I liked the concept behind Kodachi, but there’s a very, very small community supporting it. It’s a good thumb-drive OS like Tails, but does a much better job than Tails. I haven’t tried it in quite a while, but FreeBSD may be worth a shot. When testing open source versions of Unix, I found them ahead of OpenBSD on the modern GUI stuff, but it’s anyone’s guess where they are at now. Might be worth spinning up a Virtual Machine. BSD Unix has been around longer than Linux, so you can be confident there’s well tested and vetted code base.

It’s hard to get excited when you still can’t live on Monero. I will shout from the rooftops when I can pay my bills with Monero anonymously. Things like property taxes, vehicle registration, fuel, groceries, insurance, internet and mobile svcs, etc. I am poor, so those are the only things I spend money on. Monero is best represented in selling items that are not required for day to day life, so until that changes, it’s quite understandable that the Monero community lacks enthusiasm.

I just restarted my node, got this message in startup over there:

2024-03-09 04:04:20.475 W Unable to send transaction(s), no available connections

Then it went on to give this message:

2024-03-09 04:04:22.880 I You are now synchronized with the network. You may now start monero-wallet-cli.

Interested in Nostr, but it appears Gossip client for Linux is not ready for prime time. I will not allow clipboard paste of Npub with Ctrl-V. Looks like I may have to wait for another version when these bugs are worked out.

I am running a full node with the Official Monero GUI and also mining. I have not broken that connection in several days since I own a computer that doesn’t need a reboot several times a day, so I haven’t noticed any problems yet. Will update thread if I notice anything after power restart.

As a point of reference, when I first sync a full node after installing GUI or CLI program, it’s not unusual at all for the first sync to take three or four days. I’ve done it several times.

After some additional education on the broad topic of decentralized communications tools, I’ve learned of Matrix/Element and Session Messenger, which seem to accomplish alot of the privacy and anonymity goals without the use of blockchain, yet it is decentralized, so they also will survive a widespread DNS blocking, also referred to as the Internet Kill Switch.

Sounds like a lot of work for a tiny bit of Monero, more explanation of how much it pays out might incentivize folks.

Have your Mom try Session Messenger, it does not ask for an email or a phone number, and is a little less complicated than Matrix.

It’s too little, too late, by this point, any app that ties itself to your phone number unnecessarily has already been abandoned for more private, secure, and anonymous options like Session and Element/Matrix that are decentralized. The age of centralized systems that tyrannical governments can co-opt is coming to an end.

That’s why I don’t use Ubuntu, because of their over-reliance on snaps, which do NOT undergo the same quality controls as standard repository feeds. Stick with Debian, don’t use untrusted snaps, appimages, or flatpaks. All of the three formats seek to circumvent the exhaustive vetting that gives Linux a significant advantage over Microsoft Windows. Wallets are especially sensitive for obvious reasons.

So glad to have another podcast for Monero that I can listen to. Thanks for switching to English, Alex.

I went to that allark.io site and I didn’t see any support for Monero, opened up to an Ethereum quote, looks less than useful for exchanging Monero for fiat.

Heard the latest podcast on MoneroTalk on BasicSwap DEX. Impressive capabilities, however with my skills, there is insufficient information for me to safely install the application on my Linux system. Suggest more work on Installation procedure and automating the install process on Debian Based Linux systems at a minimum.

I agree with surfer’s comments, especially the one about making it more valuable. The hidden fact is that the price does NOT reflect the VALUE at the moment. We will see more representative price discovery when CDBC’s track, trace, and programming is introduced later this year or next. I am delighted to have shaken many speculators and profit takers out of their positions. Once the lack of privacy hits them hard, they will scramble to get out of their fiat with or without CBDC’s, but I imagine CBDC’s will be a tipping point.

I withdrew XMR from Kraken, in quiet times, that took over 12 hours

May want to hold off on buying, price continues to fall…

After examination, it still appears that Bastyon does a better job of providing a Twitter like interface while remaining private and anonymous as you choose to. However, my assumption that using the block-chain being the only way to do that may have been in error. I’ve also learned a bit about Session and done a little reading on Nostr, but although Session seems to be a WhatsApp OR Signal - killer, it doesn’t appear to have the same ability to share news and create followers like Twitter or Telegram. I am very enthusiastic about all the new activity in the decentralized communication space.

Hey Shadow Rebel, I just installed Session Messenger for the first time after it was suggested to me by the MoneroTalk group. I tested it today with another privacy advocating friend of mine and we both though very highly of it. As a messaging app, it exceeds the polish and functions of Bastyon, but as a twitter-like social media app where you broadcast things out to a large group, Bastyon is better suited. Both are very good at helping to remain anonymous, not asking for telephone numbers or email addresses, but their similarities diverge from there. If you’ve got some very easy things that I can do to help you using the Session Messenger App, I’d be happy to assist. Perhaps you’d want to DM me here in monero.town with your Session ID and I could find you that way. I also called my nickname prancer389 over there, but I don’t know if you can find me that way.

Regards, prancing389

You should join us at MoneroTalk on Saturdays, sometime after noon EST when they call up viewers on stage. There’s been extensive attention given to XMRBazaar and I’m sure the topic would be welcomed, maybe contact monerotalk@proton.com ahead of time to discuss when and how to give larger presentation of your thoughts on MoneroTalk as a guest speaker.

Why not have a social network on a block-chain? Most people in the Monero community don’t want censorship, and block-chain based systems remove the ability to censor speech, where centralized servers will always retain that ability. Take the CEO of the company that can be bought or bribed out of the equation, and it’s uncorruptable.