08:34:09 Dear XMR-community 08:34:10 Can anybody recommend a physical credit card for anonymously (no KYC) paying groceries or other goods using XMR? 08:41:27 There are no non-KYC credit cards. You can get visa/mastercard gift cards that are accepted at many stores. 08:43:10 Note that you can't use a VPN/TOR when getting and using such a card, the card may be terminated without reason and because they have a fixed amount on them is likely you have some money left over. 10:21:50 C91 going in 14:03:46 thorstenscherbaum cake pay and thebitcoincompany 14:14:50 https://orangefren.com/#gift_cards_table_monolith 17:16:07 thorsten you can always buy giftcards with XMR ? 19:18:15 I am currently running my own monero node in an old thinkpad and connect to it over a onion servixe on my personal laptop. But in case of a failure (corruption of the blockchain, internet connection problems etc.) i want to backup my node in a LUKS encrypted external SSD. Copying lmdb/ directory inside ~/.bitmonero to SSD is enough? Do i need to create new keys? Do you have any su 19:18:16 ggestions about backing up a monero node? 19:18:33 I am currently running my own monero node in an old thinkpad and connect to it over a onion service on my personal laptop. But in case of a failure (corruption of the blockchain, internet connection problems etc.) i want to backup my node in a LUKS encrypted external SSD. Copying lmdb/ directory inside ~/.bitmonero to SSD is enough? Do i need to create new keys? Do you have any su 19:18:34 ggestions about backing up a monero node? 19:20:27 I think that lmdv/ would be enough, but copy all ~/.bitmonero to be sure 19:20:37 s/dv/db/ 19:21:10 The lmdb is enough 19:22:46 You might not want to copy the ssl keys, logs, etc. lmdb will copy only blockchain 19:24:43 Thank you. Do you have a similar backup plan? Can you share your setup? 19:26:46 i dont 19:30:29 Can probably run a cron job like 19:30:30 `0 0 */7 * * [stop monerod] && cp -r /path/to/lmdb/* /path/to/backup/. ; [start monerod]` 19:31:46 Stop and start monerod depending on hlow you run it, like `systemctl stop monerod` if using systemd, or just `pkill monerod` if running manually 20:06:21 hello 20:07:07 hello 20:07:13 why is your name a discord server link ? 20:16:38 <3​21bob321:monero.social> To release state secrets on 21:22:35 of course it won't hurt to encrypt, but the blockchain database is public data so having it encrypted doesn't serve a purpose either 21:56:33 I think main use case of encryption is to hiding the type of information beyond restricting its access. I would be shy to say that my ssd contain monero blockchain for example. 21:59:27 🎀 22:20:57 fair enough