XMR

Got it, you are not wrong for a business, but for most people, a decent small server with Star9 OS does the job quite well and it is very convenient.
I can tell you my experience, which it surprised me to the point that now is my default to go, quite reliable and easy is an understatement.
My setup is similar to the product Star9 sells with their SERVER PURE for $1.15K, an i7 64GB RAM Crucial SSD 4TB, little to no maintenance, quite reliable, running for years NextCloud, CryptPad, SimpleX server, Star9 pages (love that one), File Browser, Nostrudel, Nostr RS Relay, Bitcoin Core and thanks to the users Market Place, now as well Monero full Node, uptime Kuma, Dojo, WebTop (surprised how well it works) and IPFS, weekly full backups with successful tested restore from scratch, IMO, a well setup server Star9 is no toy.
Now, if you were talking about Umbrel, agree 100%, tested for a day as a fun project, fun but a no-no for anything serious, I don't get why people host their data or risk their money on an unreliable OS and weak hardware.

2025-06-16 09:46:51 GMT

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that is true, don't like it but it is an accurate statement and it works for most newbs, what I was trying to convey is that in Nostr, the base likes privacy and freedom, you won't get that with centralized business models

2025-06-16 09:36:21 GMT

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interesting take,
A common sense approach needs to be simple for monetization to work, have not seen that yet

2025-06-15 15:13:18 GMT

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Take control of your relays with a curated smart short list and specially your own one, I suggest "Nostr RS Relay" I assume you are using or Umbrel or Star9 OS already, if not, consider the own build of Star9 way more robust OS than Umbrel
https://github.com/Start9Labs/nostr-rs-relay-startos
Choose robust relays, Primal censors but most newbs use it, therefore you need it, Damus is decent and does not censor, for videos and media content in general best to include as well nostr.band , nos.lol seems solid as well, you can check online for relays reliability as well.

2025-06-13 05:39:13 GMT

If you are still using Desktop Microsoft Windows or Apple iOS you don't really care enough about your privacy
Good to observe some states taking the right steps to be more in control of their digital arena.
https://news.itsfoss.com/denmark-set-to-replace-microsoft/

2025-06-07 21:39:41 GMT

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So the issue was resolved, Seth rocks btw

2025-06-04 22:09:34 GMT

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too many relays!
https://image.nostr.build/390e658895a0161422a1e0aad35548087e55c1513506822f0b6f9101cab10896.jpg
reduce to 10 or less

2025-06-03 16:36:19 GMT

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Why do you say that?
Cake Wallet is already fully open source and continues to maintain this status
https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet
Did you meant something else?

2025-06-03 16:32:58 GMT

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cool, didn't know that

2025-06-03 00:32:54 GMT

People ask me often if Cake Wallet is good,
My answer: it is!, but, as a privacy middleware wallet, specially if you are transacting with Bitcoin.
Cake Wallet @nprofile…j73l now supporting coin join and silent payments for Bitcoin has done a lot more than most Bitcoin wallets, only Samurai Wallet used to be that privacy oriented while it could.
Why?
No decent seed signer (HW) support. To the best of my knowledge as I write this post, it only supports Ledger, which is, probably the worst Seed Signer considering the scandals of that company.
Some think this is not a big deal, IMO, it is, hence only for pocket cash and as a middle ware while transacting, same used to be with Sanourai Wallet.
Now, while I have not seen plans to support Trezor or Cypherock or Tangem (all HW supporting XMR), there is a work in progress to support a very good one: Keystone. That would be a game changer, if that hapoens soon... EXCELLENT!

2025-05-31 14:51:22 GMT

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these guys still rocking, love it!

2025-05-30 20:12:35 GMT

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That is an insightful post, the smart money will look for the most profit and the minimum friction.
Sanctioning a super power like Russia, which is industrialized and the 4th largest economy by PPS seems moronic indeed.
Their top companies and the 1% will indeed end up investing in-house, thus, the economy will do nothing but keep growing more over with a war economy activated in parallel, won't surprise me it becomes number 3 by PPS by the end of the decade.
There are 3 indisputable super powers at the moment in this planet, USA, China and Russia, each one with their strengths, interests and sphere of influence, the faster those three nations learn to leave in peace with each other and accept their reality the better for the planet as a whole. They need to agree and stop fucking with each others back yards, that goes mainly for USA although China seems to be trying to do the same using money as the weapon and not military muscle.
Those that don't bend the knee and play decent diplomacy to their neighboring super power will suffer, many examples at hand like Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela which USA has sanctioned and harm into poverty for decades... And those that cross the line like Panama in the past gets boots in the ground and the president of that nation in prison with some "charges".
We have now Taiwan crossing the line and other countries in Asia allying with the wrong super power, one that will not be able to protect them no matter how hard the USA barks and promises it can, the reality, it can not.
Same in Europe, shooting themselves in the foot aligning with the wrong super power and biting the hand of the one that was providing them financial security by means of competitive energy, now they are buying the energy at least 3 times expensier and most of the industry in Europe is in trouble, the countries in recession and their leaders barking loud as if they had any military power whatsoever, sad to watch, more over to realize how many hidden Nazis are still in Europe, it is a virus that keeps resisting and needs more attention.

2025-05-28 06:50:02 GMT

Inviting Peter S. to this conference again is puzzling, this individual is virtual "rat poison " for the Bitcoin Conference...
Remembering the good times when Bitcoin was pushed as the solution with the slogan "fix the money, fix the world"...
Nowadays, Blackrock and institutional money, as expected, taking over, it is only a matter of time now, full control over mining corporations, CEX supply, and the cherry of the pie... influence over core devs, this will be the ultimate test... tic toc tic toc
Glad we have Monero to keep the cypherpunks spirit alive.
https://image.nostr.build/3f20fad8882a3ff3397c1c8628971cd5ed9f15f734b69d30fc1f2052d00028b6.jpg

2025-04-28 07:05:57 GMT

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nothing obvious at the moment, I am hoping for CEX scarcity and market mechanics putting buying pressure and moving the price...

2025-04-28 06:37:26 GMT

Yo, AI, Why is Monero up today?
Monero (XMR) has seen a significant price increase, rising 13% over the past week to $294.16. This surge follows a technical pattern similar to its 2021 bull run, where the price climbed after a period of range-bound movement. Recent on-chain data shows an increase in trading volume and a positive Chaikin Money Flow (CMF) reading, suggesting continued buying pressure. Additionally, Monero's privacy features continue to attract interest, particularly in a landscape where demand for secure transactions is growing.
Recent news highlights Monero's potential to revisit the $300 mark, driven by a bullish technical setup and on-chain indicators. Analysts note that XMR's price has been volatile, with resistance levels at $230 and $235 and support at $200 and $193. The coin's privacy advantages and the increasing importance of secure transactions could drive further adoption, though regulatory pressures and enhanced blockchain analytics pose risks. Monero has also shown a long-term bullish shift with a golden crossover, breaking out of a consolidation pattern, which further supports a positive outlook.

2025-04-24 14:30:08 GMT

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https://www.trustpilot.com/review/vultr.com
already two stars...
give them a piece of your mind, people may think it doesn't matter, but it does!

2025-03-17 07:16:39 GMT

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now that is an explosive post, #lol
#nevent1q…rq86

2025-03-05 05:58:16 GMT

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ATM, duck.aiI

2025-03-05 05:45:38 GMT

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Heliboard

2025-03-05 05:44:10 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/YahAC62713EAAAAC/tony-stark-eyeglass.gif
Minero provides the required privacy to transact,
https://media.tenor.com/w9tN6S4DhKEAAAAC/monero-cintre.gif
Bitcoin is mainstream, a good store of value, each one with its use case.

2025-03-04 23:32:58 GMT

🔥󠄽󠅟󠅞󠅕󠅢󠅟󠄐󠅙󠅣󠄐󠅤󠅘󠅕󠄐󠅧󠅑󠅩
coding secret messages in emojis...
interesting,
Learn to Encode them and Decode them in:
https://emoji.paulbutler.org/?mode=decode
#emojis
#encrypt
#secret

2025-03-01 07:37:37 GMT

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welcome!

2025-02-28 09:14:15 GMT

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Germany's previous administration was loaded with a bunch of incompetent leaders, many of then with fascist tendencies, the new administration seems to be nothing but a continuation, feel sorry for the good German people that have been fighting out of this corrupted uniparty and failed.
#nevent1q…cphf

2025-02-24 18:32:00 GMT

#meme
#xmr
https://image.nostr.build/20d272790ad92fc113ac1382ca032caad1bee4d92eca64a6e08c217eb2f6f1b3.jpg

2025-02-23 22:18:03 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/9ZVhQyN8n8sAAAAC/facts-factos.gif

2025-02-17 17:50:04 GMT

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good point

2025-02-17 16:41:43 GMT

Every time I observe the #Monero brotherhood engaged in a discussion with Bitcoin cultists I wonder why they do that. useless and a waste of time. I suggest, mute and block and ignore.I used to try helping years ago but realized that you can't have a logical discussion with a person that is in a Bitcoin cult, same with a Monero person that thinks that everything else is garbage. Not worth it discussing.
Most Bitcoiners use Monero and do not speak up, personally, I do not know any Bifcoiner that doesn't, there, we just need to add value to the community with knowledge articlea and build more.
I have a wish lfor Monero & Nostr:
1. A Nostr oriented to Monero for zaps with a market place and gift cards, maybe Cake Wallet can make it happen with a grant to some genius Dev that take Amethyst and fork it into a Nostr Client with a cool name. Privacy first
What you guys think about ZANO?

2025-02-17 04:51:18 GMT

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this will be epic if done and no gold or a fraction of what it should be is found
#gold
#nevent1q…nyan

2025-02-16 15:25:30 GMT

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so true
#nevent1q…vgyr

2025-02-16 14:42:08 GMT

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nice!, just install Amethyst, probably you are using still that garbage you mentioned over the phone. Just DM me, we can have a secure chat here, I give you a call once you let me know you got Amethyst and help you with the configuration, it is easy. Hpu can block/mute idiots as well as you do in any other social network.

2025-02-16 12:57:19 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/kwNTRoTGO18AAAAC/this-is-the-way-mandalorian.gif

2025-02-16 11:31:54 GMT

today I assisted a friend living in a country that blocks all IP addresses from all known VPN providers to install its own on a VPS paying with Monero on a non KYC provider.
In less than 30 minutes he was up and running with zero issues.
He is now a Monero student, amazed by the tech and the adoption in most online services he uses.
Pushed him to join Nostr as well, hopefully he will join the brotherhood soon
#Monero
#XMR

2025-02-07 10:38:59 GMT

QT has been on going for some time, the monetary policies of the previous administration has caused high inflation, official numbers (have a laugh):
2020 1.2%
2021 4.7%
2022 8.0%
2023 4.1%
2024 2.9%
The truth is that most americans struggle to buy groceries, pay for fuel, utilities and services. Most friends I have asked have their own personal inflation calculated above 15%, so clearly the government numbers are rigged to show an inflation non representative of the real situation
Now, we should be looking at employment rates and inflation among other KPIs but... What for? Is all rigged numbers anyway...
so, if the numbers are rigged with questionable adjustments, the question is:
How do we forecast when the Fed will stop the QT and start the QE?
just follow the Fed and look for smoke signs out of the press releases and interviews?
#askNostr

2025-01-31 00:06:33 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/KtDuX40LM8oAAAAC/supernatural-dean-winchester.gif

2025-01-28 07:33:22 GMT

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excellent take
#nevent1q…lc6x

2025-01-27 07:56:09 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/Q-ytQFoITa8AAAAC/youknow-you.gif
#Monero
#XMR
join the brotherhood, transact with Monero, no complicated setups, just buy it and use it

2025-01-24 17:30:35 GMT

most people in the small cosmos of social networks do not understand the typical monero enthusiast, they are currently cunfused and gaslighted with the current polarization trend, extreme left camp, extreme right camp, my crypto is the only good one... not much different to, my religion is the true one, my soccer team is the best one, and on and on and on
the #Monero brotherhood is conformed, in its majority by open minded libertarians,
and, we have one thing in common, we care about privacy and therefore we choose #Monero to transact, but, that does not mean that many of us do not invest in #Bitcoin, we are here in #Nostr after all, it doesn't take a rocket scientists to put the dots together...
Every time I read an answer to a post about Monero with the words "stay poor", I see how badly they misunderstand the Monero Brotherhood... Most of us understand #Bitcoin very well, many of us save in It, but do not engage in online commerce with it since it is not safe to do so.
Take your time and study it, you will understand why there are so many tech savvy individuals that only use Monero to transact.
https://media.tenor.com/tRIBJrB_w98AAAAC/metal-metal-pay.gif

2025-01-23 16:17:55 GMT

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few understand the importance of this chart
#Monero
#XMR
#nevent1q…4n8c

2025-01-19 23:26:54 GMT

If you haven't heard about Monero, take 5 and check this clip
Transact with privacy by default, no additional steps are needed, just install a wallet and use it, period
#Monero
#XMR
https://video.nostr.build/153c4f86b376cdc85715e4f17f90a5c227bd65109a89d52875b4a8693869ff98.mp4

2025-01-19 23:21:56 GMT

one the best parts of the Monero brotherhood is how quite is in the hood, no drama, Monero is doing its thing
#Monero
#XMR

2025-01-14 12:49:57 GMT

privacy with Monero, simple and convenient
https://image.nostr.build/33475fb3f2f0b6c3b2203b4aba4b8d7f9371f6c7f7ad7b8a4391546c94649d59.jpg
#XMR
#privacy

2025-01-13 22:46:10 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/IIoNUSaGC-UAAAAC/xmr-monero.gif

2025-01-13 22:40:37 GMT

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#nevent1q…06rg

2025-01-13 22:39:11 GMT

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https://media.tenor.com/IIoNUSaGC-UAAAAC/xmr-monero.gif

2025-01-13 20:07:51 GMT

### Explaining Monero to Grandpa ###
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grandpa, Have you heard about Monero?
you know how we always talk about cash disapearing, CBDCs and how bad is that for our privacy, right? Well, Monero is digital money that works like cash. So, in a way, it solves that problem.
you know you have a bank account and an application in your mobile to access it, right?
The bank gives you an user name and a password. You enter and you have acesss to your account, you can send money, check your balance, etc.
well, with Monero, since it is anonymous digital cash, you need an app as well to access your money, and as with the bank, you have an account number which is called an address and a password, which is called a private key, but in essence is the same, but since geeks are developing the tech and they are not street smart they complicate the terminology doing the best they can. Yes Grandpa, I know is stupid but is not much to learn. Bank Account = Monero Address and Password = Private Key.
That was easy right?
So, you install a Monero App, I like "Cake Wallet", you do so from the Android App store or iOS store and in under a minute you have an account and you are ready to rock-n-roll.
https://image.nostr.build/6075e2749945aad2c531d0566867c3da7fca571610be1c88d4861f9761b68818.jpg
Next you want to buy some Monero to send digital cash to your grandkids and you want to do so easily with your bank fiat dollars, and inside of the Cake Wallet app you can do so with your credit card or debit card or a bank transfer, easy as pie. You want to send $50 bucks, just buy $50 bucks worth of Monero.
Now, Monero as any other global currency has an exchange rate with the US dollar, today is around $200 for 1 Monero, the ticker symbol for Monero is
XMR as with the dollar is USD. So at that exchange rate you do the math (actually the application does it for you but I know you would like to check it by yourself), 50 USD divided by 200 XMR/USD = 0.25 XMR
Now this app Cake Wallet is really cool, you can access your contacts from it. You add your grandkids Monero addresses as contacts and every time you want to send them anonymous digital cash it is three clicks and you are done, click on send, select contact, add amount in dollars or Monero and click send.
Your grandkids will get the notification right away and the cash will be a available for then within 10 minutes. Those 10 minutes is the time it takes a bunch of computers around the world to validate the transaction. No worries there are more chances your bank screw up a transfer than a transaction does not work in Monero.
now you may ask how my grandkids convert it to dollars or any other fiat currency they may need to pay for good and services. Very easy, Cake Wallet allows you to sell as well, the cash is transfer to your bank account or debit card, my preference is to buy gift cards with Monero, easily and quick and them, pay for goods in stores that do not accept directly Monero, but there are online and physical stores that accept it already,
Isn't that cool?
#### Potential conversation a week later... ####
Grandpa: Hey kid, did you get the Monero I sent you?
Me: Yes! You are the best!!!
Grandpa: I have a question for you. Your cousing John asked me to send him USDT instead, he says is a stable currency like the dollar and he can use it right away.
Me: That idiot. Grandpa, the problem with USDT is that is not anonymous nor private at all, if you had an USDT account and you send him USDT from your account, John and anyone that sees that transaction will know exactly how much you have in that account and will know every transaction you had ever done, only Monero is private anonymous digital cash, as I explained you, like hard cash, no different. The rest is like the CBDCs we so much talk about, traceable, non private and pseudo anonymous but not for the receiver. USDT is a centralized company as well and can block or seize your money at any time if they wish to do so.
Grandpa: I knew it, that dumb dumb, I asked him if it was private and John told me that it was 100% private and secure. I will let him know Monero or no instant cash gift from now on.
Me: Cool, glad we talk.
Grandpa: Hey, What do you know about #Bitcoin, is it safe?
Me: Yes, but you need to know what you are doing, you woul need to run your own software on dedicated hardware and learn about different technical concepts like Layer 1 or base layer and Layer 2 networks like the Lighting Network and the concept of channels and the balance of them, there is a slow learning curve if you want to use it in the right way. The creator was not thinking about privacy when it wrote the code therefore is not ideal to transact. Little by little is improving and is a good store of value. Hey you should buy the ETF on your portfolio or perhaps best to buy stocks of MicroStrategy, that company is already a hedge fund of Bitcoin, check their chart and next time we meet, we can tall about it over a cold beer.
Grandpa: Nice!, love you kid
Me: Me too!

2025-01-13 16:29:11 GMT

### Explaining Monero (#XMR) to your children ###
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Monero is like a special kind of digital money that keeps your transactions private. Imagine you have a piggy bank where you can put coins, but no one can see how many coins are inside or who you gave coins to. #Monero works the same way; it’s a currency that lets you send money to people without anyone knowing how much money you have or who you’re sending it to.
https://image.nostr.build/a5947503170b0c4914e4aba78de008415c94397db2f329ead49208dd0063710c.jpg
Monero uses special tricks to hide your transactions, so it’s like playing a game of hide and seek with your money. This makes it different from other digital money like #Bitcoin, where everyone can see how much money you have and who you’re sending it to.
With Monero, your transactions are hidden, and only you and the person you’re sending money to know about it.

2025-01-12 23:00:54 GMT

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https://rodsx.substack.com/p/bitcoin-silent-payments-a-step-in
Still green, very little support, but agree, it is an improvement.

2025-01-12 22:30:58 GMT

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more and more people are paying attention

2025-01-12 22:26:24 GMT

### Monero is the way ###
✔️ transact with privacy
✔️ no need of mixers
✔️ easy to use
✔️ vibrant community
✔️ delisted by most CEXs (governments are afraid of it, this is actually positive, less degenerates trading it less speculation)
✔️ the only decebtralized real p2p cash
✔️ friendly wallets ( cake wallet and stack wallet for mobile, cake wallet for desktop
✔️ true decentralized mining (anti ASIC, only CPU allowed)
#Bitcoin is a good store of value, good for buying and holding as you would do with gold, but it has been institutionalized and the OGs and large corps like Blackrock have a monopoly on it in a way or the other, even on the mining of it.
#Monero is what we all dream a p2p cash should be, study it before you shut it down, learn about it.
and if you are a Bitcoin maxi, sorry, I don't have time to convince you much less to educate you, don't bother neither to respond, you will be insta blocked and ignored
https://media.tenor.com/tRIBJrB_w98AAAAC/metal-metal-pay.gif