PostDoc researcher, AI and combinatorial optimization.
8-years BTC & XMR entrepreneur.
Disclaimer: I own some BTC & XMR.
Privacy is paramount to a free future.
Note that no devices were taken from him, not his phone, laptop, nothing. So the actions taken by the rest of the Monero core team are just to be really extra cautious.
Finally I got in touch today and Riccardo wants to assure everyone he's doing ok.
In case it isn't clear, the sole reason to remove potentially critical access is because he could be pressured while in custody. It has nothing to do with him being guilty or innocent or what we think about it.
I'm looking forward to reinstituting them soon.
I see it as a likely temporary measure.
Anyway, In the mean time I'll make myself accountable for tightening any security issue stemming from the current situation.
's being offline and in custody, the Monero core team has removed all his admin and write permissions over Monero repos.
I've also just moved the 5577 XMR from the General Fund to another wallet he has no access to.
Several large exchanges reached out in the past, having issues for instance when re-creating spend or view wallets from seeds. Always cleared up and solved after a short conversation.
Even if view key of donation address is public, that slipped mostly unnoticed: on 18th of April, day of #Monero 7th anniversary, someone anonymously donated 1020 #XMR (including 420 XMR single output) to general fund.
Anonymous, stealth, close to half a million$.
Punk af.
The Monero Policy Working Group (MPWG) submitted a response to the recent FATF proposed changes. We largely believe that the changes will cause confusion and disparities among jurisdictions while supporting a "blank check" of sorts to define VASP actives
https://moneropolicy.org/assets/pdfs/MPWG_Response_to_FATF_Guidance.pdf…
para hablar sobre el policy workgroup, su reciente propuesta para gestión de tarifas en Monero con el Research Lab (MRL-70), escalabilidad y mucho más. Escúchalo acá: https://youtube.com/watch?v=4k-Sr-sULh8…
Patrocinan:
Recibimos a Francisco "ArticMine" Cabañas para ahondar un poco sobre el policy workgroup, su reciente propuesta para gestión de tarifas en Monero con el Rese...
#Monero Policy Working Group* - response to European Commission consultation on the Market in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation.
[*A loose quorum of volunteers. Anyone interested in political and regulatory activism welcome, IRC/freenode monero-policy]
LOL
Anyone with a basic subscription to any chain analytic company can check that. That is pretty much every single crypto business nowadays.
Most crypto users have zero clue how easily coins are flagged on transparent chains. Baffling. https://twitter.com/Marty_P_B/status/1366737812083658756…
Your regular reminder that a privacy-oriented service (ex: VPN) that only accepts BTC but not #XMR should be considered a honeypot. Or at best with the benefit of the doubt, lazy and incompetent.
When most people first hear about #Monero, they will assume it's a shitcoin to be honest. A scam like the rest.
But they will soon find, after only a tiny bit of searching, that Monero is completely unlike everything else.
And once they learn that, they will respect #XMR.
An unusual Monero initiative is organized and funded by some Monero volunteers: #Tesla4XMR.
Significant outcry unfolds on reddit and elsewhere, demonstrating highly uncompromising community.
Point made. #5DChessMonero
Monero is known for its quiet community that doesn't shill. But it's absolutely necessary that we help spread the word of freedom and fungibility if we want everyone using a true cypherpunk coin!
PLEASE do what you can to share this initiative around in all circles #Tesla4XMR
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Monero || #xmr
@monero
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The Monero community is calling on @elonmusk to add #Monero#XMR payments for #Tesla!
Monero is the cypherpunk currency defending your freedom.
If Monero is added, we will donate a new Model 3 to EACH of 3 charities selected by the community! #Tesla4XMRhttps://monerotesla.com
Privacy is more precious than time or money. When you lose money you can still accumulate more. Usually, even if you lose some time today, you still have tomorrow. But once your privacy is lost it's gone forever, irreplaceable.
Sad to let go this wonderful 6y old. But I know #Monero adoption keeps growing, allowing ever-more transactions without intermediaries.
Proud to have set the bar so high for trust and honesty, all too rare in cryptoland. Confident the #Monero ecosystem will carry that torch high.
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XMR.to
@xmr_to
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Sad news today. With heavy hearts we are announcing that the http://XMR.to service will no longer be operated.
#JobDone#LongLiveMonero
Read our blog post:
https://xmr.to/blog/job-done
The fringes of the crypto space that are NOT about making money remain fascinating.
Thanks to all weirdos still building and swimming limbo waters. We are making it all worth it, despite and against all the sellouts merely virtue signaling and stealing labels.
Monero's Organic Growth w/ Core Team Member ArticMine
If you enjoyed the show & would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much!XMR Donations Accepted :)49GdS...
Iran is about to step up its game against local Bitcoin miners. This might take the form of following both the power grid consumption and the resell of any BTC proceeds (in theory they had already put constraints on that).
Interesting to see how it will play out.
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Eric Wall
@ercwl
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Disturbing bitcoin developments in Iran. Massive electricity outages have led to the government burning "mazut" to keep the lights on around Tehran. Now, the regime have been pressured to admit the outages are connected to bitcoin mining (Dr. Vaezi a.k.a. "Dr Bitcorn" below).
"In the case of Monero they [the chain analysis companies] know they have lost the technological arms race so instead they wage a war on the regulatory front."
Ok let's get serious for a bit.
I screenshoted the best parts to save you time. It appears their blue text actually rhymes and these folks are way more profound that we usually give them credit for.
It keeps getting better
This is from Dash answer to FinCEN:
"Dash’s privacy features make it NO HARDER, and in certain circumstances EASIER, to trace than Bitcoin".
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binaryFate
@binaryFate
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I remember Dash praising its "privacy" for several years after launch. Today's statement is hilarious -- albeit just admitting what everybody knew.
When a project is slaloming its narrative to the point of complete U-turns, you know their true goal is profit.
Ideals > branding twitter.com/Dashpay/status…
The Monero Policy Working Group, a volunteer Monero workgroup, responded to FinCEN yesterday in general support of the proposed changes, while also suggesting some amendments. These changes will promote principles they believe are aligned with Monero.
https://downloads.getmonero.org/Monero_Policy_Working_Group_FinCEN_01-04-2021.pdf…
I remember Greg Maxwell answering a question about dash privacy with two words "snake oil", and it triggered the dash folks for weeks! "Muh we'Re reallY pRivAte".
I remember Dash praising its "privacy" for several years after launch. Today's statement is hilarious -- albeit just admitting what everybody knew.
When a project is slaloming its narrative to the point of complete U-turns, you know their true goal is profit.
Ideals > branding
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Dash
@Dashpay
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From a technical standpoint, Dash’s privacy functionality is no greater than Bitcoin’s, making the label of “privacy coin” a misnomer for Dash. We have reached out to @BittrexExchange to request a meeting with their compliance team. Hopefully this will be rectified soon. twitter.com/BittrexExchang…
Came to crypto post ~2015? Scared to invest in #Monero because it's used on dark net and regulatory/exchange uncertainty?
Good, you can forever stop being frustrated about not having been around when BTC was 100 bucks or so.
You wouldn't have invested anyway. Now you know.
“The dream of peer-to-peer digital cash died in favour of corporate treasure reserves... If the spark of the cypherpunk dream is still alive anywhere, it is here in #Monero.”
https://reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/kowygt/timothy_c_may_thoughts_on_fincen_rules_and/…
Release likely tomorrow it seems.
HNY btw! In 2021 remember: by default we're losing privacy continuously, and nowadays quickly. Unless we actively fight for it, build for it.
It's not easy, it takes efforts and involves trade-offs. Choose wisely, and remain epic to your choices
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binaryFate
@binaryFate
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Someone seems really determined to DoS #Monero nodes.
Further hardening coming. Perfect way to transition the the new year if you ask me.
Binaries for #Monero v0.17.1.8 are now available.
This release should fix the current memory exhaustion attack.
Let's see what comes next, maybe we get more free audit + subsequent hardening coming.
Always check the integrity of your downloads.
#Monero v0.17.1.8 has been tagged!
If you want to help with the release process, you can contribute your reproducible builds results.
If you prefer to wait for binaries, they will be available shortly.