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(full message at ) 12:03:51 why do people use bitcoin mixers 12:04:01 isn't it better to just convert to monero and convert back to bitcoin? 12:07:58 have you had your coffee yet ofrnxmr , theres a 'use monero as a condom' question again 12:08:21 Coffee? 12:08:27 Im go time 247 12:09:30 lol 12:09:43 Talking about whirlpool? 12:09:44 "isn't it better to just convert..." <- kopperbed: no 12:10:10 "why do people use bitcoin mixers" <- Because they like to have sex with with broken condoms 12:10:11 Purposely 12:10:28 Lets use the expired ones that disintegrate on contact 12:15:16 "kopperbed: no" <- retard 12:18:27 well thats a nice response to someone answering your question isn't it 12:19:46 kopperbed: says the guy with ELI5 questions 12:20:59 I ELI5 for you 12:21:09 Need a better explanation than that? 12:21:16 plowsof11: his answer to my question was "because they like to have sex with broken condoms" 12:21:40 you could have just said that ppl using bitcoin mixers are mislead and should be converting to xmr instead 12:21:54 And that is a PERFECT analogy 12:21:55 s/mislead/misled/ 12:22:02 did you obtain that answer after reading the response? 12:22:03 They arent mislead 12:22:10 ofrnxmr[m]: ppl having sex with broken condoms aren't misled. 12:22:12 They CHOOSE to use BROKEN shir 12:22:16 they are just retarded 12:22:21 Cmon now. 12:22:22 They KNOW its broken 12:22:23 did you 'ascertain' that lol 12:22:33 Ghats why coinjoin exists 12:22:43 ofrnxmr[m]: okay if ppl using bitcoin mixers know its broken and use it anyway 12:22:46 then yeah ur analogy stands 12:22:48 Was coinjoin created because bitcoin WORKS? 12:22:57 i assumed they weren't self sabotaging masochists 12:22:59 They know bitcoin doesnt woek 12:23:19 Do monero tunnels exist because coinjoin works? They know xoinjoin doesnt work 12:23:28 They just wont let the dream die 12:23:38 Here at monero, we do reality 12:23:50 still seems odd to me 12:23:54 We dont pretend things dont exist. We implement them 12:24:02 what's their opinion on monero? 12:24:14 That its a shitcoin with infinite supply 12:24:15 if you suggest using monero to someone who uses a btc mixer, what's their response? 12:24:27 with tiny anon set 12:24:40 That is subject to inflation bugs 12:24:46 And will be quantum killed 12:24:53 ofrnxmr[m]: yeah this is kinda the answer i was looking for. that users of btc mixers don't trust monero so they stick with bitcoin 12:24:55 Meanwhile bitcoin is already dead 12:25:00 As a protocol, that is 12:25:08 Its price means nothing. 12:25:33 Bitcoin has purposely sold dreams. Biggest rug in history 12:26:10 Cant support mining operations with tx fees. Bitcoin people all say "we dont know what will happen". Its simple matj 12:26:20 are there any reputable monero to bitcoin converters that don't transfer out dirty bitcoin? 12:26:31 I like how they are hating on the nfts rn 12:26:34 Yes, Fixedfloat 12:26:44 Use it with trocador 12:26:47 They screen bitcoin so you always get clean stuff 12:26:48 I have quite a bit of money in xmr and I want to cash out a little in btc. 12:26:53 monerobull[m]1: thanks 12:26:59 And my referral code 🫣 12:27:07 ofrnxmr[m]: i take back what i said earlier ;) 12:27:20 In trocsdor, select Fixedfloat at the bottom of the trade setup screen 12:27:59 btc maxis themselves do not recommend cleaning btc with anything as it doesnt work 12:28:08 ofrnxmr[m]: what does screening btc mean exactly? for users that are the opposite of me. (wanting to go from btc to xmr) 12:28:32 plowsof11: isn't converting btc to xmr a way of cleaning it? 12:28:56 Its a way of having clean moneyb 12:29:11 Indirectly, yes. 12:29:16 doesn't work 12:29:18 If dirty, deny swap 12:29:19 https://trocador.app/step1/?ref=YFJL36Szy7 12:29:20 too many pitfalls, and an outside observer (analysis etc) can see whats going on 12:29:23 Since selling a dirty gun for cash is a way of cleaning it, sort of 12:29:37 plowsof11: how? 12:29:45 $5000 in btc to xmr. 12:30:05 and then back to btc? 12:30:07 then u send that xmr to several different wallets 12:30:08 churn a few times 12:30:12 how is that gonna be traced? 12:30:21 are you returning to btc? 12:30:39 Sending btc = Monero service biz have to do more due diligence 12:30:39 after churning several times to diff wallets 12:30:46 s/Monero/money**/ 12:30:53 so then 5000$ in btc would appear randomly again? 12:31:04 plowsof11: uh no 12:31:16 let me rewrite everything more cleary. 12:31:18 If you just buy monero, and use Monero, np 12:31:22 s/cleary./clearly/ 12:31:52 If you go but some shitcoin with a specific value at a specific point in time later on, you walk back out into the line of fire 12:32:15 And are known tl have had x amount of Monero now tied to your Bitcoin via the trade 12:32:16 $5000 dollars in btc. converted to xmr. then send to several different wallets in different amounts of money. churned several times over a few week time period. then small amounts of monero are converted back to btc and cashed out at BATMS. 12:32:31 Last step 12:32:46 BTC ATM does kyc 12:32:49 You trade monero for btc. Fixedfloat knows this and KNOWS your btc and where tour btc goes 12:32:56 Just do xmr to cash via localmonero 12:32:57 also "several different wallets" ? 12:32:58 monerobull[m]1: not all. 12:33:07 I live in the USA. no kyc at the BATMS near me 12:33:16 Fixedfloat will send change to your wallet and will know a lot of your outputs as inputs they sent you 12:33:18 cctv and time stamps ? 12:33:18 But what, 20% fee? 12:33:25 Tldr 12:33:26 Buy monero 12:33:40 monerobull[m]1: yeah like 10-15% fee 12:33:41 pretty fucked 12:33:43 ofrnxmr[m]: Period 12:33:44 So localmonero then 12:33:46 do you think the atm has timestamps that could be correlated with cameras in the area 12:33:55 ofrnxmr[m]: i have the opposite problem. I have monero. i just need to cash out 12:34:01 Maybe. Spend it on not-crypto 12:34:03 Localmomero 12:34:09 s/.//, s/Spend/spend/ 12:34:18 yep 12:34:19 monerobull[m]1: ^ 12:34:27 ofrnxmr[m]: Buy weed, sell to friends 🤷‍♂️ 12:34:51 (((if legal))) 12:34:57 and pronounce monero like "mon" - "ero" 12:35:11 Mon aro 12:35:21 plowsof11: first off. I'd do my best to avoid facial recognition but second of all. why should i worry about being identified? My bitcoin woulndt be dirty anyway 12:35:33 it would just be known as bitcoin that was converted from monero 12:35:38 So why churn? 12:35:56 If you have nothing to hide, xmr isnt illegal 12:36:08 churn because in this hypothetical scenario. the 5k in btc is dirty 12:36:16 Just sell it on kraken then 12:36:18 im talking about cleaning 5k in btc 12:36:20 by converting to xmr 12:36:25 I thought you already have xmr 12:36:25 kopperbed[m]: Well then youre in trouble 12:36:25 receiving clean btc back 12:36:27 and then cashing out 12:36:40 Dont use monero as a mixer for your shitcoin 12:36:41 Your problem will be the convesion 12:36:54 The first one 12:37:01 Convert to cash directly or carry the risk 12:37:04 monerobull[m]1: will they automatically block the btc? 12:37:12 the process is one way - no returns accepted 12:37:16 monerobull[m]1: Majestic probably accepts dirty BTC 12:37:20 As does bisq im sure 12:37:31 And atomic swaps 12:37:38 ofrnxmr[m]: That's their whole selling point 🗿 12:38:26 Which is why I manually select exchange partners on trocador LOL. I dont need my btc mixed with or coming from a dirty pool 12:38:34 and how does majestic clean the dirty btc that they receive lol 12:38:47 Russian magic I'd assume 12:38:48 They dont 12:39:05 Some people accept dirty btc because laws dont give a shit 12:39:16 Other places are kyc'd to hell 12:39:22 Disclaimer, i don't know anything about majestic other than they are well liked by r/Darknet 12:40:05 Disclsimer: I cant prove they accept dirty btc because ive never had any to text with 🥸 12:40:08 Test* 13:18:28 Hello. What are the risks of using a remote node vs downloading the whole blockchain? 13:25:58 "Some people accept dirty btc..." <- what happens when they try to cash out? 13:34:07 goblin: Remote nodes can see when you are syncing your wallet. They also know which transaction is yours since you submitted it to them. Knowing your transaction isn't very useful since so much of the info in the transaction is encrypted. 13:42:51 "goblin: Remote nodes can see..." <- who runs the majority of the remote nodes? volunteers? 13:44:48 I don't know. If you are concerned, you can connect with a remote node that is run by someone who people "trust". But if you're going to use a trustless protocol, then run your own node and only trust yourself. 13:44:58 A remote node = any node that is not yours 13:45:15 Aka the opposite of a local node 13:46:10 But I think I understand the q. 13:46:10 Some shitcoins have 90%, nodes run by the core team. 13:46:10 Not the case here. We are very decentralized 13:46:45 Monero.fail listed nearly 12k nodes last time i checked 13:48:05 I feel like we have more outside of the US&EU since 2 years ago 13:48:18 s/since/than/ 13:49:28 If you are looking for a node to connect your wallet to, the majority of publicly available ones are 100% untrusted. 13:49:28 Large nodes of well known community members are "trusted". 13:49:28 Most people dont manually advertise wallet capabilities of their node. Those who did, are often malicious 13:50:04 Tldr 13:50:04 Use a node you run or one you trust wont try to mess with your tx 13:50:33 what are the risks of connecting to a random persons node if you are using whonix? 13:51:27 That they might choose to not relay your tx, serve you different decoys, change your fee so it stands out 13:51:46 ofrnxmr[m]: wtf 13:51:51 Change your fee to 50 xmr 13:52:10 why would they fuck with me like that? i dont see how they can make money from it 13:52:27 Bcs they are angry at monero 13:52:47 Because they like seeing you poor 13:53:00 how does one host their own remote node? is it as simple as renting a vps server, paid in monero? 13:53:10 Same reason people send unlock times of XXX years 13:53:18 goblin[m]: You dont need a vps 13:53:26 PC, ssd 13:53:40 yeah but i dont want to be identified as a monero user 13:53:43 Android, rockpro 13:53:44 I host my own node but it's open for everyone 13:53:49 goblin[m]: Tor 13:53:50 i live in an authoritarian country 13:54:16 I think whonix has monero in repo 13:54:16 You could use cakewallet nodes 13:54:18 monerobull[m]1: for free? 13:54:29 ofrnxmr[m]: yeah its preinstalled 13:54:45 They are as trusted as it gets 13:54:45 monerobull[m]1: Cake has an official onion node now 13:54:46 Yes 13:54:47 I saw 13:54:55 It appeared in my wallet 13:55:10 besides monero documentation, where is the best place to read up on more information about xmr? 13:55:31 Depends what youre looking for 13:56:07 ofrnxmr[m]: what are the options? 13:56:16 of stuff i can be looking for 13:56:16 Breakingmonero on YouTube, monerotopia speeches from last year, also yt 13:56:40 Not sure. Monero is pretty basic and easy to use. 13:56:48 true 13:56:53 Getmonero.org. dont use untrusted wallets etc 13:57:01 There are at least 2 books 13:57:08 untrusted wallets? 13:57:22 Like xmrwallet.com, scam 13:57:35 Or freewallet 13:57:36 I didn't there was such thing as untrusted wallets and trusted wallets 13:57:36 Scam 13:57:57 Untrusted wallets are just scam wallets 13:58:11 Monero.com and stack wallet are the only 2 wallets not listed that you should be able to trust 13:58:26 Not listed on getmonero* 13:58:44 why doesn't everyone just use monero's official gui wallet 13:58:52 Mobile 13:58:53 and electrum wallet for btc 13:59:01 ah 13:59:11 Feather is more powerful, stack desktop is multicoin 13:59:13 ofrnxmr[m]: well i guess you've covered mobile with cakewallet right? 13:59:32 ofrnxmr[m]: in what ways? 13:59:41 Cake, monero.com, stackwallet, monerujo 13:59:58 goblin[m]: Same way cli is more powerful than gui 14:00:37 Feather has access to more advanced features vis the gui. 14:00:37 Monero gui is basic 14:01:10 what do you guys think of the btc users that say btc lightning is more private than regular btc 14:01:13 is this just cope? 14:01:25 or is there any truth to btc lightning being more private than regular xmr 14:01:28 s/xmr/btc/ 14:04:34 Centralized cope 14:04:56 goblin[m]: It is, sort of 14:05:11 ofrnxmr[m]: in what ways? 14:05:23 so it's cope and true? 14:05:25 Trading centralization for pseudo privacy 14:07:32 goblin: 14:07:37 https://moneroresearch.info/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=84 14:07:37 https://moneroresearch.info/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=130 14:07:37 https://moneroresearch.info/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=86 14:07:37 https://moneroresearch.info/index.php?action=resource_RESOURCEVIEW_CORE&id=120 14:07:45 thanks! 14:07:56 ^ Some papers about Lightning's privacy problems 14:08:11 im going to read this right now 18:44:42 Anyone working on a nostr relay or client that would use monero as the form of payments rather then lightning ? 18:45:39 XMR Priest: Mitra for ActivityPub 18:46:24 Dev Silverpill is in #monero-community-dev:monero.social 18:52:19 hello. need some help with my local node, monerod is not running anymore (used to be) 18:54:13 when i start it manually with 18:54:13 monerod --config-file /etc/monerod.conf 18:54:27 ill get 18:54:29 2023-02-01 18:50:51.725 E Exception in main! boost::filesystem::status: Permission denied [system:13]: "/mnt/Monero/lmdb" 18:54:54 make sure the "Monero" partition is actually mounted 18:56:36 ye it is 18:57:02 sudo ls -l /mnt/Monero 18:57:03 -rw------- 1 monero monero 22327010 31. Jan 20:31 bitmonero.log... (full message at ) 18:58:17 Owner of monerod? 18:58:55 root root 18:59:05 wait 18:59:19 /etc/monerod.conf is root root 19:00:00 /usr/bin/monerod root root 19:07:48 goodcat: Did you run monerod as root last time? Not a good idea. Now you have to change permissions on the monero database file or always run monerod as root. I think. 19:08:53 yeah, the code is generally secure but I'd never launch it as root 19:09:37 In general better to not use privilege user 19:10:25 well monerod ran with systemctl so i dont know how to answer this question 19:10:46 i didnt change anything 19:10:56 you probably set wrong user in your systemd service 19:11:22 maybe i need to add the user to monero group? 19:11:56 Why not use systemctl to start it? 19:11:57 i do 19:12:11 Also monero user needs to be owner 19:12:32 Also what user are you using in systemd service? 19:12:38 you probably should change your systemd service that it will run monerod as monero user 19:13:04 DanIsnotthemanBr: iam not sure what you mean 19:13:27 llacqie[m]: how i gonna do this 🙄 19:13:32 the .service file should specify what user to launch as 19:13:45 Rtfm from seth 19:14:40 hyc: didnt know this is possible 19:15:20 so its gonna be like "systemctl --user enable monerod.service 19:15:22 " 19:15:38 What os? 19:15:42 arch 19:16:21 goodcat-[m]: No 19:17:02 https://wiki.debian.org/systemd/Services 19:17:24 newb here 🫠 19:17:37 The steps will be similar but not exact for your OS https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node-advanced/ 19:17:53 https://sethforprivacy.com/guides/run-a-monero-node-advanced/ 19:18:13 Scroll to system d 19:26:46 not sure about this part 19:26:47 PIDFile=/var/run/monero/monerod.pid 19:26:56 as i have to no pid file in /var/run/ 19:28:10 User=monero 19:28:26 about this line 19:28:38 ye 19:31:34 General question: are there any drawbacks to running monerod as just yourself (current user), without systemctl? 19:31:57 systemctl is creating "/etc/systemd/system/monerod.service" 19:32:20 there i have User=monero Group=monero 19:33:01 *its in /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants 19:34:00 if i start monerod without pointed to the config file its working fine 19:34:23 it must be something about the directory? 19:34:32 >/etc/monerod.conf is root root 19:34:32 >/usr/bin/monerod root root 19:34:32 Needs monero:monero 19:34:41 both? 19:35:05 If systemd runs it then yeah cause thats what execing it 19:35:25 not sure why it ran in the past then.. 19:37:15 not working 19:39:27 can some point me the permission for your database folder 19:39:47 like dwrx-rx--- etc. 19:40:30 ls -l /mnt/monero 19:40:35 -rw------- 1 monero monero 22331525 1. Feb 20:36 bitmonero.log... (full message at ) 19:42:44 goodcat: Go to #monero-support:monero.social 19:43:42 aight 19:43:55 thx for your help so far 20:41:03 Can someone donate me a few xmr? 🫥 20:47:48 have you done anything to benefit this community? 20:57:25 "Can someone donate me a few xmr?..." <- . 23:10:23 wow the network is fast tonight 23:11:23 5 confirmations in a minute