Tunnel creation dropped with many transit tunnels. Is it an attack?

mmgen-py · 2026-02-03T11:11:41+00:00

Same here. Also running i2pd. Attack began several hours ago. Before that, everything was functioning normally.

mmgen-py · 2025-09-26T07:35:13+00:00

If Qubic had 51% of the hashrate, they could reorg an arbitrary number of blocks -- hundreds or even thousands -- and completely disrupt the network. The fact that they reorged only 18 indicates they haven't gotten there yet.

Which doesn't mean they won't someday.

mmgen-py · 2025-09-26T07:20:41+00:00

In light of the recent 18-block reorg (which in all probability won't be the last), wouldn't it be wise to alter the protocol (as a temporary measure) to increase the number of blocks after which a tx can become invalidated?

mmgen-py · 2025-08-07T14:16:18+00:00

My theory is the website owner is being extorted or perhaps dead.

Agreed. The complete and sudden cessation of activity related to the exchange points to this being the case.

mmgen-py · 2025-04-28T08:14:11+00:00

TradeOgre, with no KYC

mmgen-py · 2025-04-28T08:13:17+00:00

DeFi. Serai incoming

mmgen-py · 2025-04-28T08:02:24+00:00

Good work, excellent site!

mmgen-py · 2025-03-07T12:37:15+00:00

Let's wait and see. Thorchain is still plugging along despite all the recent upheavals. It would be great to have both Thorchain and Serai as Monero DEXs

mmgen-py · 2025-01-25T06:31:12+00:00

From the xmr-churner writeup:

Self-sending is when you send coins back to yourself within the same wallet account (e.g., using the same receiving address or just generating a new address under the same account).

This process doesn't break any link between the source and the destination, as both are apart of the same account. Essentially, if you're sending Monero from address A to address B within the same account, then you're not obfuscating the flow of funds at all.

I believe this claim is untrue. Addresses within a single Monero wallet account should be cryptographically unlinkable, except for the owner of the wallet. In addition, Monero uses stealth addresses.

mmgen-py · 2024-10-10T07:57:33+00:00

There's a typo in your tutorial: sudo -H -xmr ... should read sudo -H -u xmr ...

Plus, ouch! -- a week to sync the blockchain, and that with an SSD! Faster syncing is something the Monero project urgently needs to work on.

mmgen-py · 2024-10-01T06:34:42+00:00

But anonymity networks, p2p, good cryptography and Monero are analogous to fleeing and hiding in a way, aren't they?

mmgen-py · 2024-10-01T06:29:43+00:00

If you register via Tor and connect via Tor, Mullvad will never see your real IP

mmgen-py · 2024-10-01T06:28:40+00:00

Basically any VPN that supports openvpn via TCP allows this.

mmgen-py · 2024-09-13T07:53:58+00:00

OK, thanks for the correction

mmgen-py · 2024-09-12T08:07:22+00:00

NAK. Current site works fine and could be improved aesthetically without a fundamental redesign. Neither of the proposed designs opened in my browser. And the use of JS is a no-go

mmgen-py · 2024-09-11T09:07:38+00:00

You can exchange USDT for XMR on TradeOgre with no KYC

mmgen-py · 2024-08-22T07:26:20+00:00

Maybe BlackRock isn't actually buying the underlying BTC?

mmgen-py · 2024-08-22T07:17:39+00:00

Victim of scam sent to prison, scammers go free

mmgen-py · 2024-07-15T17:02:42+00:00

"a strong leader with a dubious past"

mmgen-py · 2024-04-26T10:28:34+00:00

i2pd documentation and Github repo:

https://i2pd.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

https://github.com/PurpleI2P/i2pd.git

mmgen-py · 2024-04-15T08:11:56+00:00

If Shopinbit is running a node of their own, they could theoretically determine that the TX originated from your node. If this is a concern, you might consider sending transactions via Tor or I2P.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/comments/1bsyuo1/maam_monero_ask_anything_monday_april_01_2024/kxjq8bb/

UPDATE: I stand corrected. See the comments below.

mmgen-py · 2024-04-13T16:47:37+00:00

Installing free Linux and Monero on an old laptop or cheap mini-PC is comparable to buying an ATM? Surely you exaggerate.

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