can you recommend any guide to setting up a full node? also does the node need to have a static ip address?

Mike Narilaw: sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node

<MikeNarilaw[m]> "can you recommend any guide to..." <- you can run your node over tor as a tor hidden service without needing to have a static ip/open any ports on your router. Cake Wallet and Monerujo both support connecting to nodes over Tor as well.

<mandelbrot42[m]> "Mike Narilaw: sethforpri..." <- that guide specifies to use someones specific docker instance, is there an official guide from monero without third parties?

Mike Narilaw: Justin wrote the following guide back in 2018: monero.how/how-to-run-monero-node

<MikeNarilaw[m]> "that guide specifies to use..." <- sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node-advanced

Docker is as much a third-party as systemd, but can of course prefer "native" system service instead of Docker :) Both guides should serve you well, but Docker greatly simplifies the process, updates, and maintenance.

I'm hoping to get a guide going in the future, but the Monero GUI in advanced mode can also be used as a full node with the proper custom monerod startup flags (there's a field in the GUI for adding custom flags)

sethforprivacy: I meant using someone elses docker image

* full node exposed to the outside world with the

thanks for the link, and what do you think about running it in aws as an ec2 instances vs as a vm? would there be any additional benefit placing it behind tor?

if you're connecting to your own vps hidden service node over tor, you hide a lot of the metadata that can be seen by ISP's

MikeNarilaw[m]: You can build it yourself, all open-source in the repo.

It compiles Monero from source, can validate all of that as well :)

chesterfield[m]: if I had my own ec2 instance publicly available and connect to it through a vpn or tor, wouldn't I also achieve the same?

probably safe to assume a VPN logs the same amount as an ISP, and going from tor > clearnet > your ec2 is probably a bit leaky as well

The exit node would see everything then?

yeap

if you're using docker, it's very trivial to expose it as a tor hidden service and just use Cake/Monerujo + Orbot or feather wallet on desktop to connect to it remotely

may as well go all the way if you're going to use tor at all

then the best option would be to create a local vm with monero, and set it up to connect to the network, and only I would be able to connect to the node locally, would that work?

* vm with a full monero, * monero node, and

I personally run a node locally, use it locally when possible, and also have it exposed as a tor hidden service for when i'm on the go

a lot of this just depends on your opsec requirement. I recommend just trying different things out and seeing what works best for you. Monero nodes use Dandelion++ which helps reduce the ability for outside observers to know the origin of a tx, FYI.

I don't understand technology, but my machine was confiscated and I am now penniless.

I need your help.

<Encore> chaoliu123: did you write down your mnemonic seed anywhere? this is a critical step and there's good reason why most wallets urge you to do so

bridgerton[m]: My mining computer and mobile phone were confiscated.

<Encore> do they have access to the contents of those devices?

<Encore> the seed phrase is best stored on paper in a place noone will find it

bridgerton[m]: All my stuff was in the studio at the time.

Assets of $500,000 were seized.

chaoliu123[m]: why?

nollied[m]: The value of the mining machine

your machine was $500k

was it coated in gold?

1000 machines

nollied[m]: One worth $500

jeez it all got taken?

why tho?

nollied[m]: Our country strikes it

in what country is mining xmr illegal?

china

<Encore> shit

why are you not in jail?

<sech1> wow

<sech1> a $500k lesson to keep your backups where only you can reach them

bridgerton[m]: My home was also searched

I currently live with my parents

You are penniless but invested $500k 🤔 How can we help?

<ルナ> Man says my mobile was taken and all his stuff seized but yet he is still talking to us using a bridge

chaoliu123: not looking good my dude

<ルナ> I’m smelling a dairy farms load of bullshit from this story lol

bridgerton[m]: I live with my parents now on the old computer from before and I can't leave my city.

bridgerton[m]: My parents paid a deposit of 300,000 RMB for me.

Bye, I'm going to bed, good night

<Encore> I'm not sure what we're supposed to do about it

<ルナ> We really can’t do anything , dude just gotta accept his own mistake 😂

China is working hard to decentralize Monero mining!

<ルナ> Pretty sure china banned crypto mining of all kinds lol

<sech1> "China is working hard to..." <- Reducing minexmr hash power one farm at a time!

omg

Without Privacy, We Are Creating Systems to Discriminate medium.com/@JEhrenhofer/without-pri…sk=86f9cc95efce68a96f6251d489bc02a5

sgp_: nice read. Fair play

Thanks midipoet! I'm glad you enjoyed it

<sgp_> "Without Privacy, We Are Creating..." <- Very well said! Great Article!

Thanks surgeon_ !

It's a very good article sgp_, how long did it take you to research all the historical information?

<Encore> good god I hate Medium