there can be no talk of a generally accepted medium of exchange, because the liquidity and exchangeability of money have been fractured.

The struggle for financial privacy and fungibility is not a modern anomaly unique to the digital age; it is a legal and economic necessity rooted centuries deep. Looking at the historical background, we clearly see how essential it was for fungibility to become a legal norm for the continuity of commercial life. The clearest legal precedent for this is the 1749 case of Crawfurd v. The Royal Bank. In this case, the Scottish court ruled that a stolen banknote could not be recovered from its new owner who acquired it from the market in good faith (bona fide). The court's reasoning is a complete economic manifesto: If the "stain" or crime in a currency's past bound subsequent innocent actors who accepted it, the circulation capability of money would be completely paralyzed, rendering commerce impossible. While the law chose to erase the tracks of the past centuries ago to protect the fungibility of money, today, transparent blockchains hurl us back to the primitive and risky trading environment of the pre-1749 era. Ludwig von Mises crowned this very nature of money in 1912 within his monumental work, The Theory of Money and Credit, with these words:

"The development of money as a medium of exchange runs directly parallel with the protection of individual property and free contracts from institutional or political interference. The wider the scope of state intervention in the valuation of money, the more its true function is corrupted."

Mises's warning decodes, decades in advance, the ambition of modern states to transform money into a tool for social engineering and surveillance. Today, the Austrian School's theory of "Demonstrated Preference" dictates that we must look at the real actions of individuals rather than their declarations. We witnessed the most current laboratory study of this in the broad-participation surveys and public opinion polls conducted by the European Central Bank (ECB) on the Digital Euro. No matter how much the bureaucracy propagandized "convenience, speed, and security," the clear and unwavering preference demonstrated by the vast majority of the public materialized in a single word: Privacy. People do not want to be watched; this is nothing short of the field-validation of theory. (In the European Central Bank's surveys on the Digital Euro, 43% of participants stated they wanted privacy above all else. Yet in practice, people surrender these rights for the sake of convenience through credit cards and the tools of the surveillance society.) However, the technological threats standing against this legitimate demand are growing more sophisticated by the day. In particular, the exponential growth in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is transforming transparent blockchains into global surveillance centers (Panopticons). Advanced AI algorithms and machine learning models are capable of scanning petabytes of data on public ledgers such as Bitcoin or Ethereum within milliseconds, and through address clustering analysis, these AI algorithms can instantly de-anonymise (reveal) the true identities, spending habits and social connections of users who are believed to be anonymous. Transparent structures are the perfect fuel for AI surveillance mechanisms. Furthermore, Bitcoin's own technical evolution also struck a heavy blow to the fungibility of money. The SegWit and Taproot upgrades, integrated into the system with the promise of scalability and efficiency, ironically paved the way for storing arbitrary data within Bitcoin blocks. This situation has given rise to the Ordinals protocol, which allows data, images or text to be directly inscribed onto satoshis, and consequently to the phenomenon of Bitcoin officially becoming a NFT (Non-Fungible Token). This technology, which structurally distinguishes one satoshi from another and renders it a "unique and irreplaceable" digital asset, has effectively dynamited the very essence of money -its fungibility- at the protocol level. Now, every satoshi is not equal; some hold a more "valuable" or more "tainted" status due to the digital data inscribed upon them. Since regulators and states are well aware of this structural dilemma, it is not surprising that they viciously attack the bolt-on privacy solutions attempted on top of transparent blockchains. The arrest of the developers of Tornado Cash, a smart contract mixer on Ethereum, and the protocol's inclusion on sanctions lists, followed immediately by dawn raids on the founders of Samourai Wallet, a privacy-focused wallet on the Bitcoin network, and the shutdown of the system, reveal a stark reality to us: Privacy solutions patched onto a transparent base layer (Layer 1) are doomed to fail when faced with the censorship apparatus of states. This is because these solutions create centralized targets and can easily be isolated by regulators. Precisely for this reason, it is absolutely no coincidence that states, international financial institutions, and regulators are trying to push Monero (XMR) completely out of the system, pressuring global exchanges to delist it. This is the result of an organized and conscious institutional reflex. Monero does not offer "bolt-on," optional privacy like Tornado Cash or Samourai Wallet; it enforces privacy as the immutable, indivisible, and mandatory constitution of the system. States cannot differentiate between a "good coin" and a "bad coin" on the Monero network, because there is no historical ledger for them to look at. When they failed to destroy this monument of absolute fungibility -which they can neither audit, censor, nor infiltrate- their only remaining recourse was to close its global fiat ramps, attempting to choke its liquidity. The pressure to delist from exchanges is not a badge of technical failure for Monero; it is a medal of honor for successfully defending the forgotten virtues of money against the state.

To possess fungibility, money must have financial privacy as an absolute and mandatory prerequisite. Contrary to the claims of modern populist politicians or regulators, privacy is not a hiding place for criminals or a moral luxury; it is the most radical protector of the right to individual property, the free price mechanism, and most importantly, the freedom of contract. If every expenditure you make, every amount you accumulate, and every market actor with whom you establish a financial relationship can be monitored by states or third parties, your economic activities become directly vulnerable to external censorship and manipulation. Today, we see how tyrannical regimes around the world use centralized banking systems and transparent surveillance mechanisms to freeze the bank accounts of dissidents with a single click, leaving them to social and economic death. Transparent blockchains promise states an absolute surveillance power that no past fiat currency system could ever offer: a literal Panopticon. Having your financial history completely out in the public domain makes the spendability of your assets subject to the ruling power's arbitrary approval. Yet, as Mises emphasized, sound money is a shield that protects the individual against the state and collective oppression. Modern financial institutions, regulators and states are marketing this transparency of money -and, by extension, its shortcomings such as traceability and linkability- as an absolute tool for "security and order". According to this perspective, a system where every transaction is recorded and every actor is identified is an ideal institutional control mechanism that prevents crime and ensures stability. However, this is nothing but a dangerous illusion. The attempt of institutional control to transform money into a centralized surveillance apparatus by making it completely transparent destroys the dynamism and flexibility inherent in a market economy. While claiming to give institutions the power to manage risks, transparent blockchains actually make the system far more fragile by introducing:

1. Systemic Risk Stratification: Classifying money based on its history creates artificial liquidity crises in financial markets.
2. Central Points of Failure: Institutions that become dependent on the databases of financial surveillance companies (like Chainalysis) to ensure security and legitimacy can paralyze the entire market flow through a single cyber error or political manipulation within those databases.
3. The Destruction of Property Guarantees: As states or institutional actors alter their subjective definitions of "crime" and "acceptable citizen", an unit that was completely legal in the past can be instantly reclassified as a "tainted coin" by a retrospective decision. This situation completely undermines the principle of legal certainty and the right to property.

Against the enforcement of "total transparency for order" presented by institutional authorities and entities under the influence and control of those like Jeffrey Epstein, the solution that will preserve the free market and the financial architecture carries a paradigm-shifting quality. Absolute privacy, which at first glance is thought to weaken institutional control, create chaos, and render auditing impossible, is actually the only counter-intuitive remedy for the survival of the financial system. Superficial logic argues that everything must be visible for a system to remain stable. However, economic reality tells us the exact opposite: The healthy functioning of the market mechanism (price formation, capital accumulation, and risk transfer) depends on actors being able to hide their strategies and assets from external pressures, asymmetric information attacks, and institutional tyranny. A privacy shield that completely blinds institutional control mechanisms provides the system with these vital benefits:

1. True Value Discovery: Market actors can make rational economic decisions without the fear of surveillance and the pressure of political censorship. Privacy prevents the manipulation of the price mechanism.
2. Systemic Resilience (Anti-fragility): When the ability of institutions to manipulate money based on its history is stripped away, the currency gains immunity against political shocks. The system achieves an autonomous structure insulated from the erroneous decisions of centralized authorities.
3. Restoration of Freedom of Contract: Privacy ensures that contracts between individuals and institutions can be carried out seamlessly and frictionlessly, without being subject to the whims of a third party (such as the state or a bank) or arbitrary moral codes.

Naturally, we face a profound paradox here. Although first-generation cryptographic currencies emerged with the promise of liberating humanity from the state monopoly and the shackles of centralized finance, they sacrificed these two forgotten virtues of money due to their architectures of "radical transparency". These structures may serve as excellent speculative stores of value or assets akin to "digital gold"; however, they cannot be the genuine "medium of exchange" -free from oppression and censorship- that the free market requires. The sole approach that solves this structural flaw at its root, elevating money to its historical, philosophical, and economic definition of true "sound money", rests upon systems that mandate transaction privacy and fungibility at the protocol level. In the modern world, the most resolute technology implementing this philosophy without compromise is Monero (XMR). Monero keeps transactions completely private by default, not optionally; thanks to advanced cryptographic technologies (Ring Signatures, Stealth Addresses, RingCT, Dandelion++, and soon FCMP++), the sender, the receiver, the amount transferred, and the connection points of the devices used cannot be detected by any external eye or third party. This technical architecture yields a revolutionary outcome for economic theory: Money has no history on the Monero network. Because it is impossible to know where a unit of XMR was used five minutes ago or whose wallet it came from, no Monero unit can be declared "tainted," blacklisted, or devalued against another. Every single Monero is absolutely equal, equivalent, and interchangeable with every other Monero unit in the market. Just like physical cash or melted pure gold, it refuses to allow a hierarchy to be established among its units. This architecture elevates the marketability of money to its zenith and renders censorship mechanisms entirely obsolete.

In a modern world where fiat currencies are melted down through hyper-inflationary cycles, it is understandable that the masses focus solely on the "supply scarcity" dimension of money. However, in a decentralized future -our ultimate ideal- for the individual to truly remain free, it is not enough for money simply to be "limited". At the same time, it must be too private to be left to the mercy of states and global surveillance apparatuses, and too fungible to allow political discrimination among its units. Privacy and fungibility are not luxury add-ons to be fastened onto money later; they are the primary elements that determine the soundness of money. Any design that sacrifices these virtues is ultimately doomed to play into the hands of centralized authorities and dystopian surveillance tools like CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies). The free-market economy of the future must be built upon structures that rediscover these two forgotten pillars of money and, uncompromisingly, defend these principles as an existential imperative, just like Monero, which represents a decisive step from one-dimensional scarcity to multi-dimensional liberty.

Birimdenklik ve mübadele mahremiyeti sağlam paranın unutulan erdemleridir ve Bitcoin bu zihinsel felce en büyük akselerasyonist katkıyı sunmaktadır. Fakat 2014'ten bu yana endişeye mahal yok, zira Monero tüm saldırılara rağmen ayakta, aksamadan çalışıyor. Okumaya devam ediniz, önyargılı bir maymun değilseniz idrak edeceksiniz.

Modern ekonomi dünyasında, özellikle de merkeziyetsiz finansal alternatiflerin hararetle tartışıldığı platformlarda, "sağlam para" (sound money) kavramı ne yazık ki ciddi bir entelektüel daralmaya maruz kalmaktadır. Avusturya İktisat Ekolü'nün ve Ludwig von Mises'in teorik mirasından beslendiğini iddia edenler bile, ekseriyetle paranın yalnızca tek bir niteliğine odaklanma hatasına düşüyorlar: Arz kıtlığı ve dolayısıyla enflasyona karşı direnç. Kuşkusuz, öngörülebilir ve politik müdahalelerle genişletilemeyen bir arz yapısı para için vazgeçilmez bir temeldir; ancak bir varlığın gerçek anlamda sağlam bir para birimi olarak hizmet verebilmesi için en az kıtlık kadar hayati iki temel sütuna daha ihtiyacı vardır: Mahremiyet (Privacy) ve Birimdenklik (Fungibility). Bugün bu iki kavram, serbest piyasanın korunması ve bireysel özgürlüğün tesisi noktasında paranın unutulmuş en temel erdemleridir.

Paranın evrimini anlamak söz konusu olduğunda, mutlaka Carl Menger'in paranın kökenine dair teorisine geri dönmek gerekir. Menger, paranın devletlerin yukarıdan aşağıya dikte ettiği bir fermanla değil, piyasa aktörlerinin en yüksek "mübadele kabiliyetine" (Marketability/Absatzfähigkeit) sahip emtiayı seçmesiyle organik olarak ortaya çıktığını açıklar. Bir malın mübadele kabiliyeti, onun mekândan, zamandan ve kişiden bağımsız olarak ne kadar kolaylıkla ve değer kaybetmeden el değiştirebildiği ile ölçülür. İşte tam bu noktada, paranın her bir biriminin diğeriyle tamamen aynı değerde ve nitelikte olması gerekliliği, yani birimdenklik devreye girer. Elinizdeki bir para birimi, piyasadaki diğer tüm eşdeğer birimlerle kusursuz bir şekilde ikame edilebilmelidir. Tarih boyunca altın ve gümüşün en başarılı para birimleri olmasının arkasındaki sır da buydu. Bir altın sikke suçla elde edilmiş veya siyasi bir ambargoya maruz kalmış olsa bile, eritilip yeniden potaya sokulduğunda geçmişindeki tüm "lekelerden" arınır, atomik düzeyde anonimleşir ve sisteme temiz bir şekilde geri dönerdi. Fiziksel paranın doğasındaki bu saflık, birimdenkliği kendiliğinden koruyordu. Ancak dijitalleşme ve tamamen şeffaf, açık kamusal blokzincirlerin (Bitcoin gibi ilk nesil yapıların) hayatımıza girmesiyle bu tarihsel gerçeklik tersyüz oldu. Şeffaf bir dağıtık defterde, her bir birimin (veya satoshi'nin) yaratılış anından itibaren gerçekleştirdiği tüm transferler, dünyadaki herkes ve her otorite tarafından geriye dönük olarak izlenebilir durumdadır. Bu durum, paranın doğasına taban tabana zıt olan ölümcül bir olguyu doğurmuştur: Lekeli Para (Tainted Coins).

Eğer bir dijital para birimi geçmişte bir siber saldırıda, yasa dışı kabul edilen bir ticarette veya devletlerin hoşuna gitmeyen bir muhalif siyasi faaliyetin fonlanmasında kullanılmışsa, o paranın üzerindeki dijital iz kalıcı hâle gelir. Bugün finansal gözetim şirketleri (Chainalysis, Elliptic, Ciphertrace, Integra FEC, vb.) bu izleri takip ederek belirli birimleri haritalandırmakta ve devletlerin talepleri doğrultusunda kara listeler oluşturmaktadır. Bu senaryoda, tamamen meşru bir ticaret veya emek karşılığında cüzdanınıza kabul ettiğiniz bir dijital varlık, sizden önceki sahiplerinin "günahları" yüzünden merkezî borsalar tarafından dondurulabilir, finansal kurumlarca reddedilebilir veya piyasada daha düşük bir değerle (iskontolu) işlem görmek zorunda kalabilir. Hatta "temiz" ve "bakire" (hiç işlem görmemiş) coin'lerin daha yüksek fiyata satıldığı, geçmişi olan coin'lerin ise değer kaybettiği bir piyasa katmanlaşması baş gösterir. Bir birimin diğerine eşit olmadığı, geçmişine göre muamele gördüğü bir sistemde paranın birimdenkliği tamamen yok olmuş demektir. Birimdenkliğin olmadığı yerde ise genel kabul görmüş bir mübadele aracından bahsedilemez; çünkü paranın likiditesi ve takas kabiliyeti paramparça edilmiştir.

Finansal mahremiyet ve birimdenklik mücadelesi, dijital çağa özgü modern bir sapma da değildir; kökleri asırlar öncesine uzanan hukuki ve iktisadi bir zorunluluktur. Tarihsel arka plana baktığımızda, birimdenkliğin hukuki bir norm hâline gelmesinin ticari hayatın devamlılığı için ne kadar elzem olduğunu açıkça görürüz. Bunun en net hukuki emsali, 1749 tarihli Crawfurd v. The Royal Bank davasıdır. İskoç mahkemesi bu davada, çalınan bir banknotun iyi niyetle (bona fide) piyasadan edinen yeni sahibinden geri alınamayacağına hükmetmiştir. Mahkemenin gerekçesi tam bir iktisadi manifestodur: Eğer paranın geçmişindeki "leke" veya suç, o parayı kabul eden sonraki masum aktörleri bağlasaydı, paranın dolaşım kabiliyeti tamamen felç olur ve ticaret imkânsız hâle gelirdi. Hukuk, asırlar önce paranın birimdenkliğini korumak adına geçmişin izlerini silmeyi seçmişken bugün şeffaf blokzincirler bizi 1749 öncesinin ilkel ve riskli ticaret ortamına geri fırlatmaktadır. Ludwig von Mises, daha 1912 yılında kaleme aldığı anıtsal eseri The Theory of Money and Credit (Para ve Kredi Teorisi) içerisinde paranın bu doğasını şu sözlerle taçlandırır:

"Paranın bir mübadele aracı olarak gelişimi, bireysel mülkiyetin ve serbest sözleşmelerin kurumsal veya siyasi müdahalelerden korunmasıyla doğrudan paralellik gösterir. Paranın değer takdirinde devletin müdahale alanı ne kadar genişlerse, paranın gerçek fonksiyonu o kadar yozlaşır."

Mises'in bu uyarısı, modern devletlerin parayı bir sosyal mühendislik ve denetim aracına dönüştürme hırsını on yıllar öncesinden deşifre etmektedir. Bugün Avusturya Ekolü'nün "Gösterilen Tercih" (Demonstrated Preference) teorisi, bireylerin beyanlarına değil, gerçek eylemlerine bakmamız gerektiğini söyler. Bunun en güncel laboratuvar çalışmasını Avrupa Merkez Bankası'nın (ECB) Dijital Euro üzerine yaptığı geniş katılımlı anketlerde ve kamuoyu yoklamalarında gördük. Bürokrasi ne kadar "kolaylık, hız ve güvenlik" propagandası yaparsa yapsın, halkın ezici çoğunluğunun gösterdiği net ve sarsılmaz tercih tek bir kelimede somutlaştı: Mahremiyet. İnsanlar izlenmek istemiyor; bu, teorinin sahada doğrulanmasından başka bir şey değildir. (Avrupa Merkez Bankası'nın Dijital Euro üzerine yaptığı anketlerde katılımcıların %43'ü en çok "mahremiyet" istediğini belirtmektedir. Ancak pratikte insanlar rahatlık uğruna kredi kartları ve gözetim toplumunun araçlarıyla bu haklarından vazgeçerler.) Ancak bu meşru talebin karşısında duran teknolojik tehditler her geçen gün daha da sofistike hâle geliyor. Özellikle Yapay Zekâ (AI) teknolojilerindeki üssel gelişim, şeffaf blokzincirleri küresel birer gözetim merkezine (Panoptikon) dönüştürmektedir. Gelişmiş AI algoritmaları ve makine öğrenimi modelleri Bitcoin veya Ethereum gibi açık defterlerdeki petabaytlarca veriyi milisaniyeler içinde tarayabilmekte, adres kümeleme analizi yoluyla, anonim sanılan kullanıcıların gerçek kimliklerini, harcama alışkanlıklarını ve sosyal ilişkilerini anında de-anonimize (ifşa) edebilmektedir. Şeffaf yapılar, Yapay Zekâ sürveyans (gözetim) mekanizmaları için kusursuz birer besin kaynağıdır. Dahası, Bitcoin'in kendi teknik evrimi de paranın birimdenkliğine ağır darbeler vurmuştur. Ölçeklenebilirlik ve verimlilik vaadiyle sisteme entegre edilen SegWit ve Taproot güncellemeleri, ironik bir şekilde Bitcoin bloklarında keyfî veri saklamanın önünü açmıştır. Bu durum, satoshi'lerin üzerine doğrudan veri, görsel veya metin kazınmasını sağlayan Ordinals protokolünü ve dolayısıyla Bitcoin'in resmen NFT (Non-Fungible Token) hâline gelmesi çılgınlığını doğurmuştur. Bir satoshi'yi diğerinden yapısal olarak ayıran, onu "benzersiz ve bölünmez" bir dijital varlık hâline getiren bu teknoloji, paranın tanım gereği sahip olması gereken birimdenklik özelliğini protokol düzeyinde dinamitlemiştir. Artık her satoshi aynı değildir; kimi üzerindeki dijital veri yüzünden daha "değerli" veya daha "lekeli" statüsündedir. Regülatörlerin ve devletlerin, bu yapısal açmazı bildikleri için, şeffaf blokzincirlerin üzerine inşa edilmeye çalışılan sonradan ekleme gizlilik çözümlerine vahşice saldırması da şaşırtıcı değildir. Ethereum üzerindeki akıllı sözleşme mikseri Tornado Cash'in geliştiricilerinin tutuklanması ve protokolün yaptırım listelerine alınması, hemen ardından Bitcoin ağının mahremiyet odaklı cüzdanı Samourai Wallet'ın kurucularına yönelik şafak operasyonları ve sistemin kapatılması bizlere net bir gerçeği göstermektedir: Şeffaf bir temel katman (Layer 1) üzerine sonradan yama gibi dikilen mahremiyet çözümleri, devletlerin sansür aygıtı karşısında çökmeye mahkûmdur. Çünkü bu çözümler merkezî hedefler yaratır ve regülatörler tarafından kolayca izole edilebilir. İşte tam olarak bu nedenden dolayı, devletlerin, uluslararası finansal kurumların ve regülatörlerin Monero'yu sistemin tamamen dışına itmeye çalışması, küresel borsalara baskı yaparak onu delist (liste dışı) ettirmesi asla ve asla bir tesadüf değildir. Bu, organize ve bilinçli bir kurumsal refleksin sonucudur. Monero Tornado Cash veya Samourai Wallet gibi "sonradan eklenen" bir opsiyonel gizlilik sunmaz; gizliliği sistemin değiştirilemez, bölünmez ve zorunlu bir anayasası olarak dayatır. Devletler Monero ağında "iyi coin" veya "kötü coin" ayrımı yapamazlar, çünkü bakabilecekleri bir geçmiş defteri yoktur. Denetleyemedikleri, sansürleyemedikleri ve sisteme sızamadıkları bu mutlak birimdenklik abidesini yok edemeyince, tek çareyi onun küresel itibari para giriş-çıkış kapılarını kapatmakta, yani likiditesini boğmaya çalışmakta bulmuşlardır. Borsalardan delist edilme baskısı, Monero'nun teknik olarak başarısızlığının değil, paranın unutulan erdemlerini devlete karşı başarıyla korumasının bir madalyasıdır.

Bir paranın birimdenkliğe sahip olabilmesi için, mutlak ve zorunlu bir şart olarak finansal mahremiyete sahip olması gerekir. Mahremiyet, modern popülist siyasetçilerin veya regülatörlerin iddia ettiğinin aksine, suçluların saklanma alanı veya ahlâki bir lüks değildir; bireysel mülkiyet hakkının, serbest fiyat mekanizmasının ve en önemlisi sözleşme serbestisinin en radikal koruyucusudur. Eğer yaptığınız her harcama, biriktirdiğiniz her miktar ve finansal ilişki kurduğunuz her piyasa aktörü, devletler veya üçüncü şahıslar tarafından izlenebiliyorsa, ekonomik faaliyetleriniz doğrudan dışsal sansüre ve manipülasyona açık hâle gelir. Bugün dünyada despotik rejimlerin, merkezî bankacılık sistemlerini ve şeffaf gözetim mekanizmalarını kullanarak muhaliflerin banka hesaplarını nasıl tek bir tıkla dondurduğunu, onları sosyal ve ekonomik olarak nasıl ölüme terk ettiğini görüyoruz. Şeffaf blokzincirler, devletlere geçmişteki hiçbir fiat (itibari) para sisteminin sunamadığı mutlak bir gözetim gücü, yani resmen bir Panoptikon vadeder. Finansal geçmişinizin tamamen ortada olması, mülkiyetinizin harcanabilirliğini egemen gücün anlık onayına tâbi kılar. Oysa Mises'in de vurguladığı gibi, sağlam para bireyi devlete ve kolektif baskılara karşı koruyan bir kalkandır. Modern finansal kurumlar, regülatörler ve devletler paranın bu şeffaflığını, dolayısıyla da izlenebilirlik ve ilişkilendirilebilirlik gibi kusurlarını mutlak bir "güvenlik ve düzen" aracı olarak pazarlamaktadır. Bu bakış açısına göre, her işlemin kayıt altında olduğu, her aktörün kimliklendirildiği bir sistem, suçun önlendiği ve istikrarın sağlandığı ideal bir kurumsal kontrol mekanizmasıdır. Ancak bu, tehlikeli bir illüzyondan ibarettir. Kurumsal kontrolün parayı tamamen şeffaflaştırarak merkezî bir denetim aygıtına dönüştürme çabası, piyasa ekonomisinin doğasındaki dinamizmi ve esnekliği yok eder. Şeffaf blokzincirler, kurumlara şu riskleri yönetme gücü verdiğini iddia ederken aslında sistemi daha da kırılgan hâle getirir:

1. Sistemik Risk Katmanlaşması: Paranın geçmişine göre sınıflandırılması, finansal piyasalarda yapay likidite krizleri yaratır.
2. Merkezî Hata Noktaları: Güvenliği ve meşruiyeti sağlamak için finansal gözetim şirketlerinin (Chainalysis vesaire) veri tabanlarına bağımlı hâle gelen kurumlar, bu veri tabanlarında yaşanabilecek tek bir siber hata veya politik manipülasyonla tüm piyasa akışını felç edebilir.
3. Mülkiyet Güvencesinin Yok Oluşu: Devletlerin veya kurumsal aktörlerin subjektif "suç" ve "makbul vatandaş" tanımları değiştikçe, geçmişte tamamen yasal olan bir birim, geriye dönük bir kararla anında "lekeli" (tainted coin) statüsüne sokulabilir. Bu durum, hukukun öngörülebilirliği ilkesini ve mülkiyet hakkını tamamen ortadan kaldırır.

Jeffrey Epstein gibilerin nüfuz ve kontrolü altındaki entitelerin ve kurumsal otoritelerin sunduğu "düzen için tam şeffaflık" dayatmasına karşı, serbest piyasayı ve finansal mimariyi koruyacak olan çözüm, paradigmalar üstü bir nitelik taşır. İlk bakışta kurumsal kontrolü zayıflatacağı, kaos yaratacağı ve denetimi imkânsız kılacağı düşünülen mutlak mahremiyet, aslında finansal sistemin hayatta kalabilmesi için sezgilere ters düşen tek çaredir (counter-intuitive remedy). Yüzeysel bir mantık, bir sistemin istikrarı için her şeyin görünür olması gerektiğini savunur. Ancak iktisadi gerçeklik bize bunun tam aksini söyler: Piyasa mekanizmasının (fiyat oluşumu, sermaye birikimi ve risk transferi) sağlıklı işleyebilmesi, aktörlerin kendi stratejilerini ve varlıklarını dışsal baskılardan, asimetrik bilgi saldırılarından ve kurumsal zorbalıklardan gizleyebilmesine bağlıdır. Kurumsal kontrol mekanizmalarını tamamen kör eden bir mahremiyet kalkanı, sisteme şu hayati faydaları sağlar:

1. Gerçek Değer Keşfi: Piyasa aktörleri, gözetlenme korkusu ve politik sansür baskısı altında olmadan, rasyonel iktisadi kararlar alabilirler. Mahremiyet, fiyat mekanizmasının manipüle edilmesini engeller.
2. Sistemsel Dayanıklılık (Anti-fragility): Kurumların parayı geçmişine göre manipüle etme yeteneği elinden alındığında, para birimi politik şoklara karşı bağışıklık kazanır. Sistem, merkezî otoritelerin hatalı kararlarından etkilenmeyecek bir otonom yapıya kavuşur.
3. Sözleşme Serbestisinin Restorasyonu: Mahremiyet, bireyler ve kurumlar arasındaki sözleşmelerin, üçüncü bir şahsın (devlet veya banka gibi) anlık onayına ve kaprisine veya keyfî ahlâk kurallarına tâbi olmaksızın, pürüzsüzce ve friksiyonsuzca yürütülmesini garanti altına alır.

Tabii burada ciddi bir paradoksla karşı karşıyayız. İlk nesil kriptografik paralar, devlet tekelinden ve merkeziyetçi finansın prangalarından kurtulma vaadiyle ortaya çıkmış olsalar da "radikal şeffaflık" yapıları nedeniyle paranın bu iki unutulmuş erdemini feda etmişlerdir. Bu yapılar mükemmel birer spekülatif değer saklama aracı veya "dijital altın" benzeri bir varlık olabilirler; ancak serbest piyasanın ihtiyaç duyduğu, baskıdan ve sansürden uzak gerçek birer "mübadele aracı" (medium of exchange) olamazlar. Bu yapısal kusuru kökünden çözen ve parayı tarihsel, felsefi ve iktisadi anlamda gerçek "sağlam para" tanımına kavuşturan yegâne yaklaşım, transaksiyon gizliliğini ve birimdenkliği protokol düzeyinde zorunlu kılan sistemlerdir. Modern dünyada bu felsefeyi ödün vermeden hayata geçiren en kararlı teknoloji Monero (XMR)'dur. Monero, işlemleri opsiyonel değil, varsayılan (default) olarak tamamen gizli tutar; geliştirilen ileri düzey kriptografik teknolojiler (Ring Signatures, Stealth Addresses, RingCT, Dandelion++ ve pek yakında FCMP++) sayesinde gönderen, alıcı, transfer edilen miktar ve kullanılan cihazlarla bağlantı noktaları dışarıdan hiçbir göz veya üçüncü taraflar tarafından tespit edilemez. Bu teknik mimari, iktisat teorisi açısından devrimsel bir sonucu doğurur: Monero ağında paranın geçmişi yoktur. Bir XMR biriminin beş dakika önce nerede kullanıldığını, kimin cüzdanından çıktığını bilmek imkânsız olduğu için, hiçbir Monero birimi "lekeli" ilân edilemez, kara listeye alınamaz veya bir diğeri karşısında değersizleştirilemez. Her bir Monero, piyasadaki diğer tüm Monero birimleriyle mutlak surette eşittir, denktir ve ikame edilebilirdir. Tıpkı fiziksel nakit para veya eritilmiş saf altın gibi, paranın birimleri arasında hiyerarşi kurulmasına izin vermez. Bu durum, paranın mübadele kabiliyetini zirveye taşır ve sansür mekanizmalarını tamamen işlevsiz kılar.

İtibari paraların hiper-enflasyonist döngülerle eritildiği modern dünyada, kitlelerin paranın yalnızca "arz kıtlığı" boyutuna odaklanması anlaşılabilir bir durumdur. Fakat, mutlak idealimiz olan merkeziyetsiz bir gelecekte, bireyin gerçekten özgür kalabilmesi için paranın sadece "sınırlı" olması yetmez. Aynı zamanda devletlerin ve küresel gözetim aygıtlarının insafına bırakılmayacak kadar "mahrem" ve birimleri arasında politik ayrımcılık yapılamayacak kadar "birimdenk" olması gerekir. Mahremiyet ve birimdenklik, paraya sonradan eklenecek lüks eklentiler değil; paranın sağlamlığını belirleyen asli unsurlardır. Bu erdemleri feda eden her tasarım, en nihayetinde merkezî otoritelerin ve CBDC (Merkez Bankası Dijital Para Birimleri) gibi distopik gözetim araçlarının ekmeğine yağ sürmeye mahkûmdur. Geleceğin özgür piyasa ekonomisi, paranın bu unutulan iki temel sütununu yeniden keşfetmek ve tek boyutlu kıtlıktan çok boyutlu özgürlüğe kesin bir adım olan Monero gibi bu ilkeleri ödünsüzce varoluşsal bir zorunluluk olarak savunan yapılar üzerine inşa edilmek zorundadır.

Saul Alinsky comes to mind.

2026-05-30T16:39:15Z

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Saul Alinsky comes to mind.

They don't need to start with you. They wait for mistakes to ...

2026-05-30T16:20:06Z

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They don't need to start with you. They wait for mistakes to be made by people you trust but have zero clue about OpSec..

quoting
nevent1q…6ehc
My mom is a Nomad, I asked her to use Nostr but she doesn't see a lot of like-minded people. If you are into travel, self-sufficiency, nature, and the like, promote yourself on her post so she can see some cool people and places.

nevent1q…wffm

Yet. Because they are still in the process of mapping all UTXOs ...

2026-05-30T16:14:41Z

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Yet. Because they are still in the process of mapping all UTXOs with KYC/KYT.

You maybe a pro that belongs to the 1% they haven't mapped - yet.

You play both reps (retards) and dems (wokes) if you want ...

2026-05-30T16:09:57Z

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You play both reps (retards) and dems (wokes) if you want control.

Saying this for a long time. States will choose "free gold" over Bitcoin.

100% agree. This is also my experience when criticising ...

2026-05-30T15:33:08Z

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100% agree.

This is also my experience when criticising Bitcoiners from a privacy/fungibility/anonymity perspective that naturally aligns with Monero.

I like how SimpleX bots can create a more privaré way to trade ...

2026-05-29T14:30:42Z

I like how SimpleX bots can create a more privaré way to trade than classic websites. This kijd of trade aragement should even work over LoRa.

Next give me any giftcard that is listed on any giftcard platform by asking a SimpleX bot. With delivery directly in the messenger.

No more emails and other identifiers, no more limits, no IP/metadata tracking.

Monero is the answer. Always was. Yours sincerley, a former ...

2026-05-26T17:18:04Z

Monero is the answer. Always was.

Yours sincerley, a former Bitcoin maxi est. 2010.

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nevent1q…qxx6
gm. people will withdraw their onchain zaps onto their hardware wallet. and people will also use their hardware wallets to top up their zap wallets.

please don't do stupid shit like onchain zaps. we've been tirelessly to improve bitcoin privacy. don't fuck it all up now and link people's life savings with their public nostr profiles. please. 🙏

Great, there is probably a little mistake. You claim an address ...

2026-05-24T14:25:37Z

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Great, there is probably a little mistake. You claim an address is BTC when it should actually be BCH.

I recommend to consolidate other cryptos to Monero to break their transaction data history from time to time than use it or reinvest in Bitcoin or whatever coin you want to speculate on. Then back to Monero...

That has been stated by bcashers in 2016/17. Are we becoming our ...

2026-05-24T12:32:24Z

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That has been stated by bcashers in 2016/17.

Are we becoming our own biggest critics?

I don't trust "protocols" that have a CEO. This ...

2026-05-24T08:52:04Z

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I don't trust "protocols" that have a CEO.

This includes Zcash and Tether.

The signal is what VCs and governments and state licensed ...

2026-05-24T08:50:20Z

The signal is what VCs and governments and state licensed companies push and WHAT NOT.

If one day VCs start to shill Monero more than Zcash, the project they control, I will have to suspect that it is captured.

Until then follow the signal. They (still) have no power here which means you hold proportionally more power.

Monero changed block times from 1 to 2 minutes taking into ...

2026-05-24T08:42:40Z

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Monero changed block times from 1 to 2 minutes taking into account to also change the distribution accordingly.

Recently? Gigi, this would have been fair criticism 10 years ago. ...

2026-05-24T08:40:50Z

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Recently? Gigi, this would have been fair criticism 10 years ago.

You can have successful hard forks with overhwhelming community support. Thanks to Monero's exceptional focus on privacy (over becoming a Rube Goldberg machine) consensus is easier to achieve than in other project. Do one thing, and do it exceptionally good applies tos Monero.

Monero had several hard forks during Bitmain/ASIC wars, but all of them died quickly and with it Bitmain gaining influence over Monero mining.

Change of plans fellow Nostriches and freedom maxis. Don't ...

2026-05-24T08:35:49Z

Change of plans fellow Nostriches and freedom maxis.

Don't focus on creating circular economies. Focus on helping the state breaking down fiat circular economies.

quoting
nevent1q…3g5g
The problem with fiat is that it already has a circular economy.

They need to force people to CBDCs without breaking the circularity. With KYC/AML and cash bans they do a great job at breaking their own network effects.

If you can not establish your own circular economy fast enough it might be the correct move to help break down the circularity of your enemies currency.

The problem with fiat is that it already has a circular economy. ...

2026-05-24T08:34:22Z

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The problem with fiat is that it already has a circular economy.

They need to force people to CBDCs without breaking the circularity. With KYC/AML and cash bans they do a great job at breaking their own network effects.

If you can not establish your own circular economy fast enough it might be the correct move to help break down the circularity of your enemies currency.

You need both, the Troy horse (Bitcoin) and with atomic swaps ...

2026-05-24T08:30:48Z

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You need both, the Troy horse (Bitcoin) and with atomic swaps (bombs) permission less access to fungible digital cash (Monero).

To be honest. The Monero community could do a much better job at ...

2026-05-24T08:28:20Z

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To be honest. The Monero community could do a much better job at communicating the risks from having reduced effective ring CT, but iFCMP is precisely the answer of that research that is ongoing.

It's a deflection move. They can not have plebs discovering ...

2026-05-23T22:58:47Z

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It's a deflection move. They can not have plebs discovering Minero/digital cash while in the midst of employing their digital prison

Still no Monero support?

2026-05-23T22:55:39Z

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Still no Monero support?

Payment targets implemented? Is there an i2p version? That would ...

2026-05-23T22:38:16Z

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Payment targets implemented?

Is there an i2p version? That would be unique for Nostr and quite fitting for Monero?

No prob, donate it to a worthy cause. I am an old time Bitcoiner ...

2026-05-23T17:08:44Z

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No prob, donate it to a worthy cause. I am an old time Bitcoiner turned Monero supporter because of its ease of use as a privacy preserving and fungible currency.

I use LN (lightning network) from time to tjme, but it is hard to maintain in a proper self-custodial way and I don't bwantbtk encourage adoption that doesn't lead to more overall self-sovereignty.

Always ask yourself why or from where exactly do you know what ...

2026-05-22T13:04:08Z

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Always ask yourself why or from where exactly do you know what you believe. Is there proof? Where is it?

If there is no proof, default back to living by estaished eternal principles existing outside of events/psyops.

Hi Ian, sounds like you need a crash course in how to deal with ...

2026-05-22T12:51:50Z

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Hi Ian, sounds like you need a crash course in how to deal with how to treat encryption.

The old account model is pretty different. There are different ways to store your private keys both for Nostr and Monero/Bitcoin.

Amber provides a key storage and you get a seed phrase. The same if you use a hardware wallet for your cryptocurrencies.

As long as you have the "seed" on paper or steele you can always authorize/sign actions both on Nostr protocol as well as on Bitcoin/Monero later.

Seed phrases should be protected and in general not being stored on internet connected devices.

Still trying to figure put compatibility between Meshtastic and ...

2026-05-22T09:37:40Z

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Still trying to figure put compatibility between Meshtastic and Reticulum. Can you clarify if they are compatible?

You mean capture.

2026-05-22T09:14:19Z

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You mean capture.

In the eyes of the state CJ are non fungible. In the eye of the ...

2026-05-22T08:01:02Z

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In the eyes of the state CJ are non fungible.

In the eye of the user they do not have any information attached other than that they have been conjoined (which again means someone can discrimate against coinjoins which makes it non fungible).

Meanwhile Monero is fungible, so states only can discriminate against the whole of Monero, hence why it is delisted on most CEX and relies on DEX infrastructure.

Guys, we need to up our language game. KYC coins are dirty coins. ...

2026-05-22T07:36:11Z

Guys, we need to up our language game.

KYC coins are dirty coins. They kill.

KYC free coins are clean coins. They protect.

Even more so when using Monero, but this also applies to coinjoins, LN and ecash transactions.

Derek becoming a Monero dev was not on my list. He will play with ...

2026-05-22T04:45:01Z

Derek becoming a Monero dev was not on my list.

He will play with it and stay like everyone before him. Most Monero Bros have figured out that you can value and hold both for their unique strength. It's just not compatible with Bitcoin maximalism. But the toxicity/freedom fighting is of the same energy.

quoting
nevent1q…pepl
I've never used Monero and don't know anything about it at all. It's more private somehow. I guess? Anyways, the urge to build a Nostr app with Monero via Shakespeare, just to show that it can be done, is rising.

Lol. That's a good one. I guess it's because many Monero ...

2026-05-22T04:41:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…fvgj
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Lol. That's a good one.

I guess it's because many Monero Bros once were Bitcoin OGs.

You can not get rid of what the mainstream calls male toxicity which is really testosterone doing its thing to save the tribe/family/community/planet.

The truth.

2026-05-21T21:43:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…7yvs
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The truth.

Can you bring him on nostr for a start @npub1ge0…jcs3 ?

2026-05-21T21:14:42Z

In reply to nevent1q…4hsv
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Can you bring him on nostr for a start shortwavesurfer2009 (npub1ge0…jcs3) ?

Welcome! Do you have a Monero address to contribute to your work?

2026-05-21T21:02:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…6zmd
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Welcome! Do you have a Monero address to contribute to your work?

There is some risk to consider as fibre can be used to get sound ...

2026-05-21T13:36:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…pcy2
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There is some risk to consider as fibre can be used to get sound recordings from your house. It's certainly only relevenat if you are a target. But then you might consider it. Maybe better to have your fiber go into the garage and from there start the LAN.

Bycicles are used by criminals, too and condoms and mobile phones ...

2026-05-21T08:08:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…ucg2
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Bycicles are used by criminals, too and condoms and mobile phones and fridges.

You either ban it all or you are exposing your ulterior motives.

In today's world you either live naked under a tree or you are a criminal.

LE should really proof their virginity.

VPS, Meshnets, Nowhere, and hidden communication within public ...

2026-05-21T08:01:58Z

In reply to nevent1q…nqpv
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VPS, Meshnets, Nowhere, and hidden communication within public internet traffic.

I see this as a way forward to deanonymise Monero node operators. It's time to improve speeds on i2p and Tor for it to be ready when VPN protection fails.

As a VPN provider (Mullvad) I'd now seek to exit those 27 countries before it is too late.

This is full blown war against the population.

2026-05-21T07:58:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…maku
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This is full blown war against the population.

Followed. I like that your company takes Monero. Rest assured. ...

2026-05-21T07:45:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…vawc
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Followed.

I like that your company takes Monero. Rest assured. I'll send many customers your way.

What I'd like to know. Do you support open source firmware/BIOS out of the box?

With some Linux OSes and systemd considering adding age verification how do you plan to handle this? Will you give support to those who refuse.

How do you protect/deletet customer data? It's highly sensitive information or do you recommend proxy buyers?

Welcome to Nostr!

#asknostr Someone knows the npub of the IRS? #nevent1q…rj60

2026-05-20T21:33:12Z

#asknostr

Someone knows the npub of the IRS?

quoting
nevent1q…rj60
Can you send me the IRS Bitcoin address. I'd prefer to send them all zaps directly as a donation for their service to the country.

Can you send me the IRS Bitcoin address. I'd prefer to send ...

2026-05-20T21:30:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…tyg3
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Can you send me the IRS Bitcoin address. I'd prefer to send them all zaps directly as a donation for their service to the country.

I suggested just that to another Bitcoiner. Mute me if that helps ...

2026-05-20T21:01:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…05gr
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I suggested just that to another Bitcoiner. Mute me if that helps you.

Mute me.

2026-05-20T20:57:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…0xqc
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Mute me.

Non permanent record (blockchain) Better scalability/smaller tx ...

2026-05-20T20:57:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…l38l
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Non permanent record (blockchain)
Better scalability/smaller tx size

Maybe something like ecash but without the custodianship.

Embedded into a secure OS over anonymity network (Reticulum).

We don't know if tail emission is the right choice. Better initial distribution? Even more anon devs. Many questions that can be answered by better concepts. Immutable (perfect) from the beginning aka no hardfork upgrades.

It very well may be that Monero has the capacity to evolve. But we don't know yet. Maybe at one point it will ossify like BTC then giving another concept a chance to trascend it's configuration.

That's a perfect start for a controversial pod. Just the ...

2026-05-20T13:03:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…r2ug
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That's a perfect start for a controversial pod. Just the other day you asked what you could do to achieve more downloads. Lol.

I don't know nothing about his projections onto you.

First Bisq, then RetoSwap. Some entities have an interest in ...

2026-05-20T13:01:29Z

First Bisq, then RetoSwap. Some entities have an interest in bringing down fiat to crypto DEX.

quoting
nevent1q…qef2
#Haveno #RetoSwap

Can you bring Bawdyanarchist on the show? He rarely does pods, ...

2026-05-20T12:59:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…mqey
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Can you bring Bawdyanarchist on the show? He rarely does pods, but he might do yours.

Followed. Are we ready to let go off Bitcoin in favour of Monero ...

2026-05-20T12:55:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…7e83
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Followed.

Are we ready to let go off Bitcoin in favour of Monero and Monero in favour of something else when its time comes?

Thanks, will replace it with Monero and share it widely.

2026-05-20T06:07:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…kd9m
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Thanks, will replace it with Monero and share it widely.

I DO NOT RECOMNEND THIS. (Learn about good OpSec when buying ...

2026-05-20T05:54:16Z

I DO NOT RECOMNEND THIS.

(Learn about good OpSec when buying things and programming devices).

quoting
nevent1q…h0g8
DO NOT point a minimum 1000nm wavelength green laser at Flock cameras. It will not damage the sensor and render the camera ineffective.

Flock cameras DO NOT contain over a half ounce of easily recyclable silver. The camera, router, solar panel, and battery, WILL NOT fetch over $1000 on the secondary market.

Flock is purely for your safety with NO OTHER AGENDA.

Always was. Ask Ross.

2026-05-19T12:40:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…flj6
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Always was. Ask Ross.

At least that gives opportunities to write history. What made you ...

2026-05-19T10:04:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…hl70
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At least that gives opportunities to write history.

What made you come to Nostr. We are just some dedicated undercover privacy and freedom lovers scattered around the world.

Are you aware of any concerts that accept Monero for payment?

2026-05-19T08:11:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…28wr
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Are you aware of any concerts that accept Monero for payment?

Does it autovrun over tor or preferably i2p? I don't use ...

2026-05-19T07:21:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…weve
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Does it autovrun over tor or preferably i2p?

I don't use software that is not auto-configured for anonymity networks.

Legal protection is the collective hallucination. In every moment ...

2026-05-19T07:14:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…tdjn
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Legal protection is the collective hallucination.

In every moment I can only protect what is fully controlled by me and concealed information. Everything else is up for someone to grab under the "right" (wrong) circumstances.

If you attach your clear name to your npub and do not protect your IP address you have already given up a lot of protection. Relying now purely on the rule of law.

If someone sends you dust, sure. If someone sends you > ...

2026-05-18T20:38:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…upt9
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If someone sends you dust, sure. If someone sends you > $10,000 from OFAC addresses you can bet that you spend the rest of your life convincing AI that you are not a terrorist.

That's how it works for pseudonymous addresses. If they have ...

2026-05-18T15:40:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…qz9n
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That's how it works for pseudonymous addresses.

If they have a rel name or a real IP that is tied to your name it's something different.

Monero shitcoiners do it because it's okay if you are not ...

2026-05-18T07:38:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…99hg
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Monero shitcoiners do it because it's okay if you are not listed on CEX that share data with chainananlysis companies.

Still all Monero wallets will automatically generate new sub addresses for every new transaction and give you coin control.

#nevent1q…76y0

2026-05-17T21:03:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…2q7g
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quoting nevent1q…76y0
I never used zaps for that reason.

Nobody knows how much Monero I donated to people here con Nostr if any.

The trolling will really begin when people send Bitcoin from OFAC ...

2026-05-17T20:05:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…fg3g
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The trolling will really begin when people send Bitcoin from OFAC lists to known npubs and those with bad opsec and then start reporting it to agencies.

I never used zaps for that reason. Nobody knows how much Monero I ...

2026-05-17T20:01:47Z

In reply to nevent1q…eclt
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I never used zaps for that reason.

Nobody knows how much Monero I donated to people here con Nostr if any.

It's such a blatant attack vector, I am even hesitating to ...

2026-05-17T05:40:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…jmgf
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It's such a blatant attack vector, I am even hesitating to put it in words.

A Bitcoin maxi myself 16 years ago, I have played along a very ...

2026-05-17T05:31:52Z

A Bitcoin maxi myself 16 years ago, I have played along a very long time giving newer Bitcoiners the benefit of the doubt.

This time is over. I will explicitly warn people about the usage of Bitcoin and help those I onboarded sunce 2012 to liquidate it in a privacy preserving way. If you don't own Bitcoin you can not use it to endanger your life.

There's no way I would ever vouch for privacy destroying terrorists. I appreciate that you can do it. That's the price I am willing to pay for freedom.

At the same time I have an obligation to protect my family, friends and community.

quoting
nevent1q…8pf8
You could have just added Monero. It would have made perfectly sense. No doxxing. Low fees.

But toxic Bitcoiners always choose the toxic way.

It's time to warn people about Bitcoin, as it has lost the plot.

You could have just added Monero. It would have made perfectly ...

2026-05-17T05:25:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…d9eg
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You could have just added Monero. It would have made perfectly sense. No doxxing. Low fees.

But toxic Bitcoiners always choose the toxic way.

It's time to warn people about Bitcoin, as it has lost the plot.

You can not make that shit up. Sorry Bitcoiners, the longer I ...

2026-05-17T04:41:47Z

You can not make that shit up.

Sorry Bitcoiners, the longer I witness that shit show I am convinced most of you have never been cypherpunks. It's a sad realisation that took me ten years.

You are free to do whatever you want. Tools of freedom grant exactly that permission. Until they don't.

quoting
nevent1q…yu5c
Privacy questioned and attacked every day.
Nostr devs responding with google login and onchain zaps 🤦‍♂️

Like bchnostr.com ?

2026-05-16T21:49:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…4t46
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Like bchnostr.com ?

Bitcoiners still acting as if Monero wasn't invented 12 years ...

2026-05-16T21:43:26Z

Bitcoiners still acting as if Monero wasn't invented 12 years ago.

quoting
nevent1q…ycrg
nostr now the leading privacy destroyer for onchain bitcoin

nevent1q…0xl4

My mind plays games on me. Sometimes it suggests me that we will ...

2026-05-15T18:32:37Z

My mind plays games on me.

Sometimes it suggests me that we will fix things in time and get on a sound money standard that will heal things over decades. Then the next day it snaps back into dystopian-defeatism mode.

Anybody can relate to this?

So they haven't read the whitrpaper, but are pro Bitcoin. ...

2026-05-15T17:08:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…ny98
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So they haven't read the whitrpaper, but are pro Bitcoin. Lol.

Fair take. So you'll like that with the next version of ...

2026-05-15T16:44:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…k89j
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Fair take.

So you'll like that with the next version of Monero LN capabilities will be there.

Zcash (even shielded) do not protect IPs. Every tx you make ...

2026-05-15T16:40:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…xlwh
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Zcash (even shielded) do not protect IPs. Every tx you make directly tied to the IP you use.

Now combine that with optional privacy.

With a CEO/foundation with intel ties that can be pressured at any time.

The goal to move to proof-of-stake.

Non existent use with merchants and DNM.

Early coins relying on a trusted setup by known intelligence assets.

Then there was a dev tax of 20% for almost 10/years.

Almost all CEX still list it.

Promoted by VCs, shady DCG and the likes of Arthur Hayes.

On X you'll find the shill army by their "shield" emoticons.

If people can not see how this is a government operation from A to Z we can't help them.

By the way. I would use z addresses over an anonymity network over Bitcoin. But unlike 99.9‰ of people out there I know what I am doing.

Monfluo or Stack uusually sync much faster.

2026-05-15T16:15:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…qfue
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Monfluo or Stack uusually sync much faster.

Lol

2026-05-15T14:33:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…l6ws
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Lol

Then what is your take on Monero? Would you use it? What would ...

2026-05-15T14:25:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…ewtj
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Then what is your take on Monero?

Would you use it? What would you recommend to your mum?

Zcash doesn't solve shit. It's a VC/intelligence ...

2026-05-15T14:24:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…23fn
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Zcash doesn't solve shit.

It's a VC/intelligence community pump to divert interest from Monero.

Tor is also compromised. Read the OpSec bible. For that reason ...

2026-05-15T13:41:15Z

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Tor is also compromised. Read the OpSec bible. For that reason they fix with Datura network what gov doesn't want to fix with Tor.

Or use i2p.

HRF is a scam. They ignore Monero like any intel community linked ...

2026-05-14T20:15:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…6ugx
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HRF is a scam. They ignore Monero like any intel community linked (N)GO.

Have you been vaxxed?

2026-05-14T10:57:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…8ut3
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Have you been vaxxed?

Do they take Monero? Because that would be a reason to buy from ...

2026-05-13T21:45:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…gatg
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Do they take Monero? Because that would be a reason to buy from them. /s

I know Latin America runs on WhatsApp and partially Telegram and ...

2026-05-13T04:48:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…ytd3
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I know Latin America runs on WhatsApp and partially Telegram and you want to tap into the market.

But what is a Monero transaction good for if it is managed on a platform that is nax surveiled?

You should startba campaign first to make people upgrade to Signsl, but better SimpleX or Whitenoise.

Latin America is giving up on its informal economy - actually sleep walking into it because of their reliance of WhatsApp (and stablecoins)

You need to price things in Bitcoin/Monero to know if this really ...

2026-05-12T19:30:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…ntxj
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You need to price things in Bitcoin/Monero to know if this really could work out.

This could as well be an attack on individual access to powerful computing likevage verification, VPN bans and Digital ID yo enter the internet. It's connected.

Buy low, sell high! #nevent1q…dxuf

2026-05-12T19:21:52Z

Buy low, sell high!

quoting
nevent1q…dxuf
Selling all my computer hardware now that people are willing to pay thousands for ram and SSDs and 5 year old GPUs

I'll rebuy it once OpenAI goes bust

A lot of small shops close down permanently. Especially in the ...

2026-05-12T17:15:02Z

In reply to nevent1q…yf7z
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A lot of small shops close down permanently.

Especially in the West they are neither prepared for the barter economy nor the under the table economy nor the fiat inflation. Crypto adoption could save some of them, but guess what - most are not prepared for that either.

Meanwhile the state celebrates consolidation of power in the hands of a few government owned monopolists.

Be prepared to ditch what made those shops fail. Operate out of sight, provide a real service, be able to adapt rapidly.

I would definitely ask you to pay in Monero. Your BTCPayServer is ...

2026-05-12T17:08:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…yf7z
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I would definitely ask you to pay in Monero.

Your BTCPayServer is one adjustment away from it and you are so free to insta auto-convert it to BTC.

Not just England. The interesting part is that half of the ...

2026-05-12T16:58:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…dkxf
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Not just England. The interesting part is that half of the population haven't gotten the memo while 45% try to cope with it.

5% already got chasted, know what's going on and try to change the status quo, but not even 0.1% know which tools to use.

Without proper OpSec, privacycoins (XMR), anonymous networking (i2p, Tor), public censorship resistance (Nostr) and private communication (SimpleX) it's impossible to organise a powedul movement.

First things first. Everybody can increase the reach of these tools - every day.

Real privacy in front of the state? Always was.

2026-05-12T16:49:46Z

In reply to nevent1q…9p29
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Real privacy in front of the state? Always was.

End times create a lot of coherent bullshit (on paper).

2026-05-12T16:46:13Z

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End times create a lot of coherent bullshit (on paper).

Courage will pay off. #nevent1q…fjs8

2026-05-12T16:42:27Z

Courage will pay off.

quoting
nevent1q…fjs8
Thought my site was dead without credit card payments

But users are slowly but surely just finding ways to pay with Bitcoin now that it's the only option

List of entities that can gfy: stripe, PayPal, creem, visa, MasterCard, Amex, discover, wise.com and global payments

Monero, a declaration of peace. Worthwhile read. #nevent1q…7dxu

2026-05-12T16:38:20Z

Monero, a declaration of peace.

Worthwhile read.

quoting
nevent1q…7dxu
Bitcoin was a frontal declaration of war and a siege operation against the obsolete tyranny and financial monopoly of the state's central banking; yet, Bitcoin's transparent nature allowed the state to pull this conflict onto its own battlefield, turning the besiegers into the besieged. Instead of banning Bitcoin, the Leviathan domesticated it, trapping it within a "ledger of sins" through exchanges, KYC shackles, and chain analysis, the state transformed it into a surveilled investment vehicle. Monero, however, is a declaration of peace for all mankind and an act of absolute "Economic Secession." Monero does not attack the state, nor does it attempt to force the state into submission; instead, it renders the state's capacity for interference technically impossible, effectively removing it from the game by turning the state into an unnecessary and ineffective dreg over the financial reality of the individual. Monero is the most impenetrable wall ever built in the digital realm by the individual who demands the right to be "left alone." For the state, peace is a domain that cannot be taxed and where every movement of the individual cannot be subjected to surveillance, and this constitutes their greatest existential threat. If you are fighting against the dissolution of your property and privacy within a digital panopticon, you cannot ignore the mathematical armor provided by Monero while hoping for the best for yourself and your loved ones, and if you're gonna defend your natural rights, you must view Monero not merely as a "privacy option," but as a "Mathematical Guillotine" that condemns the state's entire apparatus of confiscation and surveillance to technical impossibility. As the Establishment finds itself helpless against such neutrality and absolute anonymity, it will resort to increasingly desperate aggression to preserve its own survival, transitioning into a "total war" footing that utterly disregards property rights. In this inevitable clash, Monero remains the only true sanctuary for the sovereign individual. This superiority is not merely a "privacy option"; it is an incentive architecture that fundamentally alters the interaction between rational actors, the state, and the market. While the transparent blockchains of Bitcoin and its ilk push the individual into a vulnerable position by lowering the state's "cost of surveillance," Monero moves the rules of the game to a plane of asymmetric warfare that the state can never win.

If we are to speak of a true equilibrium in the Game Theory so often cited by the Bitcoin zealots, no player should be able to increase their gain by unilaterally changing their strategy. Bitcoin's dilemma here is rooted in the fact that in systems where privacy is "opt-in" (such as Zcash or Bitcoin mixers), choosing privacy becomes a "guilt signal." The State targets subjects who choose privacy, effectively removing them from the game. In this instance, the rational actor abandons privacy to avoid becoming a target. The result is an equilibrium of total transparency and, consequently, total slavery. Monero's solution, however, is that privacy is not an option but a protocol-level imperative. Because everyone is "hidden," no one is "suspicious." This is the safest and most profitable strategy for the individual. By placing all participants within an anonymity set, Monero makes the state's "divide and conquer" strategy mathematically impossible.

In Bitcoin, every satoshi has a history. If a Bitcoin has passed through an address on a state "blacklist," that Bitcoin is considered "tainted" and is either devalued on exchanges or frozen entirely. This reality destroys the fungibility of the money. Market participants become dependent on the state or chain analysis firms to verify the history of the money they receive. This establishes a hidden "approval authority" of the state over the currency. In contrast to this disgrace, money in Monero has no history. Every XMR is ontologically equivalent and equal to any other. No seller or buyer can gain a strategic advantage by questioning the history of the coins. This eliminates information asymmetry in the market, transforming money into a true instrument of the free market.

The most critical factor in the game between the state (the tyrant) and the individual is the Marginal Cost of Surveillance. In transparent blockchains, the cost for the state to track a transaction is near zero, thanks to AI and chain analysis. This renders tyranny profitable. In Monero, the computational and intelligence cost required to crack a single transaction is manifold greater than any tax or confiscation revenue derived from that transaction. Ultimately, the state -as an actor compelled to remain rational- is forced to abandon surveillance activities where the cost exceeds the yield. Monero "bankrupts" the state financially and logistically, pushing it out of the game. This is the exact opposite of the increasingly evident trend of "withdrawal" in Bitcoin; rather, it is about using cryptography to blunt the government's appetite for intervention.

Furthermore, according to game theory, fixing the system's capacity (as done with Bitcoin's 1 megabyte limit) leads to a "fee war" between miners and users. The State can fill the block space with spam transactions, increasing the cost of using the network and pricing out the ordinary individual. Against this foul play, Monero's dynamic block size algorithm allows the network to expand according to changing demands. This strips the state and other malicious actors of their ability to manipulate the network or artificially inflate transaction fees. The rules of the game are built on the survival and growth of the network, not on an auction for a limited and restricted resource!

Bitcoin is a revolutionary who sits at the bargaining table with the state; however, because his cards are transparent, the state outbluffs him every time. Monero, on the other hand, removes the table entirely. In Monero, property is not a record; it is a secret. And no tyrant in the universe can confiscate a mathematical secret. If capitalism is the free exchange of property based on voluntarism, Monero is the only true capitalist plane where the state has no oversight share or right of approval over that exchange. By stripping the "surveillance" card from the state's hand, Monero reduces it to the position of a "blind giant." A blind giant, no matter how powerful, is harmless as long as it cannot identify its target. Monero is the absolute invulnerability provided by invisibility.

Bitcoin, devletin merkez bankacılığının köhne tiranlığına ve finansal tekeline karşı yapılmış cepheden bir savaş ilanı ve kuşatma harekâtıydı; ancak Bitcoin'in şeffaf doğası, bu savaşı devletin kendi sahasına çekmesine ve kuşatanların kuşatılan hâline düşmesine izin verdi. Leviathan, Bitcoin'i yasaklamak yerine onu bir "günah defterine" hapsederek evcilleştirdi; borsalar, KYC prangaları ve zincir analiziyle onu gözetim altındaki bir yatırım aracına dönüştürdü. Oysa Monero, tüm insanlık için bir barış ilanı ve mutlak bir "Ekonomik Sesesyon" (Ayrılıkçılık) eylemidir. Monero, devlete saldırmaz ve devlete boyun eğdirmeye çalışmaz; devletin müdahale kapasitesini teknik olarak imkânsız kılarak ve devleti, bireyin finansal gerçekliği üzerinde gereksiz ve etkisiz bir posaya dönüştürerek onu oyun dışı bırakır. Monero, "beni kendi hâlime bırak" diyen bireyin, dijital dünyada ördüğü en aşılmaz duvardır. Devlet için barış, vergilendirilemeyen ve bireyin her hareketinin sürveyansa tâbi kılınamayacağı bir alandır ve bu onlar için en büyük tehdittir. Eğer mülkiyetinizin ve mahremiyetinizin dijital bir panoptikonda eriyip gitmesine karşı mücadele ediyorsanız, bu mücadelede kendiniz ve yakınlarınız için en iyisini umarken Monero'nun sağladığı matematiksel zırhı görmezden gelemezsiniz, ve eğer doğal haklarınızı savunacaksanız, Monero'yu sadece bir "gizlilik aracı" olarak değil, devletin tüm müsadere ve gözetim aygıtını teknik olarak imkânsızlığa mahkûm eden bir "Matematiksel Giyotin" olarak görmelisiniz. Zira müesses nizam, bu tarafsızlık ve mutlak gizlilik karşısında çaresiz kaldıkça, kendi bekasını korumak adına daha çok saldırganlaşacak ve mülkiyet haklarını hiçe sayan bir "topyekûn savaş" moduna geçecektir. Monero, bu kaçınılmaz çatışmada hür bireyin elindeki tek gerçek sığınaktır. Monero'nun bu üstünlüğü, sadece bir "mahremiyet özelliği" de değildir; rasyonel aktörlerin, devletin ve piyasanın birbirleriyle olan etkileşimini kökten değiştiren bir teşvik mimarisidir. Bitcoin ve benzerlerindeki şeffaf blok zincirleri, devletin "gözetleme maliyetini" düşürerek bireyi savunmasız bir pozisyona iterken, Monero, oyunun kurallarını devletin asla kazanamayacağı bir asimetrik savaş düzlemine taşır.

Eğer, Bitcoin zevatının ağızlarına sakız ettikleri Oyun Teorisi'nde gerçekten bir dengeden söz edebilmek istersek, hiçbir oyuncunun stratejisini tek taraflı değiştirerek kazancını artıramaması gerekir. Bitcoin'in buradaki çıkmazı, gizliliğin "isteğe bağlı" (opt-in) olduğu sistemlerde (Zcash veya Bitcoin mikserleri gibi), mahremiyeti tercih etmenin bir "suçluluk sinyali" hâline gelmesinde temellenir. Devlet, gizliliği seçen özneleri hedef alarak onları oyun dışı bırakır. Bu durumda rasyonel aktör, hedef olmamak için mahremiyetten vazgeçer. Sonuç tam şeffaflık ve dolayısıyla tam kölelik dengesi olacaktır. Fakat Monero'nun buradaki çözümü mahremiyetin bir seçenek değil, protokol seviyesinde bir zorunluluk olarak ayarlanmış olmasıdır. Herkes "saklandığı" için, hiç kimse "şüpheli" değildir. Bu, birey için en güvenli ve en kârlı stratejidir. Monero, tüm katılımcıları anonimlik kümesi içine katarak, devletin "ayrıştırma ve fethetme" (divide and conquer) stratejisini matematiksel olarak imkânsız kılar.

Bitcoin'de her satoshi'nin bir geçmişi vardır. Eğer bir Bitcoin, devletin "kara listesindeki" bir adresten geçtiyse, o Bitcoin "lekeli" (tainted) kabul edilir ve borsalarda daha düşük değer görür veya dondurulur. Bu durum, paranın birimdenkliğini (fungibiliteyi) yok eder. Piyasa katılımcıları, aldıkları paranın geçmişini kontrol etmek için devlete veya zincir analiz şirketlerine muhtaç hâle gelir. Bu, paranın üzerinde devletin gizli bir "onay yetkisi" kurması demektir. Bu rezalete karşın Monero'da paranın geçmişi yoktur. Her XMR, bir diğerine ontolojik denk ve olarak eşittir. Hiçbir satıcı veya alıcı, paranın geçmişini sorgulayarak stratejik bir avantaj elde edemez. Bu, piyasadaki bilgi asimetrisini ortadan kaldırarak parayı gerçek bir serbest piyasa aracına dönüştürür.

Devlet (tiran) ve birey arasındaki oyunda en kritik faktör Marjinal Takip Maliyetidir. Şeffaf blok zincirlerde AI ve zincir analizi sayesinde devletin bir işlemi takip etme maliyeti neredeyse sıfıra yakındır. Bu, tiranlığı kârlı hâle getirir. Monero'da ise tek bir işlemi çözmek için gereken hesaplama ve istihbarat maliyeti, o işlemden elde edilecek vergi veya müsadere gelirinden kat kat fazladır. Sonuçta devlet, rasyonel kalmak mecburiyetindeki bir aktör olarak, maliyeti getirisinden büyük olan bir gözetim faaliyetinden vazgeçmek zorunda kalır. Monero, devleti finansal olarak "iflas ettirerek" onu oyunun dışına iter. Bu, Bitcoin'deki giderek ayyuka çıkan "geri çekilme" gibi bir eğiliminin tam aksine, devletin saldırı iştahını kriptografi ile köreltmektir.

Ayrıca oyun teorisine göre, sistemin kapasitesini sabitlemek (Bitcoin'deki 1 megabayt sınırıyla yapılan gibi), madenciler ve kullanıcılar arasında bir "ücret savaşına" yol açar. Devlet, blok alanını spam işlemlerle doldurarak ağın kullanım maliyetini artırabilir ve sıradan bireyi sistemden dışlayabilir. Bu çirkefliğe karşın Monero'nun dinamik blok boyutu algoritması, ağın değişen taleplere göre genişlemesini sağlar. Bu, devletin ve diğer kötü aktörlerin ağı manipüle etme veya işlem ücretlerini yapay olarak şişirme kabiliyetini elinden alır. Oyunun kuralları, ağın hayatta kalması ve büyümesi üzerine kuruludur, sınırlı ve kısıtlı bir kaynağın açık artırması üzerine değil!

Bitcoin, devletle pazarlık masasına oturan bir devrimcidir; ancak masadaki kartları şeffaf olduğu için devlet onu her seferinde blöfle alt eder. Monero ise masayı tamamen ortadan kaldırır. Monero'da mülkiyet, bir kayıt değil, bir sırdır. Ve evrende hiçbir tiran, matematiksel bir sırrı müsadere edemez. Eğer kapitalizm, mülkiyetin gönüllülük esasıyla özgürce mübadele edilmesiyse, Monero, bu mübadelenin üzerinde devletin hiçbir izleme payı veya onay hakkı olmadığı tek gerçek kapitalist düzlemdir. Monero, devletin "gözetleme" kartını elinden alarak, onu "kör bir dev" pozisyonuna düşürür. Kör bir dev ise ne kadar güçlü olursa olsun, hedef alamadığı sürece zararsızdır. Monero, görünmezliğin sağladığı o mutlak dokunulmazlıktır.

Privately with a credit card? You burn privacy after the first ...

2026-05-12T12:49:39Z

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Privately with a credit card?

You burn privacy after the first payment. Never link up payments.

Why would I want that? People have different attitudes towards ...

2026-05-12T12:37:12Z

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Why would I want that? People have different attitudes towards risk.

They can just subscribe to whatever alert app or group they want and be done with it.

Damn it. It's also me. Maybe it's a rare mental illness ...

2026-05-12T12:33:09Z

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Damn it. It's also me.

Maybe it's a rare mental illness to not wanting to control others.

I kicked my fiat job a couple minute after deepIy understanding ...

2026-05-12T12:20:05Z

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I kicked my fiat job a couple minute after deepIy understanding Bitcoin. That's now more than 14 years ago.

Now people will say I got lucky as price appreciation played into my carda, while dismissing Monero (and the surveillance state) at $400 once again.

No, that's a false belief. Noone can show up earlier than their readiness demands. Readiness demands work. The kind of work nobody likes.

Do they take real money Bitcoin/Monero or still using fake bucks?

2026-05-12T12:03:53Z

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Do they take real money Bitcoin/Monero or still using fake bucks?

Climate change. Makes the weather colder while heating up the ...

2026-05-12T12:02:48Z

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Climate change.

Makes the weather colder while heating up the climate.

Quite interesting to ignore Monero then. Learning mode still ...

2026-05-12T11:52:02Z

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Quite interesting to ignore Monero then.

Learning mode still activated.

Monero #nevent1q…t35h

2026-05-12T08:07:19Z

Monero

quoting
nevent1q…t35h
"If you go into a store today and make a purchase with cash, no records are left tying you personally to the transaction. With no records, there is nothing to go into a computer database. The goal of electronic cash is to allow these same kinds of private transactions to take place electronically."

— Hal Finney (Protecting privacy with electronic cash, 1993)

#digitalcash #privacy #transactions

Primal always was a scam. You need to ask yourself why you fell ...

2026-05-12T08:05:26Z

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Primal always was a scam. You need to ask yourself why you fell for it. Convenience? Marketing? Research?

By chance are you still writing this on an Phone or do you run your life through a Graphene phone?

Then you have your answers.

Normies are too dumbed down to realise either. They just do as ...

2026-05-12T08:00:55Z

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Normies are too dumbed down to realise either.

They just do as they are told. It's pure insanity at this point.