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I have a quite more technical question regarding how Monero nodes (and other P2P networks) work.

The question is: Once you start your node for the first time, or after it being shut down, how does the node find the first P2P peer?

I get that torrents for instance use trackers for this. But how does Monero (or other cryptos) do it?

I am guessing Haveno does the same thing? ie: Haveno is essentially connecting to two P2P networks at the same time, namely the Monero and the Haveno networks. What tech does Haveno use to find the first peers? Is it related to the seed nodes?

How does Monero do it without seed nodes?

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• Remove trade fees, add new seednodes, add new public key (reto-specific changes)
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• Refactor tabs for simplicity: Buy or Sell XMR for Fiat, Crypto, or Other assets by @woodser in #1379
• Update Tails script to retry download using wget by @nahuhh in #1381
• Update Tails instructions by @woodser, @nahuhh in #1344, #1385
• Improve backup recovery if wallet cache is corrupt by @woodser in #1398
• Support opening dispute if unable to open trade wallet by @woodser in #1398
• Fix sorting Buy or Sell XMR > Amount column by @niyid in #1370
• Fix sorting transaction memo column by @niyid in #1354
• Fix background color of transaction ID on withdraw by @bvcxza in #1367
• Focus on input field in password dialog window by @woodser in #1342
• Add description of how payment details are stored and shared when creating account by @rafau in #1387
• Show crypto address in trade step view instead of account name by @woodser in #1391
• Update price nodes to support USDT by @woodser in haveno-dex/haveno-pricenode#39
• Add validation to SingleThreadExecutorUtils.java by @XMRZombie in #1378
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Jeff Berwick on XMR, Encoding Unstoppable Liberty & Escaping Technocratic State (MT 332)

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman chats with crypto-anarchist and founder of the Dollar Vigilante Jeff Berwick.

In this discussion Berwick explores the "matrix" of societal control, his belief in the importance of self-transformation, and the power of privacy-focused currencies like Monero as tools for autonomy.

They also delve into alternative technology, including Berwick’s use of Tesla-inspired healing devices, and discuss strategies for maintaining Monero’s independence amidst rising governmental control. Get ready for a thought-provoking conversation about freedom, personal empowerment, and the potential for decentralized finance.

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In order to boost Haveno adoption, We propose the following:

• RETO lowers its trade fees to 0%

in return:

• RETO receives the equivalent of X per year or Y per month with the first 4 months paid up-front, subsequent payments on a monthly basis.

• Once monthly RETO volume exceeds 1M fiat and sustains it for 3 months in a row, RETO reintroduces a fee and pays back any fees above X until the total amount paid back is equal to the total amount previously received.

Example:

If RETO earns Z in a month, it pays back Z-Y.

Should volume suddenly be drastically higher than expected, we will not reimburse RETO for “lost” trade fees and assume we have reached our goal in boosting Haveno adoption.

This agreement is initially going to last until 2025-12-31 with the first payment dated back to 2024- 11-01 under the condition that the 0% trade fee goes into effect with the release of Haveno v1.0.13.

Created a script to get the connections every time a new node connected. Everything looked normal in the peer list until I saw many nodes from:

100.42.27.* (around 200 peers)

193.142.59.* (around 200 peers)

199.116.84.* (around 100 peers)

209.222.252.* (around 150 peers)

91.198.115.* (around 150 peers)

The 100.42.27., 199.116.84., 209.222.252., and 91.198.115. all belong to "Lionlink Networks".

These are around 600 nodes that are under that ISP and account for 20-30% of all nodes seen from a 3 day survey span.

This looks suspicious to me and the massive amounts of nodes raises many red flags and does not look natural at all.

~~If these were malicious, in concept, with the 13 default IN/OUT peers, if all connected are malicious, the innocent one would have no other data to compare it to~~.

(Edit: Updated Theory: having many nodes has the ability trace transactions and block miners easier based on timing attack)

That's pretty cool.

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A Cypherpunk Future w/ MoneroTopia24 speaker Juan Galt | (MT 331)

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Juan Galt, a seasoned crypto journalist and early adopter known for his work with Bitcoin Magazine and his extensive knowledge of privacy technologies.

The conversation explores the evolution of Monero and Bitcoin, privacy versus transparency in blockchain, and the challenges each project faces in scaling, adoption, and maintaining decentralization. With lively debates on Monero's unique role as digital cash, Bitcoin's path

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Hi all,

I'm Connor, founder of Vessal, and wanted to (1) share with the group and (2) collect any feedback or suggestions you all may have.

Briefly, Vessal aims to make transportation private and secure. In some ways, it can be equated to a "VPN for transportation."

We are still relatively in our infancy, and therefore may be a little clunky sometimes as far as usability. Of course, we are always striving to improve!

Thanks for your time and taking a look, and again, we appreciate any feedback or suggestions you may have.

Connor

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The ongoing Russian conflict has caused Euro Union and other political powers to heavily sanction Russia. Some of these sanctions involve blocking bank transfers between the eurozone and Russia.

Now I do not want to enter a political discussion here, but I think most of these sanctions are actually hurting the individual citizens more than the government to whom they should be targeted.

This has caused that a lot of people that live abroad cannot for instance send money to their loved ones in the country, spend money whenever they go there for a visit, or for people who live and earn money in Russia to spend that money abroad.

Additionally, many banks have seized Russian-owned bank accounts in Europe, essentially stealing their money without them being able to do anything to prevent this.

Of course we could get in the argument here that you do not really own your hard-earned fiat money. After all, if I cannot spend my fiat money in a bakery in Russia, do I really own my money?

This is where Monero shines (or should be shining) in my opinion. Monero should give Russians the ability to break free from these sanctions and actually spend their money however they want.

However, looking into Haveno, there are 0 offers in Russian Rubles (RUB), and historically there have been zero trades with RUB. Also trying to find information on Russian forums about Haveno, no one seems to talk about it at all.

However, before Haveno came out officially, I used another centralized P2P exchange called bitpapa, which I do not promote or recommend, as even though I used it without problems on some occasions, I do not know if it can be fully trusted.

My experience is that (maybe just a coincidence) all trades I did there were done with Russians. So it seems that that platform might be the one preferred by them.

And here is where I want to open a discussion:

Why do you guys think is the reason that there are so little trades in a currency so heavily sanctioned, when Monero is supposed to fight exactly against this kind of issue?

Perhaps there is some failure in our communication methods, and the information about Haveno is not reaching the relevant forums or circles?

say someone asked you to open your wallet and asked you where your funds came from, can you just say that you mined it? since XMR cant be trace afaik

MoneroPay, Metronero and the Monero ATM w/ Irem Kuyucu & Laurynas Cetyrkinas (MT 330)

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman talks with Irem and Laurynas, the creators of Digilo, a remote IT company specializing in hosting, DevOps, and cybersecurity, which accepts Monero as payment.

They highlight their work on several Monero-related initiatives, including Monero Pay, a Monero payment processing platform, and Monero ATMs, designed for cash transactions. They also touch on the development of a future project called Metronero, a checkout system for merchants to easily accept Monero.

Additionally, the conversation delves into the team's efforts to develop open-source software for kiosk hardware, making it easier to implement Monero ATMs and other devices that handle digital payments to foster greater adoption of Monero.

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I have a question regarding Monero fees.

Currently a transaction gets you to pay around 0.00003 - 0.00005 XMR of transaction fee.

This is a very small fee, and given that XMR is priced at ~150€ it results in less than 1 cent of fee (0.6 cents approx).

I know of Monero's dynamic block size and that it will contribute to keeping fees small in the future given increased usage.

However, imagine a scenario where Monero's price skyrockets. Let's say current BTC price of 66k€.

A similar transaction fee of 0.00004 XMR would result in 2.64€ of transaction fee. This would make XMR unusable (or at least not interesting) for transactions of 10€ or less, given that the transaction fee would be 25% or more of the intended spend value.

I know that it is very unlikely that XMR reaches those values, but in that hypothetical scenario, what would happen with the fees? Would the absolute fee value in XMR go down? Is there a system already in place for this? Would the devs manually lower the fees?

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