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If you're actually using these for mining... something you need to know. The only energy loss in a computer is A) kinetic energy for the fans and hard drives to spin, and B) heat. If you look at a CPU as an electric heater, you could say that the computational power is essentially free. In other words, if a CPU is pulling 100W from the wall, it is producing 100W worth of heat being expelled into your room. In fact, it produces the same amount of heat as a 100W electric heater.

In order to determine the true profitability, not only do you need to know how much power those computers consume, but you also need to know how much more your air conditioner is running due to the additional heat being produced by them. It's very difficult to calculate since there are so many variables, but suffice to say: if it's not a very modern or exceptionally efficient CPU, it most likely is not profitable and you're better off in the long term by just buying and hodling.

I recommend buying a kill-a-watt or some smart outlets like these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07J5B2ZR8 to measure the power consumption of those monsters.

good luck!

> - 1st in Books > Computers & Technology > Security & Encryption > Privacy & Online Safety - 5th in Books > Computers & Technology > Networking & Cloud Computing > Internet, Groupware, & Telecommunications

Verify that or buy the book.

Slow?? We average about 100 commits a week from nearly 300 contributors, which is "one of the largest open-source teams in the world". Comments like yours are not only absolutely baseless and wrong, but they're incredibly demeaning to the people writing code for free. You should consider taking a break from Reddit, and instead opening your Monero wallet the next time a fundraiser comes around.

The concept of Exodus sounds great but it appears not to be Open Source. Which means it can’t be verified as trustworthy.

I do like that the Exodus exchange can trade Monero without registration or signup but there are other exchanges like https://Bisq.network which can also trade without signup or registration.

Bisq is Fully Open Source and decentralized, which means it can be verified as trustworthy.

You must be on x86_64 Linux. Extract the tarball into a directory of your choice. Set the environment variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH to include that directory. Then run randprog in that directory. If you don't understand what I just wrote, go away and learn before coming back. This book will help you https://www.amazon.com/Unix-Programming-Environment-Prentice-Hall-Software/dp/013937681X

Kraken is definitely the closest you can get to market rate. If you aren't able to use Kraken for one reason or another (such as an unwillingness to give Kraken your personal documents), try LocalMonero.

It's supported without any issues to deposit and withdraw, here: https://www.kraken.com/u/funding

If your balance of an asset is zero, it is not being shown, but you can tick the "Show all assets" checkbox to see all possible assets.

I would recommend using IVPN who fully supports Monero, runs their own node, etc.

I switched from Mullvad after having enough of the BCH payments and am totally satisfied. It does cost a few bucks more though.

I see on the github (https://github.com/mymonero/mymonero-app-js/commits/master) you guy have made great progress...... For those that havent seen this ( https://dribbble.com/shots/3223530-MyMonero-Landing-Page ) we got introduced to this around January I believe after the hackerspace meetup in the valley if Im correct... I know we dont like to give dates or time frames around here but can we just a get a formal status update.. I know many of us have been eagerly waiting for this sexy ass version of MyMonero (I know i cant wait to use it mobile) .. Even just a nod that hey there is a light at the end of the tunnel soon would be great.. Do you guys need any help with it? Or are you hitting any snags? Thanks ahead of time!!

Hi, you're welcome to submit here responsibly if you have a new item to report.

https://www.kraken.com/security/bug-bounty

If the issue is specific to XMR itself please report to XMR devs.

~ Kraken Support

> removing the negatives like team developer centralisation

You repeat their narrative verbatim. They needed to find some reasons to justify their money grab (as they include a large premine) and came up among other crap with what is maybe the most wrong statement they could find.

As per https://www.openhub.net/p/monero: "Monero has a very large, active development team. Over the past twelve months, 205 developers contributed new code to Monero. This is one of the largest open-source teams in the world, and is in the top 2% of all project teams on Open Hub." Monero has had 394 contributors overall.

Note that most contributors to Monero work on a voluntary basis. And those that get paid (via community support) are sustained by donations of other volunteers.

In comparison, the MoneroV scam is proposed by a handful of persons with no track record (or could be one individual for all we know), that right away assign themselves a large premine.

Do not take their statements for granted. Do not take my words for granted either. Just educate yourself to see through narratives, and always question the incentives behind.

I think the mistake was posting the key online. You never really know who's listening to your communications or whether someone's db was illegally accessed.

I recommend using only core dev software and community backed projects like

Monerujo https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.m2049r.xmrwallet

Tails will be 64-bit from June 13 onward with the release of Tails 3.0: https://tails.boum.org/news/Tails_3.0_will_require_a_64-bit_processor/index.en.html

You're right, though, the GUI doesn't work on tails currently. The graphics are all messed up and you can't see stuff.

Having said that, it would definitely be pretty sweet if Tails at some point in the future came pre-loaded with the Monero GUI the same way it currently does with Electrum.

I feel your pain about not having a mobile wallet. I really do. Usability is important for Monero, since the more people who use Monero, the more secure and private the network becomes.

However, funding a private company to create a mobile wallet is not the way to go. Even putting the history aside (which is definitely rough; even if Anthony was always well-intended, his one update was in poor taste and unprofessional), it is not a good idea to provide proprietary code for free. The Monero developers are already busy with other projects.

There are many other approaches that make more sense. For instance, Coinomi is an open-source wallet that is asking for some help with the implementation. This is a much better initiative, since it would help the community by giving us a mobile wallet, help Coinomi by increasing their userbase, and help other companies and projects since they can review Coinomi's code. This is not a perfect solution; ideally, we should fund additional developers to work on the official Monero Core for android and iOS. However, I understand if this is the best solution for now and the official support can come later. Coinomi support should help speed up official development.

My problem with Copperhead OS is that it is not Free Libre Open Source Software.

> Commercial usage of CopperheadOS requires working out a licensing arrangement with Copperhead From: https://copperhead.co/android/downloads

Given that Monero is money it is pretty hard to use Monero without engaging in "commercial" activity.

I've never heard of IVPN. Been a Mullvad user for a few years now.

No where on the site is there pricing info, at least not at first glance.

Can anyone share cost and anything else about this service?

> In contrast, Zcash developers have a built-in, predictable funding source. As a result, I expect to see Zcash development proceed at a faster pace.

As comparison, you can check the 12 month summaries on these pages:

https://www.openhub.net/p/monero

https://www.openhub.net/p/zcash

The fact that they were unable to pull it off speaks more of them than of "us".

>One way forward then might be for the Monero community to crowdfund the cost of the development and integration required to see the JAXX integration through.

We will crowd-fund stuff that will belong to all of us at the end (open-source with permissive license), and not one company. JAXX is not that. Would you want to pay Microsoft to develop a Monero wallet for Win10 store?

Just because one company generated all this hype and failed miserably doesn't mean we're unsupportive. It's sickening how they approached it all, and tried to play victim at the end.

Anyone gets helped around here, but that doesn't mean you can get someone to do your work for free.

There are others, who also approach the problem in a more professional way:

• https://coinomi.com/monero/
• Exodus

Re-posting this for longer-term visibility and continued conversation. The original user deleted their account, so their post is no longer visible on this sub.

Link to original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/ogs2k1/analysis_of_transaction_flooding_attacks_against/

Alternative link to the paper in question: https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/b5c38718-3a2b-48f3-8783-f115497b1af0

One way that has already been tried in Monero's sister and cousin coins AEON and Boolberry is pruning the blockchain. See here and here.

Pruning has its shares of problems, it's by no way an easy magic solution, but it might be the "lesser evil" if Monero's blockchain size goes overboard too much too soon.

You can try posting your own buy offer on LocalMonero for a price and payment method you find desirable. If you're in the GB region I'm sure you'll get a response quickly.

On LocalMonero there are plenty of traders that offer anonymous payment methods, like cash by mail or ATM cash deposits. Depends on your region. Bisq would work too.

Buying a different currency and shapeshifting it into Monero is not the best choice for privacy/anonymity, because there are multiple steps and every step is a potential privacy leak. It's best to minimize the steps and go directly fiat -> XMR.

Not all centralized exchanges are bad. There are also centralized P2P exchanges like LocalMonero or MoneroForCash. I can't speak for MoneroForCash, but as LocalMonero's co-founder I can assure you that you would never encounter such a problem on our site.

Here you can see an extended report from the infected file: https://www.hybrid-analysis.com/sample/e4a57be9a6e1f7d8c6e9cf8eecc04ee51624e6d0874932a667f2cdbafb61d222?environmentId=120#special-strings

Connects to:

47.104.134.234:3333

Login string:

{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"login","params":{"login":"WmtVJYtVVhRhK3dgnerGn5Ufu8CAwUvcgPQM6EbX9sdAEDXRW2sV3pifsaYqmKNW48C8EUbAEUqr8JeXkRkwR9WA135TuuR2U","pass":"x","agent":"bdcam/4.1.1371 (Windows NT 6.1) libuv/1.15.0 gcc/7.3.0"}}

> some facts about xmr that not many people outside the community know?

Monero has built-in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulations. This is a useful side-effect of built-in fungibility.

Hi, I'm the admin for https://moneroForCash.com (MFC). It's similar to localMonero (u/Alex_LocalMonero, please chime in if anything's different for your site).

The buyer or seller will first post an advert to buy or sell Monero for cash, gift cards, money orders, or whatever they want, and then someone else can send them a message on the site. On MFC, if the person who posted the advert provided an email address in their profile (not required), they'll get a copy of the message sent to their email address. Otherwise, they'll need to log in and check their messages.

Then, the buyer and seller agree on the terms (when and where to meet, finalize details of the price, etc.).

After that, it's up to them. Here's how I do it and it's worked well for me: we meet in person in a public place with free wifi. If I'm selling, I ask to count the cash, keeping it visible to both of us at all times. Once the cash is there, I'll put a book or something on top of it so it doesn't blow away but is still visible. Then, I'll get his receiving address either from a scan, a message that he sent to me containing his address, etc, and send him the Monero. I like to wait until it's visible as incoming in their wallet so that we both know that the transaction is processing. You can wait for the transaction to be confirmed but nobody has ever done that with me. At that point, I just thank him for the trade and we're done.

https://localMonero.co functions more like localBitcoins in that you send your Monero to them for the trade, and they release it to the buyer when the both parties let localMonero know the trade is good to go.

> I'm American but residing in the Philippines, I don't think LocalMonero would help me right? You gotta meet up in person?

Actually no, LocalMonero isn't only for face-to-face deals. The vast majority of trades are conducted completely online using quick payment methods such as bank transfers or paypal or gift cards or cardless cash or ATM cash deposits. You can check out the current online payment method USD offers here.

> Wow surprised how moderate you guys are, if I ask if I should invest in the other coins I'll be hammered with a HELL YES!!

You'll notice the Monero community is very different from others. This coin, for some reason, attracts a very different kind of people.

LocalMonero

• World's first Monero-based P2P trading platform
• World's first cryptocurrency platform to implement Tor single onion as well as I2P
• World's first affiliate program that pays out only in Monero

Providing a KYC/AML-free gateway to go from fiat directly to Monero. Decoupling the price of Monero from Bitcoin, one trade at a time.

I bought something very similar on amazon but with 2 of these on a swing rivet type thing.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08QV45ZQK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_fabc_ZN41TVN92NEPKWQWCWSN?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

You should consider that as an option to keep casual eyes off your keys if anyone comes across it.

On a side note I found it very satisfying spending the time doing the stamping. It took longer than I anticipated but we'll worth it.

I received the following response from Mullvad recently: >
> We would like to accept Monero, but it is a matter of priorities. >
> Adding new payment options is a lower priority than say making sure the website / API can scale. >
> We have hired more staff, which are being on-boarded so that will help with getting more things done quicker. > > Unlike most other services we run our own nodes, so adding a new payment > option takes several months of developer time to add.

Had the same with all Monero 0.13 downloads (Linux and Windows, GUI and CLI) over NordVPN, all hashes were different from what they were supposed to be. Used regular server though, not obfuscated. Grabbed them over my regular connection and hashes were fine... Quite shady...

If you'd like to change your BTC to XMR I can reccommend Poloniex and Bittrex. Shapeshift is quick but quite expensive. Our website Liberalcoins.com also offers a coin to coin exchange, but in all honesty, we do not have enough people yet to have competitive prices in that area of trading.

In the case when you'd like to buy Monero or Bitcoin for USD, I can recommend you our website Liberalcoins, we have the lowest fees (About 50% of our p2p competitors) and we have an exceptional focus on privacy (Which aligns pretty much perfectly with the values this community stands for)

https://xmr.to/ and you could "pay" yourself.

https://shapeshift.io/#/coins works the same, but is not restricted to Bitcoin.

Alternatively, all major exchanges can do the task (but you need an account with them of course).

Have you tried LocalMonero? It's not just for face-to-face cash deals, we support any payment method you can imagine, including purely online ones like Zelle.

Your trades are protected by escrow, there's no way the seller can run off without giving you the coins, since our staff will simply release the coins to you in case of a dispute and upon the provision of evidence of your payment.

Let me know if you need any help!

We've just launched a new platform a day ago: https://LocalMonero.co

It's modelled after LocalBitcoins.com: a centralized P2P trading platform where you don't need to fill out any KYC/AML information since you're dealing with another site user directly, with LocalMonero providing escrow for buyer/seller protection and dispute mediation.

Currently there aren't many ads up in the USA (since we've only been online for just over a day), but I'm sure the situation will get better very soon because the community response has been great.

It’s a great write up! The only thing I wish it would have had was some of the impressive stats that have happened over the past 5 years, such as: - Monero code has had 190 years worth of effort put into it (estimated by the COCOMO model) by 547 all-time contributors. Source: https://www.openhub.net/p/monero - Monero has attracted the third highest code contributor count of all cryptocurrencies, led only by Bitcoin and Ethereum. Source: https://www.coingecko.com/en?view=developer (filter list by Contributors)

Last time I looked into the best privacy VPN I decided on Mullvad. I recommend looking into it yourself, ignore sites that place paid ads for better spots. (Usually Nord VPN or Express VPN being 1st or 2nd on them)

If you live in the US, the easiest way to acquire Monero using a credit card or bank info would be buying Litecoin (or Bitcoin) on Coinbase and then ShapeShifting it to XMR on your own address.

For the first part of your question, at the moment you can open an Android wallet using the Monerujo app. You're the owner of your keys so you have absolutely 100% of the control of your funds.

Little recap on history:

1) In some August, a lot of community members started bombarding and pray Ledger to add support for Monero:

https://trello.com/c/wsK0myEm/52-monero-support

2) Ledger heard our prayers, started Monero integration and dedicated /u/cslashm to handle the project full time:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/6y2kcf/ledger_hardware_wallet_monero_integration_started/

3) /u/dEBRUYNE_1 asked them to add donation address to their posts because community members asked for one so everyone could encourage their team in their important work for Monero

4) Soon they noticed that Monero integration wasn't an easy task since it's completely different animal than for example Bitcoin and so the project faced some delays. Also /u/cslashm was dedicated to other projects every now and then which caused more delays.

5) However Monero has been developing during the time of integration. This is great for Monero in general, but we just ended up in a situation in which not everything will be supported when Ledger support comes out. However this is something that was basically impossible to foresee in September, when nobody couldn't even dream about stuff like bulletproofs.

TL;DR: It's not the case that Ledger is trying to fund their project with community or making some empty promises to boost their Ledger sales, but there is months' history of co-operation between Monero community and Ledger. What they are doing is important for this community and hard in practice. Also a lot of community members have put a lot of effort in this project to make it happen. This is a positive thing. Let's not let our own hopes for quick profits blind us from the fact that there is real people doing awesome job for our good!

Do not, under any circumstances, run Windows 7 connected to the Internet! Microsoft desupported that OS almost 2 years ago, which means security bugs are not being patched!

Just install Linux on these old boxes and watch them roar back to life, ready to mine. If you're not familiar with Linux, check /r/linux4noobs

Please, do not confuse with localmonero.co, these are different and unrelated entities. Watch out just in case in the future it becomes a scam.

PD: note that localmonero.com isn't even redirecting properly from HTTP to HTTPS, lol...

I have made most my Monero purchases from Localmonero.co mostly because it's easy. In my country we have something called "Cash at ATM" which means I can send a code to anyone and they can put that code into the ATM to withdraw cash from my account, you choose how much cash the code will release to them.

Localmonero freezes the XMR on the sellers account once you tell them you have sent the code, they can't release it until you say you have received the funds and if they never send you can dispute which will lock their XMR up, for someone at Localmonero to come and investigate, so it's all pretty safe. There is also a rating system which lets you see how many transactions a seller has had which makes picking a seller pretty easy.

So essentially you're buying Monero with cash, but without having to leave the house, or meet randoms who you have to trust won't just bolt off as soon as you hand them the cash.

Well I consider KYC anything that identifies you in an accurate way as an individual.

E-mail is not considered KYC because you can use any email you want. For example you can use simplelogin.io and you will never give your actual mail.

Google 2FA is not KYC as TOTP are an open protocol and you can use many apps, you don't need the Google app. I would recommend you to use Aegis.

Well, the thought is obvious, and many people have arrived at the same question: Monero is a cryptocurrency with very good privacy, so if you add messaging somehow to Monero, wouldn't that result in very private messaging?

Well, no. A cryptocurrency and a messaging system are two very different things, and you can't just add messaging to a cryptocurrency somehow. Not in a sensible and appropriate way, that is.

/u/just---here has mentioned Oxen: Yes, that's a Monero fork, and yes, they have added messaging, but that's basically some second job that part of their network is doing. As far as I know if you use their messaging app there is nothing cryptocurrency directly in sight anywhere. Check here on Google Play whether you find something mentioned.

> Karbo

I like it. Is a working and user friendly product without premine/instamine/ICO/IPO and without marketing campaign -- "Buy it! It's the best!!".

You can check their GUI desktop wallet, also there is a possibility to connect it with remote node.

Mobile wallet (Android); iOS --> Soon ^TM

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moneroticker.free

If you run into any problems, PM me or send an email to moneroticker @ gmail.com

This is my first android app so please be gentle. :)

Currently it supports BTC/XMR and USD/XMR.

I'm planning to add several other currencies in the coming weeks like EUR/CNY and expand the data sources as well.

I've tried to require as little permissions as possible.

If you would like to donate please use the below addresses:

BTC:

141xBuC4J76tVJA8fMtmXkwEVgqN5ABGij

XMR: 4ARsbcHkHSUHCfnwNV9wvWg2PZfJebKnwMqrhpEhQ44Ejkxk5CdYnLkUwDDuoBUWWyaCNmWDD1v7NKpoLYe8f4Y6RkAeJzQ

Enjoy! :)

This should get you started.

I wouldn't consider Monero's price "stable", though it probably is compared to most altcoins.

> This is a Korean exchange, right?

Yes.

>What does this mean for Monero: are they big?

Quite, see their volume here:

https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/bithumb/

>Does Bithumb have a reach outside of Korea (China, Japan)?

Not sure, someone else can probably answer this.

Wrong. Dominance has been on a steady decrease since at least 2013. On average BTC has underperformed the universe not outperformed it (obviously there are time periods where that is not the case, but they are exceptions, exactly the opposite of your claim).

https://coinmarketcap.com/charts/#dominance-percentage

Further, diversified crypto portfolio would include both BTC and alts.

When someone sends you XMR, they aren't actually sending it to your address, they make a new sub address based off of the address you send them. And then, they can't tell whether you have spent your XMR, who you have sent it to, or the amount you have sent. This is because of Ring Confidential Transactions, and stealth addresses. localmonero.co has many great easy to understand guides on how monero works.

>an attacker will not be able to simply listen for the direction of a transaction anymore, because before it was propagated to everyone, it underwent the stem phase, and the originating node of the fluff phase is not the node the transaction originated from, and it is unknown how many hops along the stem the transaction underwent.

https://localmonero.co/knowledge/monero-dandelion

> Can I easily buy it with cash or some supposedly anonymous way?

Yes, use localmonero.co, moneroforcash, or similar.

> Is there an easy-to-use wallet app that I can use on my iPhone?

Not yet. MyMonero and Xwallet are in development though.

> Is it faster and cheaper to use than BTC?

It's less likely to have network congestion due to the dynamic block size, and fees are less likely to vary wildly as a result. However, Monero isn't meant to the the fastest or cheapest way to send money. Security and privacy come first. Nevertheless, the median fee over the last 24 hours is $3.61 for Monero and $25.18 for Bitcoin.

> If the answer to any of those is NO, then like... fuck Monero. For now anyway.

You are entitled to your own opinion. Or how about you contribute so that you can help make it better? Everything's on GitHub.

From the Exodus roadmap: >Monero remains on the Exodus roadmap and we are excited to include this asset. Unfortunately, the UI/UX of Monero remains difficult and is still not ideal. Today novice users continue have difficulty with transaction notifications from the current beta GUI wallet from the Monero core team. Because Exodus does personal one-on-one support for each Exodus user we feel including Monero too early would cause a massive support burdon and confuse casual digital asset enthusiasts. Good news is we are getting closer and we do expect Monero to be included in 2017. Although pros and technical users may like bleeding edge technology, until Monero is rock solid, tested and “dog-fooded” internally Exodus will not release Monero until it is ready for “normal” (non-technical) digital asset consumers.

I would guess there are good chances that Monero will be included in 2017 in a Exodus "preview/beta".. for now it's not included in it https://www.exodus.io/eden/

https://bisq.network/statement-security-vulnerability-april-2020

I certainly feel sorry for the traders.

As soon as I read this news, the first thought - nobody, never and nothing will hear again about those 4000 XMR that were stolen. Also no one will say to that hacker that they are tained/gray/black.

>LN on XMR makes it (much) less private.

Not entirely.

A slight change in the routing protocol can make Monero have the privacy equivalence of I2P with garlic routing.

Learn more about garlic routing here: https://geti2p.net/br/docs/how/garlic-routing

Keep an eye on Briar project, recently released to public beta. End to end encryption and designed to never connect via clearnet: https://briarproject.org/news/2017-beta-released-security-audit.html

Also: http://www.titus-stahl.de/blog/2016/12/21/encrypted-messengers-why-riot-and-not-signal-is-the-future/

Monerujo (note: you tiped Moneroju) should not ask or need this. Are you looking at this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.m2049r.xmrwallet&hl=en_US ?

One quick way of getting started is using one of the available smartphone wallets. If you have an Android, try restoring your wallet on Monerujo. If you have an iPhone, restore your wallet on Cake Wallet.

Good luck!

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Hey man, you can sell your Monero to me via cash by mail.

Have a look on localmonero.co , I offer escrow for those who feel safe using escrow. No ID is required and is the safest and private way to sell.

Link to my profile: https://localmonero.co/user/soaker

Ah, you got me. I mean, just look at this transaction!

https://localmonero.co/blocks/search/cd64d5a52e73c7d1a01b178b356fe842ab7c9d860df3317641989e5506117cbe

(unknown wallet) sent (confidential) XMR to (unknown wallet)

No, he means atomic swaps: https://www.cryptocompare.com/coins/guides/what-are-atomic-swaps/

> Atomic swaps, or atomic cross-chain trading, is the exchange of one cryptocurrency to another cryptocurrency, without the need to trust a third-party.

and

https://monero.stackexchange.com/questions/6114/are-atomic-swaps-possible-between-monero-and-other-altcoins-or-bitcoin

Seems to be legit, but I wouldn't store millions on it. Your private keys shouldn't leave your phone and you can review the source code on their site: https://jaxx.io/#openModalVS As mobile wallet to pay for some stuff I wouldn't be more afraid than on any exchange ;)

Not sure if you're just trolling but.... Let's see... that's not how it works. And sorry but if you have no idea how monero works, you probably have no idea how bitcoin works too.

Anyway, install the GUI, open it and create a wallet, then shapeshift your beloved btcs into there.

> I’ve looked into buying Monero with fiat directly on localmonero.co, but it looks a little less “professional” than its btc counterpart, and there’s no way to get verified etc. So I’m just wondering how trustworthy the site/sellers generally are, or if most UK users do similar to me and buy XMR with another coin?

While it's true that LocalMonero doesn't have platform-enforced verification, we operate an escrow system just like LocalBitcoins does and your trades are protected by escrow. We've been operating for almost 4 years now and we're even listed in the sidebar of this subreddit.

Make sure to read the terms of any seller you decide to go with and feel free to contact me if you need any help!

BuyCoinFast, though usually fast, can be quite slow and isn't very newbie-friendly. If you have other options you should consider them

We have a list of guides on how to start here: https://localmonero.co/guides

I am not sure smart contract is the usual term people use for the Bitcoin scripts involved, given how limited functionality they offer.

Check the article that earlier /u/Gera- already linked in another post, I think it explains it pretty well.

Use localmonero.co or bisq

The message to exchanges is, "We hate you and don't care what you do. We will do as we please P2P."

PS. We don't really hate anybody.

Do you already own the ETH or are you planning to purchase them on Coinbase to then shift them into Monero? Because if you don't already own them, it might be a better idea to buy XMR directly with fiat on LocalMonero or MoneroForCash.

It means Monero will have its own Stack Exchange site soon, which is wonderful for many reasons. I encourage you to open a Stack Exchange account and start exploring to understand how helpful it is: http://stackexchange.com/sites#traffic

Just bookmark it or manually enter mymonero.com. Don't google mymonero then click on an arbitrary link, because it might be some tricky unicode phishing link that looks exactly like mymonero.com but under the hood the link is like https://xn--fkjdaslf.com

see: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/04/chrome-firefox-unicode-phishing/

Selsta linked the core team announcement. Don't pay it any heed, it is simply adolescent drivel. As the project gets bigger these people will fade into oblivion.

Do not donate to the general Monero fund. (give it a good six months before anybody donates.)

Do read getmonero.org.

Do read Mastering Monero, can get it on amazon, and I think there is a free pdf version someplace.

Do read Why Cryptocurrencies: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Cryptocurrencies-What-they-matter/dp/9198676202

Others have said it, but there's a better way to phrase this. You're not bringing the best arguments to the table.

Respectfully disagree, and then mention the following:

• Perkins Coie analysis
  
• Lead regulator for US Banks declared all coins to be permissible for banks, even one's with enhanced AML risks.
• Monero functions exactly as cash, almost no difference. Many VPNs and email providers accept mailed in cash for purchases

Express that it's a gravely mistaken presumption that private currency is non-compliant. Explain that you're not interested in voluntarily surrenduring your crypto account balances to them, which is what effectively happens when you pay with any crypto but Monero. Suggest that an email provider uninterested in learning how to be compliant with the law and protect their customer's data by using a properly fungible currency; maybe isn't an email provider that should be trusted with your data. This is basically where Mullvad is now at.

Tell them thanks but no thanks, and that you're going with someone else, and will not recommend their services to anyone else.

I spent far too much time 3 years ago researching VPN services and trying to find ones that seemed solid. It came down to IVPN and Mullvad. I originally went with IVPN, because their guides were (and still are) really good. I left them a year later because I could only pay via Bitpay who I consider them harmful to the ecosystem.

I will be going back to IVPN now, especially considering the bad joojoo I got from Mullvad when asking them on their reddit for the same. And I've had a couple raised eyebrows over some of their policies as of late

I noticed that they brag about being connected to IPredator, so went digging and found this tidbit in their FAQ:

> Mr. BOFH does not care how much bandwidth each user consumes, as long as it is used for a valid application in the interest of society and does not violate basic human rights. Child porn or spreading of right-wing demagogic materials come to mind. SYN-floods and similar are also disliked.

This raises more than a few red flags for me. What exactly is the relation to IPredator and what exactly are the terms of service for this new registrar middleman? It seems like the far right are their most likely legally-acting customer base right now, but can they really trust these guys? Or is this just a service for hosting pirating websites?

If you are searching for a wallet check out monerujo:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.m2049r.xmrwallet&hl=sv

( Github: https://github.com/m2049r/xmrwallet/releases )

The brilliant guys over at MRL should not be focusing on developing wallets..

Ok everyone, so here's the strategy. Duolingo offers lessons in Klingon, so let's all get together and start learning the language. Obviously, the key here is that no surveillance agency is going to bother learning Klingon, so we can transact and talk to eachother in peace of mind. What do you think!

> This is still a BETA and people are fuding and complaining

Fuding and complaining? I challenge you to any find words like "beta", "testing", "preliminary" or similar in their announcement or in their FAQ.

There aren't any directions where and how to report bugs either.

I am mining on i5 9600k doing great, on the taskbar performance tab the CPU is at 100%. Now I have another setup with Ryzen 5 AMD 4650G and the CPU is max usage at 37%.
I also enabled Lock Pages in Memory / Windows 10. Here is the link how: https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/how-to-optimize-cpu-mining-performance-for-monero-random-x
Any ideas how to tweak it more?
Is this 37% normal?
Thanks in advance.

Localmonero.co would probably be your best bet.

Another idea would be to use a crypto atm. You could use an app like Monerujo (along with a VPN) to send the crypto atm LTC or BTC and receive your cash. You'd probably have to give your phone number though, so if you don't want to do that, you'd need a burner. Fees this way might get a little high too. Not the greatest option, but it is an option.

Yep difficulty has dropped by around 70% so far. Looks like the ASICS came online around December based on the charts.

Mining calculator:

https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/xmr?HashingPower=500&HashingUnit=H%2Fs&PowerConsumption=200&CostPerkWh=0.12&MiningPoolFee=1

I have been trading on liberalcoins with Bit2Money https://liberalcoins.com/user/Bit2Money. He generally has the best GBP prices on any Monero p2p website. He is also very professional and responsive.

I can only recommend Liberalcoins.com. I had a few bad conversations with localmonero, so I will stay away from them. I might try MoneroForCash.com out soon, if I find a tader there.

Hello, I've swapped XRP to XMR almost 4 hours ago using https://stealthex.io and so far no XMR arrived to my wallet.

I am talking to their support and they say that this is pretty much due to XMR network overload. Which reading all these threads - is bullshit! There is truly no XMR liquidity in the market it seems..

One way to do it fast and without any KYC is through LocalMonero. Check out these offers to sell XMR for BTC, maybe you will find what you're looking for.

Kraken is great if you want to get the price closest to the market rate, but it will take you some time to get your ID and address verified.

If you're willing to pay a slight premium over the market rate to avoid the hassle and privacy hazards of ID verification, you can try LocalMonero.

You're not likely to find a seller willing to use PayPal because a scam buyer could buy Monero with PayPal and then tell PayPal that they never received the Monero...and PayPal will "refund" them the cash. You might find someone willing to do it though.

If you don't mind having your ID verified, use Kraken. If you want more anonymous ways, use https://moneroForCash.com or https://localMonero.co

If you want to do things quickly and without the need to verify your identity - LocalMonero

If you want to do everything as close to the market price as possible and are willing to wait days (maybe weeks) for identity verification - go Kraken.com

in your bittrex account, go to 'wallets". Then click the blue "+" sign next to bitcoin, this will give you your bittrex bitcoin address. Send to this address. Now you will have your bitcoin on bittrex, go to "Bitcoin markets" on top left of screen select XMR from list, then scroll down and sell "max" bitcoin, below that you input the buy price you want to place your order at. Somehwere inbetween the bid and Ask price is the best as it gives you a decent price while getting your order filled quickly.

And in the future, you can cut out the bitcoin & bittrex middle-steps by buying XMR directly with Fiat @ localmonero.co

1. I actually like https://getmonero.org/home. It looks like a software project instead of some salesman website that tries to get you to buy the product.

2. Sorry to say but not impressed with your portfolio. If getmonero.com would look like that it went backwards.

Too many people hold Monero on exchanges and they would love to use Exodus or Jaxx instead for ease of use AT PRESENT.
Having AN OPTION to use Exodus or Jaxx even with the viewkey disclosed beats holding XMR on any exchange hands down, both in terms of privacy and safety of funds, so until the official GUI is released "soon", this would be a welcome alternative, possibly even after - for many.
Furthermore, in the future, once those funds get transferred away a dead end is presented by the privacy of Monero, so nothing would be lost and it would greatly aid adoption and expand the community if more EASY options for storage are available.
For those especially concerned about their IP address / metadata exposure in conjuncture with the viewkey, please check these out and act accordingly:
https://www.privacytools.io/
https://mullvad.net/en/

They're not necessarily better or worse from each other. It depends, however, what you use them for.

In general, Tor is primarily made for and is being used for regular web (Facebook, Google...), and it is best suited for that, but it's being used a lot for Darknet and Deep Web also.

I2P, on the other hand, is primarily made for and is being used for Darknet and Deep Web, but it's being used for regular web also (not as nearly as Tor though).

Of course, there's so much more to all of this, but this is just in general.

Here's some short comparison:

https://geti2p.net/en/comparison/tor

Im going to make a couple observations. We had already spoken once about this:

I see you do open ports in firewall here:

# Allow the default ASB ports (remove the following two lines if running exclusively over Tor, as they are not needed) sudo ufw allow 9939/tcp sudo ufw allow 9940/tcp

And a TOR port

# Allow asb tool to configure hidden services ControlPort 9051

And the monero RPC port.

curl http://127.0.0.1:18083/json_rpc

I have a very picky ISP-xfinity/comcast they have shut off communication to my node and miners-till I went NordVPN. Any of these are a point of failure to myself.

I noticed that you said withdrawing the BTC from the wallet had a point of failure when you try to remove max_amount.

I also liked you pointing out the file and how to retrieve it.

The only thing I know is the Exa Wallet that can be found here in the Play Store. It's a Monero wallet with a supporting wallet-to-wallet communication infrastructure behind for exchanging multisig data that is run by Exantech itself.

It languishes for years already in the Play Store without hardly anybody noticing, has only accumulated a very modest 1000+ downloads in all that time, and I am surprised that in the light of this the company still keeps it running ...

I'd like to point out that Private Internet Access will likely never accept monero for payment. This is because their owners, London Trust Media Holdings were the original investors for ZCash's ICO:

>Zcash has raised capital in a non-traditional way; there have not been the same clearly delineated “Series A” or “Seed” round nominations like other similar technology companies. The first public investors included: Pantera Capital, Digital Currency Group, Fenbushi Capital, London Trust Media, Evolve VC, Naval Ravikant, Niraj Mehta, David Dacus, Roger Ver, Alan Fairless, Ben Davenport, Brian Cartmell, James Nicholas, Jonathan Perlow, Charlie Songhurst, Adam Ludwin, Devon Gundry, Ryan Smith, and Rop Gonggrijp.

(emphasis mine)

While the Monero community is great as is ProtonMail and ProtonVPN (although as a customer of the both, the latter could certainly be improved such as servers in more states, particularly putting some here in AZ)... I feel it worth mentioning... please don't use unethical means to vote such as multiple emails... not only because it's immoral, but because it can also undermine the chances of the idea being implemented. As someone who loves their services and Monero, I'd hate to see that happen.

Also if you like privacy, you should check them out and read through their blog. One of the more interesting articles is their commentary on the DDoS attack in 2015.

Yes: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.m2049r.xmrwallet

No, but I personally would. Arguably more trustable distribution of the app and you get the binaries sooner. For example, I use Anki, another open source app for studying and usually new updates come out on Fdroid basically day of whereas Google Play can take up to a week. Time is particularly important when it's a privacy/security release.

Oh wow it's you! I saw where you posted the XMR address and the view key.
How do I use the view key to see the amount of XMR in the wallet. I just want to verify, to see if I even can, and I'm having difficulty figuring it out.

I put the address and view key on this site https://blockchair.com/monero and I get nothing in return. What am I doing wrong?

What to do with the funds if there's no person available/willing to do the job. Think of FFS more as a means to support those who are willing to do the job anyway but are looking for a way to spend more time doing it.

For the particular topic, I'm not really familiar on what's necessary to add it to Tails, but I suppose no new development is required. However, there's probably some effort required to package everything to fit nicely with Tails the way they like it. This could be useful: https://tails.boum.org/contribute/merge_policy/

Uhhhh...the list of Bitcoin vulnerabilities is on a dev wiki (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures) and only lists vulnerabilities that have been assigned a CVE number of a BIP number. There are loads that aren't listed there, and can only be found in release notes.

Notably, none of these are listed up on bitcoin.org, not in any central area nor in detail. About the closest are a handful that are written up as part of the old alerts system, which linked back to alerts on bitcoin.org (https://bitcoin.org/en/alerts), but that was retired at the end of 2016.

Just like bitcoin.org, the Monero website is open-source, and if somebody felt strongly enough about it to write up a page on vulnerabilities it would be discussed and merged. I don't control the content on the website, nor does the Monero Core Team. But you know this very, very well.

Which leads me to believe that the problem here is your bizarre expectation of where information should be stored, and since it's coupled with completely insane accusations of "sweeping bugs under the carpet" I can only assume that you are purposely sowing discord in the community.

Let me be clear: your actions betray your motives; it is now clear that you are likely attempting to socially disrupt the Monero community, by calling into question the motives and actions of the Core Team.

I do not believe the Monero community should allow such a divisive social attack to take place, nor should they allow for dissent to grow. If there are issues with transparency or visibility, the community will take it upon themselves to resolve it (as /u/samsunggalaxyplayer has in his preparation of a formal response to the research papers, despite him not being a core team member).

You are not the saviour of the community. Nobody needs your "help". Be gone, fiend.