05:14:39 how do I know a fair price to pay cash for monero? 05:16:37 saunders, only you and the seller can discover that together. 05:17:14 If nobody is selling for cash and you want to buy for cash, what can you do besides pay more until they decide it's worthwhile for them to sell. 05:18:57 check localmonero.co to get an idea. 05:19:27 spoiler alert, it's a very wide spread over online exchanges. but what do you expect when you want a human to take the time and risk of meeting you? 05:22:52 saunders, if you're really located in Vancouver it should be easy as apple pie finding someone on localmonero 05:23:46 If not, there's always Hope 05:23:48 or Chilliwack 05:23:54 lol 05:24:23 Jump on a ferry, head over to the island... if you're vaxxed. 05:25:12 Walk the beach at Tofino and look for surfers with Monero stickers on their boards. 05:26:09 lol. thx. 05:26:48 a friend is doing it. we calculate that the exchange is taking about fifty dollars just for him to buy. 05:27:06 In Vancouver? 05:27:31 Google showed 2.68 monero for $1200 and he estimated 2.5 when all is said and done 05:27:48 CAD? 05:28:02 yeh 05:28:30 4.66 I mean 05:28:44 ah jeese 05:28:46 ok 05:29:31 Go sit in Pigeon Park with a sign saying you want to buy XMR. 05:29:34 does that sound reasonable? Google shows 4.66 or so and then 4.5 net? 05:29:58 lol. yeh, probably get some very interesting offers. 05:30:06 https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/monero/cad 05:31:24 how much does coingecko charge to send to a cold wallet? 05:31:41 If you can get 4.66 you're getting better than market price 05:32:15 Coingecko doesn't sell/buy XMR. 05:32:30 It's just for tracking prices. 05:32:34 eh 05:33:04 50 bucks seems like a very reasonable premium, given that you expect a stranger to take time to meet with you, take the risk of getting robbed or attracting unwanted attention, and so on 05:33:27 yes 05:33:40 Canadians are notoriously cheap though... 05:34:21 50/1200 is less than 5%, which i think is actually less than most of those crypto ATMs take, no? 05:34:31 the ones i have seen at least were more like 8% 05:35:14 ndorf is a Canadian confirmed. 05:35:34 ha 05:35:44 haha. 05:35:44 nope. proof: my /whois 05:36:19 [ndorf] molybdenum.libera.chat :Quebec, CA 05:36:43 that's not me though. i'm .us 05:36:47 Why are you using a Canadian IRC server then? 05:37:04 that would be a question for whoever runs the irc.libera.chat redirector 05:37:07 :) 05:37:24 ndorf is a Canadian snowbird confirmed. 05:38:10 :P 05:38:16 anyways... bcak to reality 05:38:30 saunders, 5% premium isn't much 05:38:31 quite the opposite, if i could pick any season to spend in Canada it would 100% be winter 05:39:02 You could cuddle up to Trudeau 05:39:27 justin 05:39:50 Mochi101: yeh, I trust the persons integrity. it's just murky. these exchanges aren't exactly transparent. 05:46:15 Canadians are the most trustworthy people on the face of the planet. 05:46:17 sorry 05:46:22 oh jeese 05:46:24 sorry 05:46:30 eh? 05:46:36 sorry 05:46:50 never gets old 05:46:59 bope 05:47:01 nope 23:58:51 Hmm anyone know why the website https://cryptonote.org/ is down? I can ping it fine, but in the web browser nothing loads 23:59:32 I am trying to access CryptoNight specifications to learn more about the difference between the algorithms, for example https://cryptonote.org/cns/cns008.txt 23:59:40 archive.org? 23:59:41 Anyone know where else I can find CryptoNight specs?