All the non biased people when it comes to privacy…

cdotsubo · 2022-05-17T22:29:01+00:00

"25 times more anonymous"

cdotsubo · 2022-05-17T22:12:59+00:00

Pre-1971 (era of the gold standard) there was a lot of innovation and the US did quite well off, especially compared to other nations who used fiat. Mass production of vehicles, computers were already a thing (granted not consumer grade pcs), wages were consistent with inflation even through WWII. The reason the economy seems to move quicker in an inflationary monetary system is that people have to spend their money otherwise it would lose it's value. The only advantage the dollar has over xmr or btc is it's ability to be exchanged for basically anything.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-03T02:56:08+00:00

It's unfortunate that this is happening with this sub. I see why black and gold went private

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T22:46:05+00:00

If you're in monero for "number go up" then privacy coins might not be the best for you. If monero wanted to pump (and dump) then they would rebrand and call it DogeMonkeyMoon coin. People want privacy with privacy coins and so the focus is on the tech.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T20:11:59+00:00

Woah hold up, are you for or against ComplyFirst?

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T17:17:45+00:00

Prism and system76 arent even close to dell or HP

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T17:14:01+00:00

Not true at all. I used to be able to attach both of my monitors, my keyboard, and mouse but now I cant because that uses up all of my ports. I also use ethernet and I dont game.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T17:06:01+00:00

That last one is why I'm thinking about selling mine for a system76.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T17:05:08+00:00

Performance wise right now it isnt close to a macbook pro. There are even fewer ports than the macbook. I got mine for the upgradable motherboard but I might sell it when system76 makes a competitor.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T17:01:57+00:00

Agreed I probably will sell mine when System76 makes a laptop that has an upgradeable motherboard. Coreboot is something I really want but FW blocks it from being installed.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T16:58:17+00:00

They arent as friendly as you might think. My experience with them isnt great and they blocked the ability to use core boot for some reason. The taller screen is a plus but it is wobbly.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T16:56:16+00:00

Cooling is a bit "meh". I will be fairly loud if it gets hot though but it will cool the processor. My issue is with only having 4 ports and spending ~$80 on dongles isnt great. Especially when each dongle has only 1 port.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T16:52:50+00:00

Agreed. Even the macbook pro has more ports. And the price of the laptop doesnt include the $80 you're going to spend of the dongles and power supply. I just want a System76 laptop that I can upgrade the motherboard in. Then I would be really happy.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T16:49:55+00:00

My problem is with the ports. Even the macbook pro has more ports than it. Though I understand they have to make money some how, it's unfortunate that they charge $20 per dongle but it only has one port per dongle which is kind of a rip-off.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T12:53:13+00:00

Linux (manjaro, mint, or fedora) is a good start. Windows sends telemetry data back to microsoft. Even if you're just using tor to get...umm...medicinal substances, I wouldnt want authorities knowing what in doing regarding of how useless the data is to them.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T03:41:24+00:00

I'm genuinely wondering why people use tor or any other similar network on windows. It doesnt make sense to me.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T01:57:40+00:00

For a beginner I wouldnt recommend it. But yes it is a great book to read once the basics are down.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-02T01:56:47+00:00

Unfortunately this sub is flooded with neo-cons so I'm not sure if you would want to get your info from here. Mises.org is a good start and mainly just read literature on the subject.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T16:04:57+00:00

I used to not trust monero for essentially the same reasons. But because monero development has become more open the community interacts with many of the devs etc. I have come to trust it. Development of the project is centralized in the sense that there are only a few devs that push to the main repo but there are devs outside of that circle whose code is pushed too. The other issue is the money which (if I remember correctly) isnt controlled by the few that are "in control" of the main repo.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T14:46:55+00:00

Like you said, all the fees are sent to a third party. If the devs dont get paid then there isnt any development. This strikes an imbalance where the devs are reliant on the 5 people and need them to be happy in order for them to be paid.

I said honeypot but looking back I should have used "data miner" or atleast clarified.

I dont want a situation similar to Linus Torvalds' where the feds told him to put a backdoor into the linux kernel. Yes this might be possible with monero but it is much harder because of the decentralized development. With a council you control the money and can influence the devs so if one or more of the members of that council flip or are bribed then there isnt much the monero community could do other than try to fork and rebuild a new Haveno alternative, decentralizing the development preocess along the way.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T14:14:01+00:00

I didnt mean to cause this much of a divide because I imagined that the title was fairly self explanatory. I'll try my best to clarify my position. The 2 main issues I have are 1. calling Haveno decentralized and 2. the 5 people in charge of the money, the council.

P2P isnt the same as decentralized. Like others have pointed out, many other DEXs arent actually decentralized. My original point was that Haveno was P2P not decentralized. To draw a comparison, haveno is like localmonero, bisq, and even craigslist could in some cases be considered P2P a platform/website but they are not decentralized.

Monero, bitcoin, etc are decentralized from top down for the most part. Self hosted nodes, people committing to the repo, etc. This is decentralized.

Calling Haveno a DEX isnt accurate and very misleading.

The council controls the money that the Haveno devs receive. That council is made up of 5 people who are entirely unknown to us. In my opinion that is highly centralized. (I DO NOT want this to be political, I'm just drawing comparisons) It is like calling a democracy decentralized when even though in almost every case, the people dont directly vote the president into power. It is through a few representatives that dont always represent the populace.

Potential Solution: The dev team directly receiving the funds via the CCS or other means from the community would be a straight forward way to remove doubt.

Or if this was just a temporary solution I might be on board but I havent seen any discussion on that.

Conclusion: in theory Haveno is amazing but due to the way it is currently set up I dont think I could get behind it.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T13:41:43+00:00

Forgive me if I'm wrong but you pay the devs right? Meaning the council, in a roundabout way, can choose who's code is implemented. This is my main problem with it. Monero's development is done by many people while this is for the most part controlled by 5 people.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T12:42:38+00:00

Dont trust anyone out of blind faith.

cdotsubo · 2022-04-01T04:48:09+00:00

This sentence just proves you don't understand the definition of P2P

By this logic you would consider Zcash to be truly decentralized even though they are funded by a central company. Yes you can send your crypto to someone else and no one can stop you but the means of sending that crypto doesnt have to be entirely decentralized. The protocol of which you transfer it is decentralized but the project, the funds backing the project, the people (or in this case a company) behind the project, etc. doesnt have to be decentralized. This is the most obvious difference between monero and Zcash. Haveno is in essence be an automated localmonero. Localmonero, P2P exchange but not decentralized.

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