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The Stash #01: What Monero Hides, and What It Doesn't Level: Intermediate Reading time: \~10 min Last verified: 26 Oct 2026 Version covered: Monero v0.18.5.4 "Fluorine Fermi" (GitHub release ) Contents In short Scenario Stop 1: Exchange Stop 2: Swap Stop 3: Payment Deadly zone: network and OPSEC…
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
The Stash #02: How does a ring signature work? Level: Intermediate Reading time: \~25–30 min Last verified: 6 Nov 2026 Version covered: Monero v0.18.5.4 "Fluorine Fermi" (GitHub release ) Scope: This article is based on the original CryptoNote v2.0 ring signature (2013). Quick heads-up before we…
Alright, so I tried out this vibecoding thing and I had the fun idea to launch a new blockchain with FCMP++ enabled at genesis, fully merge-mined with XMR - of course with P2Pool-compatibility. Syncing a stressnet node takes a while, so if you want to try out FCMP++ before its mainnet release, this…
Hi stashers. Solo dev from Switzerland here. Since February I run kashilo.com, a classifieds site (think Craigslist / Kleinanzeigen) built for people who want to buy and sell real goods with Monero and without handing over an identity. What it does today: No email, no phone, no name. Your account…
Why Is Tail Emission A Brilliant Idea? Monero’s tail emission incentivizes miners in perpetuity. Without a tail emission, the network would eventually be forced to rely on and trust transaction fees alone, which translates into a far less predictable and more volatile environment. Tail emission…
Disclaimer: This is a copy of an article from localmonero.co's knowledge base from before they shut down. They still list links for web archived versions of these articles, but at least for me, those web archive links are down. I will be posting one per week (from the ones I saved, I did not save…
just read this and thought stashers might find it interesting too: Alright, I'd like to have a discussion regarding bitcoin's fungibility (or lack there of). I am a bitcoiner and have been for a decent number of years but I would ask that we leave our maxi hats at the door and look at this…
For those who do not know: Nikolai was a true builder and one of the last genuine cypherpunks in crypto. He focused on elegant, permissionless, corruption-resistant systems rather than hype, profit, or personal branding. As one tribute put it, he spent his life crafting tools to realize a vision of…
today is Nikolai Mushegian's (@delete_shitcoin) 33rd birthday. here's to a genius who dared to see things for what they are and call them by their true names—and, most importantly, when he saw something wrong, he built the tools to make it right. Nikolai was a builder in the…
Welcome to Stasher. With this post, I want to introduce you to the funniest game powered by Monero, a privacy coin you can earn and spend to create insightful posts and thoughtful comments. I discovered Monero a long time ago, forgot about it, and this game gave me an opportunity to dust off my…
I never think it’s a great idea to publicly proclaim you are withholding tax, or to publicly talk about organized withholding tax events like Jocko Willink and others are considering as a protest measure. That said withholding tax is a fast way to curb governments, cause reform and reshape the…
Bitcoin as a Failed Medium of Exchange from the Perspective of the Austrian School of Economics, Human Action, and Praxeology Although Bitcoin’s economic model is widely characterized as Austrian, it adopts only a limited subset of this school’s thought: Namely, a strict focus on scarcity and…
I’ve been around the block. I was a Bitcoin maxi. I know the inner circles, the outer circles, the group chats, and the “private” Signal groups where people say what they’d never say on Twitter. So let me tell you about an open secret: The Closeted Bitcoiner. You may know who I’m talking about.…
Bitcoin was a revolutionary breakthrough that proved peer-to-peer digital cash could function without banks or any financial intermediaries. It combined publicly accessible transactions with a Proof-of-Work mechanism that operates free of any central authority or third-party trust. Yet this…
I've been spending time on Stasher News and XMR Bazaar lately, and they're honestly the first places where Monero felt real to me — not just a coin to hold, but money you actually use. Tipping posts, buying things, no middlemen. But it got me wondering: these are still pretty niche corners of the…
first time posting here so please forgive any mistakes. i write this to help people. there is no affiliate links, only ideas. we as humans only need a few things to live. food, water and warmth. you might think having a few cans in the pantry and a water bottle is enough. during a temporary…
Ruling groups maintain power via force, but long-run ideological support from the majority is essential: “Once a State has been established, the problem of the ruling group or ‘caste’ is how to maintain their rule. While force is their modus operandi, their basic and long-run problem is…
I. The Financial Black Hole and The Bounty In 2020, the United States government attempted to crack a cryptographic network and hit a brick wall. Having failed to breach the protocol on its own, the state publicly funded and legally authorized an open bounty starting at $625,000 -and eventually…
Good morning stashers, we have a big juicy update today. Come on in, sit down, sip some coffee, have a smoke, eat a pancake. Here's whats new: Stasher News is now FOSS. The repo is public. Bug/Issue reports can now be opened directly at: https://github.com/stashernews/stasher-news/issues Reposts…
Monero's Cyber-Costless Stability Model I. Praxeological Foundations Monetary value originates exclusively within human action. As Carl Menger demonstrated in his theory of the origin of money, a commodity ascends to monetary status through its superior salability (Absatzfähigkeit) -the ease with…
The entire Bitcoin story is a scripted, staged illusion put together by insiders to convince you that states and corporations are “wholeheartedly committed to this” and that the market is growing on genuine demand. We are looking at the BIGGEST bubble in human history, one that will go down in the…
