In a percentage increase

By looking on coingecko, you can notice a volume declining over the years and I might identified the issue, that could be seen as an iceberg.

Visible level : Spot/Perp/DEX prices

Deep level (not tracked) : crypto-swap exchange, localmonero or atomicswaps

Theres a looot of volume not tracked in the deep level, since a monero user is most likely using these ways (just look the last bad new it was a "nokyc" swap)

How this can be solved ?

Binance is doing leverage ? Or speculators leveraged the bounce on Binance (still not really delisted until the 20 Feb). These people (if they can be reached) should more be advised to trade in spot, on places where they can actually withdraw funds to use them.

Some informations missing to people when reading the Vastaamo hack:

• The hacker leaked it's identity (source)
• Then the identity leak were used to find it's crypto-accounts such as binance, where he deposited amounts correlating with the investigations (source)

(Crosspost)

Theres a lot of spot-markets like tradeogre who popped out of nowhere, it should be used as an advantage to give more usage to Monero.

• Trade a crypto anonymously for speculators:

Buy XMR, withdraw to a wallet, deposit & sell for your crypto.

A quick list of known exchanges:

• TradeOgre
• • (XMR / USDT BTC)
• Sevenseas
• • (XMR / USDT BTC)
• FinanceX
• • (XMR / USDT BTC ETH)
• NonKYC.io
• • (XMR / USDT BTC ETH BNB)
• • (LTC WOW ALPH BEAM ZANO / XMR)
• Xeggex
• • (XMR / USDT BTC LTC)

These are CENTRALIZED & CUSTODIAL EXCHANGES. I vouch nothing Sure the day serai haveno comes out, it'll be a priority to them.

We're running a poll to know, if people would like to test intercambio for funding the Tor network, just by swapping cryptos at the lowest rate.

Following delistings, Monero will need to also decentralize it's price tracking. How can the monero price can be known in a decentralized way ? Like aggregating DEX prices in a oracle ? Or fetching directly DEX public peers ?

Feel free to advise anything

Yes I know that's a crypto unrelated to Monero, but their idea can inspire a way to host and sell LoRa access in Monero, with a peer-to-peer layer or something like that 🤔

That would be a great standard, for a primal NoKYC and parallel access to the internet, just put Tor on the top ect..

Toughts on this ?

I was thinking about that because stable-coins can be freezed and we see that everyday.

What if we have a bot tracking all freeze interactions ? By posting: > XXX (amount) $XXX (ticker) should have gone trough #Monero $XMR.

> Learn more at getmonero.org

(Edit: I posted a bounty, if someone wants to do it here)

Hi guys, I run intercambio with OrangeFren and I wanted to do a very full presentation.

Intercambio is an exchange aggregator

If you're tired to find liquidity providers, our front-end is doing it for you. Put an amount to swap and a monero address to receive, we will display the swap and sourcing it.

Intercambio is an exchange aggregator like many others, but focused on privacy

We do everything to keep users anonymous:

• A Tor & I2P hidden-service access, without logging (IP, user-agent ect..) or JavaScript (the clearnet access is protected by Cloudflare so be sure to use the hidden services for this feature). !Image
• Never KYC filter, to ensure no KYC procedures because selected exchanges will not

We're also doing good user experience and swap features.

We're trying to mix privacy with utility and a easy-to-use interface:

• Providing multi-hop swaps. If you can't find a swap from a crypto to an other, we will split the swap (For example: ETH on BNB ➡️ LTC ➡️ XMR).
• A Trade tab is available if you're running bulk swaps to follow their status. !Image

We're featured on a lot of places !

• KycNot
• Monerica

We donate to projects building for privacy

• Our donation to tails.net

This was asked many times and never got considered to distribute monero code:

• Releasing .torrent files with known public trackers for clearnet and I2P.

This will consume less bandwith (even optimizing delivery if people around you are seeding) and still preventing against unavailability of files due to a disruption of the site.

"But with torrents people need to use VPNs or they are tracked" that's why I2P supports torrenting.

This is very simple.

• Get the monero-cli binaries.
• Unzip and go inside the directory before opening a terminal session.
• ./monerod --rpc-bind-ip 127.0.0.1 --data-dir /directory/you/choose.

This will run a monero node, the RPC will be accessible on 127.0.0.1:18081 and the blockchain location where you specified before.

If you want to make the RPC accessible from outside your local network, follow this tutorial

we'll try to come with a website in the future. feel free to vouch and test us

XMRTrade is the first non-custodial escrow as a service based on the Monero blockchain and the SimpleXChat network to fullfill a complete anonymity of our service.

What is "non-custodial" ?

• It means this service, is not possessing or holding your funds. It's impossible for the service, to exit-scam or steal funds locked in the escrow.

How is it possible ?

• We use a multisig monero wallet.

What is a multisig Monero wallet ?

A multisig wallet is a wallet, on wich you need a specific number of keys to unlock funds.

Why this service needs and use this ?

In a escrow case (this service) it's a 2/3 signature (minimum of 2 keys needed to unlock the funds):

• 🔑 The key of the service.
• 🔑 Your key.
• 🔑 The key of the user you're transacting.

If the transaction if legit ? (no-scam from yourself or the user)

• The escrow haves nothing to do.

You and the user are signing the "unlock" transaction, one just broadcast the transaction and everything is done.

If a dispute appears (scam from you or the user):

Both parts will need to prove to the escrow, their full legitimacy to get the escrow signature, otherwise funds will remain locked by the mandatory escrow key (as seen before), or the escrow will unlock funds because one part was a scamming, while the other were fully legitimate.

How do I make a Monero MultiSignature wallet ?

• By following this tutorial

How all of this is coordinated ?

Once you contacted and paid us the management fee of the escrow, we will create a private chat group link (signed with the obitor's PGP key) with us, you and the other user, with who you're transacting to setup the multisig.

What's the escrow fees pricing ?

Fees are priced in Monero, to ensure the easiness of the service, and being mandatory paid before setting up the monero multisig the minimum amount we can secure is from 1 XMR:

• 5% ≤ 1 XMR trade amount
• 2% ≤ 5 XMR trade amount
• 1% ≤ 10 XMR trade amount

Contacts

• SimpleXChat Link

This tutorial will show you how to:

• Run monero-wallet-cli.
• Generate a wallet securely, by adding entropy to ensure the private-key randomness.
• Backup, Restore a wallet.
• Connect our wallet to a monero node over Tor.

Step 1 - Get the monero software

• Go to the official monero website | Tor hidden-service.
• Download the CLI for your architecture. And verify the checksum of the archive with the PGP signature (follow this guide if you don't know PGP).
• Extract the archive, go inside the directory and open a terminal window.

Step 2 - Run monero-wallet-cli

Let's run monero-wallet-cli by typing:

• $ ./monero-wallet-cli

The software will directly ask you the wallet filename to open or typing a name to create a new one. In our case we just close the software.

Step 3 - Create a new wallet:

We will do it offline and by generating it with our own entropy, by rolling a dice in the real life.

3.1 Making our own entropy

It's very easy. Create a new file, roll a dice and write results in. More you rolled your dice more the seed generation will be randomized.

3.2 Generate the wallet

Save the file and now, let's run our wallet offline, while specifying the filename entropy, for this wallet generation:

• $ ./monero-wallet-cli --offline --generate-new-wallet <name-of-the-new-wallet> --extra-entropy <entropy-filename>

The wallet's console will ask you a password, the seed mnemonic words language and you now can exit the wallet after you wrote the displayed words on something safe.

Step 4 - Restore the wallet

Simple specify you want to restore a seed and the mnemonic language you choose when generating a new wallet

• $ ./monerod --generate-new-wallet <name-of-the-new-wallet> --restore-from-seed --mnemonic-language <lang>

Mention the seed and the password you want when it's prompted and the wallet will be restored.

Step 5 - Open a wallet

Mention the filename (+ the directory if needed) of your wallet when running monero-wallet-cli.

• $ ./monero-wallet-cli --wallet-file <(/directory/)filename>

Put the password when its prompted and you'll be on your wallet.

Step 6 - Connect the wallet to a node over Tor.

Mention the SOCKS proxy wanted (Tor in our case, follow this guide if needed), deactivate DNS requests since you're connecting to a hidden-service, mention the RPC's hidden-service and mention if the RPC is trusted or not. If you don't host the RPC you're going to connect to, put untrusted. Why not mentioning the wallet file.

• $ ./monero-wallet-cli --wallet-file <filename> --proxy 127.0.0.1:9050 --no-dns --daemon-address xxxxx.onion:port --(un)trusted-daemon

Step 7 - Generate a new address

• address new

2 (the index number of the sub-address) 86WR4xz5zmR7JXSmMtt5hucYMwKCUmnFz2nHN5xagVGoX6s3T5UKwZYJK2USYeFZvFCSYRdivVSszVpJeBYmyUrb239edhy (Untitled address)

To see all your generated address, do:

• address all

Step 8 - Transfer funds

We're going to send funds to the previously generated address

• transfer 86WR4xz5zmR7JXSmMtt5hucYMwKCUmnFz2nHN5xagVGoX6s3T5UKwZYJK2USYeFZvFCSYRdivVSszVpJeBYmyUrb239edhy (the address) 0.0019 (the amount)
• Wallet password: put your password

Transaction 1/1: Spending from address index 1 Sending 0.001900000000. The transaction fee is 0.000030680000

• Is this okay? (Y/Yes/N/No): put yes

Transaction successfully submitted, transaction <010f4b949a6406b39618de93d05aee2af3aef0c5970946b92e3beb8d3f75452b>

Step 8.1 - For looking up a transaction

• show_transfer the TxID

Outgoing transaction found txid: <010f4b949a6406b39618de93d05aee2af3aef0c5970946b92e3beb8d3f75452b> Height: 3030992 Timestamp: 2023-12-02 18:30:37 Amount: 0.000000000000 Payment ID: 0000000000000000 Change: 0.001969320000 Fee: 0.000030680000 Destinations: 86WR4xz5zmR7JXSmMtt5hucYMwKCUmnFz2nHN5xagVGoX6s3T5UKwZYJK2USYeFZvFCSYRdivVSszVpJeBYmyUrb239edhy: 0.001900000000

Step 8.2 - See your transaction history

• show_transfers

3030982 in unlocked 2023-12-02 18:02:38 0.002000000000 45f34edd9ac01b4d1e71e1e06f6865e12188796060e6901a20072791215a09d4 0000000000000000 0.000000000000 8493i9:0.002000000000 1 - 3030992 out - 2023-12-02 18:30:37 0.000000000000 010f4b949a6406b39618de93d05aee2af3aef0c5970946b92e3beb8d3f75452b 0000000000000000 0.000030680000 86WR4xz5zmR7JXSmMtt5hucYMwKCUmnFz2nHN5xagVGoX6s3T5UKwZYJK2USYeFZvFCSYRdivVSszVpJeBYmyUrb239edhy:0.001900000000

Step 9 - Prove you spend a transaction

• get_spend_proof 010f4b949a6406b39618de93d05aee2afraef0c5970946b92e3beb8d3f75452b
• Wallet password: put your password

signature file saved to: monero_spend_proof

• $ cat monero_spend_proof 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

To verify the spend proof:

• check_spend_proof 010f4b949a6406b39618de93d05aee2afraef0c5970946b92e3beb8d3f75452b 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