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We all talk about privacy, how about we embrace it a bit more here in stasher? I still see and be invited to watch videos on YT, which, with privacy, has not much to do. Asking here if stashers would be open to consider converting all the embedded videos to streams from something else instead, like…
Since 1971 the paper currencies have all been losing what they can buy, and the measure is annual consumer prices, with the early years estimated. The Swiss franc did the least bad and it is still down about 66%, the yen is down about 71%, and the US dollar and the Canadian dollar are both down…
For people who already know what and why we need better OPSEC. We have been operating under an assumption that doxxing comes with high costs and requires intensive resources. And that deanonymisation is possible but expensive, that linking a forum account to a real identity takes a skilled…
There’s a rounded value heuristic (often discussed in Bitcoin privacy) which is inherited by any public chain, including non-shielded Zcash. This isn’t the case when values are hidden, especially for Monero and any shielded Zcash (or future shielded Bitcoin). A pool boundary… twitter.com/yfarmx/status/2109671242458358176
In my quest to investigate the rising RAM and storage prices, as I am looking to upgrade my workstation and build a NAS with plenty of storage for backups and media, I've been researching, ironically with AI, the market prices, the current and forecasted trends, and the news surrounding these…
It's truly a miracle of this age that anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can access and study hundreds of years of humanity's intellectual legacy, thanks to free culture projects such as Project Gutenberg. But I realised there's not enough information on this area of the Internet.…
We all know the idea of separating money from the state. The Myth of the Rule of Law by John Hasnas was the first time I saw someone try the harder cut IRL (non-fiction): separating law / lawmaking from the state. (The real first time I ran into the idea was in Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh…
First published July 5, 2018 Came across this essay on the internets, hope it educates you the reader as much as it educated me. I admit I used to believe in Bitcoin. I was one of its most naïve and vehement apologists to friends, family members, and complete strangers (online). This was all before…
The Depoliticization of Law John Hasnas Advocates of the privatization of law often assume that unless law springs from some act of agreement, some express or implicit social contract by which individuals consent to be bound, it is nothing more than force. In this Article, I argue that this is a…
Do NOT install software from anyone unknown in the Monero IRC/Matrix rooms! Do NOT install anything launched in 2026 out of nowhere unless it has at least some positive reviews in the Monero IRC/Matrix rooms! List of Monero Matrix rooms: https://themeritocrat.substack.com/p/monero-matrix Stay safe!…
Dear Monero community, My name is Mahdi, and I live in Iran. I am writing this because I have reached a point where I can no longer provide everything my two disabled brothers need, no matter how hard I try. My younger brother, Abolfazl, is about 11 years old. He has severe cerebral palsy and…
My name is Mahdi, and I care for my two severely disabled brothers in Iran. Abolfazl has severe cerebral palsy, and Hadi has profound nonverbal autism. I created this public thread to share our real circumstances and supporting evidence. Fundraiser:kuno.anne.media/fundraiser/bduk/