Expatriotic

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2025-04-08 13:02:09

_Good Morning_ ☕ 📖 🌞
`Debt Loop Fallacy`
- **Debt Loop Fallacy**: Theory suggesting modern state currency isn't actual money but a money substitute, a claim for borrowed money, leading to a conceptual loop.
- **Fiat as Money Substitute**: Claims are for a definite amount, but this leads to circular reasoning as the value is defined by what the state will accept in trade.
- **Nature of Money**: Money represents what it can be traded for, not an intrinsic value. Fiat differs from commodity money only by presumed lack of use value, which is subjective.
- **Invalid Theory**: A claim cannot be for itself; holding the claim satisfies the claim, making it money, not a debt. Thus, the theory is invalid.
- **Transition to Fiat**: Occurs when representative money loses redeemability, as with the U.S. Dollar in 1934.
- **Money Substitutes and Debt Regression**:
- **No Regression**: Direct money (e.g., Gold, Bitcoin, modern U.S. Dollar).
- **Single Regression**: Representative money (e.g., redeemable U.S. Dollar).
- **Finite Regression**: Indirect claims with a finite chain of settlements.
- **Infinite Regression**: Theoretically impossible; a claim must end.
- **Conclusion**: The "debt loop" is essentially a description of money itself, not a fallacy, as money substitutes eventually become money when claims settle or are circular.
**Cryptoeconomics by [Erik Voskuil](https://github.com/evoskuil).**
*The book can be found on [GitHub](https://github.com/libbitcoin/libbitcoin-system/wiki/Cryptoeconomics).*
The rest of the summarized chapters are at https://expatriotic.me

2025-04-07 23:05:42

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Lol, @nprofile…6tlq is one of the most disciplined and nuanced discussORs of things in the space ...
You're literally being close minded and then calling us close minded... Wait what?

2025-04-07 23:04:16

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What a nuanced take @nprofile…6tlq
Person doesn't accept monero "cuz inflation"
Takes gold which has increased inflation rate in last century due to increased mining tech.
Has increased supply for millennia...
The inflation argument just seems like a way to shut people up...
And 2140 is a long time away, is the current inflation of bitcoin more or less than the current inflation of monero?
Bitcoins emission schedule is actually quite fast imo... 95% emitted by Nov based on @nprofile…ptej's dashboard

2025-04-07 22:41:53

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My German friend says fake

2025-04-07 04:35:50

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Love me some cheap sats

2025-04-06 22:34:20

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If you are only using Strike for fiat and never with Bitcoin then sure, I guess that's fine. And then receive the Bitcoin elsewhere.
You can understand why I would assume a Strike user would be using Strike to interact with Bitcoin though

2025-04-06 22:32:09

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Don't post shit if you don't want feedback dumbass

2025-04-06 05:54:51

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Just took the before photo for myself. Need to do one for my wife.
That way I can get an after version.

2025-04-06 00:29:33

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Do people not realize that responding to spam can get you labelled as a feebleminded target who responds to spam?
Ie, I don't know if the filter is robust enough to determine in what manner you responded. It may only determine that you responded and then a list of those flagged numbers get passed around to other parties.

2025-04-06 00:24:40

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Been there... Really blows... Happened at a play area in a mall in Bangkok... So that's on top of paying to play. We ended up not participating... My wife got ticked off saying she'd be there supervising. And OH! You have to pay for a parent to enter, but it's required for a parent to supervise anyway...

2025-04-06 00:02:40

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Why not just use bisq or robosats? I have guides on my blog expatriotic.me
And avoid Strike and it links your Bitcoin usage to your identity which seems unwise...
I don't want the government to know I own bitcoin... 90 something years ago April 5th an executive order went out demanding people surrender their gold.
Hard to say you don't have something when you've KYCed

2025-04-05 14:11:32

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Huh.. I'm not sure how that works... I thought like the edit is submitted and relays and clients can honor it or not. Eg if you used Amethyst you'd see my edits.

2025-04-05 12:29:05

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I can edit. I use @nprofile…s8dt on Android

2025-04-05 02:58:14

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I love that I can secure my nsec with my @nprofile…t77k passport core

2025-04-05 02:13:02

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Path was huge in Indonesia. I thought it got discontinued though

2025-04-04 23:33:03

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The tail emissions is a complex topic. It's not as cut and dry as you may think. And the debate over having it or not will be settled in 150 years when Bitcoin stops emitting bitcoins and we see if the network can maintain security when it stops paying miners.
Also even a small tail emissions would be less inflationary than gold. And waaay less than fiat. Because the amount emitting is always smaller and smaller compared to the total amount..
Additionally it's not inflationary if it simply replaces lost coins.
Even the printing of the US dollar has to do this. Print dollars at a rate that replaces old or lost dollars... Of course we know they go beyond this mandate.

2025-04-04 08:23:10

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Meanwhile people move to monero because trade-offs aren't required...
Yet on Bitcoin all I see is this trade-offs mantra... And people onboarded to KYCed and custodial solutions...

2025-04-04 08:21:17

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Never saw a mute option in DM tab in @nprofile…s8dt... Only mute/block for people

2025-04-04 04:22:03

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😭

2025-04-04 03:36:09

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That's custodial. I am the only custodian of my money. That's a hard red line friend.

2025-04-04 02:48:20

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And presumably you're fine that the world of Bitcoin has devolved into a realm of "KYCed and custodial solutions are fine" 🥲
I see monero users as holding down the fort when it comes to circular economy and "digital cash" and privacy as a number one goal versus NGU/investing mentality...
I see a lot of bitcoiners losing their way in that regard...
Think of it this way. You could become a bitcoiner today without understanding it or even holding it...
That's not possible with monero as it's deplatformed. You can only use it if you custody it yourself. Those users are the real cypherpunks now... Bitcoiners are soft

2025-04-04 02:25:43

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Would you ever consider taking #monero?

2025-04-04 01:39:46

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@nprofile…44wp would be cool if you answered on Bitcoin Brief 👀
Permanent DMs seems like horrible UX

2025-04-04 01:36:16

How do I delete my DMs with nostr or turn it off... I have DMs from an age ago and can't see how to delete... Wish I could delete the entire portion of the app or hide from view.
Using @nprofile…s8dt
#asknostr

2025-04-03 13:13:25

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Fair

2025-04-03 13:09:48

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Lol. We both use GOS and iphone... Don't ask dumb questions... I use GOS because it's better... End of story...
I'm not going to be baited into enumerating how... Because my autistic self will do it, and it's a waste of my time

2025-04-03 13:02:30

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Yes I use it with Alipay here in China with NFC... With Pixel 8a... With GOS

2025-04-03 13:01:59

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What a dumb question
Everyone knows the way to get privacy is to not use a phone...
Don't you use grapheneOS? Why do I need to break this down for you. You're wasting my time

2025-04-03 12:30:35

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When legislation was introduced for school to become mandatory in Massachusetts, only two percentage of the population agreed with the decision...
Now you're a criminal if your child isn't "educated" in a school...
More like brainwashing factories...

2025-04-03 10:44:45

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Yes but ser public schools are free

2025-04-03 07:32:38

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Lol... Sure okay. I don't live in the US so I don't have access to apple pay or Google pay... Why would you being able to tap to pay be a deal breaker when it comes to privacy and hardware...
Also android is OS for what it's worth...
Also, yes the facial recognition is a million times better than the jenky ass fingerprint scanner on my Pixel... Not sure if that's just grapheneOS or the hardware.

2025-04-03 04:29:00

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Sounds right. But also, fuck Apple and their walled garden... I was using the watch, iphone and Mac. Still use the watch in airplane mode and the Mac.
Was using iphone and pixel. But now it's just the pixel...

2025-04-03 00:16:32

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If using onchain to pay, then wouldn't one derive greater spending privacy from using #monero?
I thought the whole argument was, monero is unnecessary "because LN exists and is private and awesome". Then you simultaneously say, "breh but not for $600 worth that's too much."
What the actual fuck... Can we be rational for like one second here?

2025-04-02 23:45:59

All I use. Not as slick as Apple Podcast but it's been improving over the last year.
#nevent1q…nunc

2025-03-30 04:58:42

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When @nprofile…tx22 codes, bugs fix themselves. He's the Chuck Norris of coding.

2025-03-29 04:56:58

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#monero fixes this

2025-03-29 04:55:15

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#monero fixes this

2025-03-26 13:10:07

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Do you have a "releases" page link I could pop into Obtainium?

2025-03-25 23:11:11

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Pay someone lol

2025-03-23 23:32:22

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Disney blows

2025-03-23 14:45:20

I've made it. L0la spoke to me.
#nevent1q…z5j2
The internet is a weird fucking place...
Where else can you just talk to people...

2025-03-23 14:26:46

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Doxxed. You wear New Balance.
Clearly you're a 65 year old white guy

2025-03-23 05:22:42

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Now I'm curious about 2/5 - 5/5

2025-03-23 04:25:09

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I have a few. Love that white one.

2025-03-23 03:49:26

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🤷🏻‍♂️

2025-03-22 15:23:10

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Do you include monero in that bucket?
Just curious

2025-03-22 11:19:29

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Where'd you find that

2025-03-22 11:01:20

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Did what?
Zero context

2025-03-18 14:30:24

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Oof

2025-03-18 12:28:37

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Nada.
I wanna buy shit I use #monero

2025-03-18 04:56:31

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Good for selling. use bisq for buying. cheaper

2025-03-17 14:07:05

Pardoning people that haven't been indicted or charged with a crime is a boss move.
Well played Biden's autopen.
Well played.

2025-03-15 13:45:37

My homey @nprofile…hm8r and Gabriel need to get on nostr.
@nprofile…cycq what's going on man. How we gonna get these X users to see the light.
X is a vestigial organ at this point.
Unnecessary.

2025-03-15 03:21:06

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Crazy that doctors get to dictate things... Pregnancy isn't a sickness to be cured...
Hospitals used to be where people went to die. It was antithetical to have a baby in one. Babies were always born at home.
That's why we opted for a birthing clinic for the second one.
This was moments after my daughter was born and we found out together she was a girl.
It was pure magic ✨...
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https://image.nostr.build/c98493d066ba4582a3846154efe7d56187111a65e2b5f4b949fe64d019443bbe.jpg

2025-03-15 02:50:49

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Safe flight

2025-03-15 01:23:50

- Simping for politicians
- ETFs
- SBR
- Custodial and KYC "solutions" (Muh trade-offs bro - But granny can't write down 12 words bro!)
- Saylor Gods
- Bitcoin Jesus
- Podcast iNfLuEnCeRs
**#Bitcoin and #monero don't have to do anything special to win. They just have to be censorship resistanct and cypher punk as fuck.**
```#USD and #EUR and #GBP will fuck themselves with no outside help necessary.```
DO NOT FUCKING REPOST THIS IF YOU'RE NOT A CYPHER PUNK AT HEART
#FREESAMOURAI

2025-03-14 10:49:38

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Enjoy your new life fam

2025-03-10 12:11:51

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I'm gonna do a massive article on using bitcoin and monero to buy gift cards and prepaid visa etc.
What do you think people should know?

2025-03-07 04:26:30

I went from ambivalent to: HOLY FUCK this incentives civil asset forfeiture for Bitcoin and using DoJ as an ATM machine
Shit.
#nevent1q…ytfd

2025-03-04 23:56:19

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I'll take it

2025-03-04 23:55:59

Had a good laugh this morning. Thanks
#nevent1q…jvda

2025-03-03 15:01:13

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Shill me your favorite Thai bitcoiners
Moving to Bangkok in July

2025-03-02 23:54:01

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😆

2025-03-02 23:31:21

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Suspected you were being sarcastic and twas confirmed. I withdraw my slights good ser

2025-03-02 00:30:40

Good morning from China

2025-03-01 02:56:02

Layer 5 Bitcoin is when it's really gonna get good, we just need to keep abstracting away
#nevent1q…cxxd

2025-02-26 06:15:26

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Seems like a good way to doxx your Bitcoin
Not sure how to take your comment actually 😆

2025-02-26 04:56:12

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https://stacker.news/items/897405/r/expatriotic

2025-02-26 04:53:22

https://image.nostr.build/6de0ce2bb0eed55d2c9f51025043c11b4640953116aba23a645b8d6ca1451584.png

2025-02-25 11:18:26

GO HERE and get some DOPE HQ cell phone wallpapers or read some articles
#nevent1q…puf0

2025-02-25 10:13:38

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expatriotic.me/bisq
Don't ask permission. (Also make your own orders at market or just below and people will still do it)

2025-02-25 02:07:13

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People who post about the dollar price of bitcoin are still slaves to the current system.
I bet you KYC'ed for your bitcoin too...
Mine them or use Bisq or GTFO. AND STOP PRICE POSTING

2025-02-24 12:20:15

Having a rough day.
I'm a pretty positive and upbeat person, but 3 months of job hunting will wear down anyone's optimism...
I'm super specialized and qualified in my field with ten years of experience... But as an international school teacher, having 3 dependents makes you a bit of a red headed stepchild...
Add to that my kids taking forever to sleep at night (like 2 hours) and then I'm too tired for my side hustle of writing...
Add to that a wife that I love but sees escapism into nostr or chilling alone as me not pulling my weight helping with the kids, so that starts drama and fights... And then has a hard time empathizing with me when I tell her I'm a bit worn down today...
Rough day.
Hopefully I hear back from a school soon... Just spent hours today applying. Broadened the net.

2025-02-24 10:25:21

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Lol, use the tools.
This kind of attitude is the reason "they" can just target two devs and suddenly whirlpool goes tits up. And it was twice the capacity of LN. But even then it was only 0.005% of Bitcoin. [10,000/21,000,000=0.005%]
Because it was centralized.
Privacy needs to be a default.
"Use the tools" lol
What a joke.

2025-02-23 09:26:38

My family showed me there's on a Signal video call today. They said it tastes great. I made sure to tell them I paid in bitcoin. We have to push to create the world we want to see. A world where your vendor is your friend and accepts bitcoin
cc @nprofile…xahw
#nevent1q…2yyx

2025-02-23 09:11:55

Really want to test this
#nevent1q…lqvx

2025-02-22 11:13:26

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If nostr got big wouldn't it be trivial to use to feed the LLM machine?
Or is that not what you're referring to?

2025-02-19 01:46:31

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Is Tether a shitcoin?
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/takes/tether-is-back-on-bitcoin-lightning-dominance-is-just-starting

2025-02-15 12:58:17

### Gonna try to write a guide on email tonight from start to finish.
@nprofile…cw4k
@nprofile…gv42
@nprofile…55dm
#addy.io
#email
#privacy

2025-02-15 06:30:09

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I'll make a guide. But get a domain and use @addy.io and implement a wildcard "catchall" so you can make email addresses on the fly

2025-02-15 06:17:43

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Don't use an app. Order through Tor browser... Then how do they know?

2025-02-15 06:16:57

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Give fake name fake address and PObox for shipping physical cards friend

2025-02-15 05:46:29

Shill me your favorite card/company for spending noKYC bitcoins or monero.
Has to be noKYC option.
Have only used #bitrefill so far. Want to test @nprofile…taqf soon.

2025-02-15 05:13:42

Drink good #beer
Dutch
**BROUWERIJ DE MOLEN**
_Heaven & Hell_
11.9% alc/vol https://image.nostr.build/5dbf18faf9e5f22d706d0c482764cb2563092916e2e12b8cd9d35ecfad8ff134.jpg

2025-02-15 04:04:30

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Stop trimming fat and close the fucking institutions instead... Harder to reverse in 4 years

2025-02-15 04:03:20

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Let me counter that.
Government employees are now free to find PRODUCTIVE ways to contribute to society rather than sucking the govmnts teat

2025-02-15 04:01:32

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Tl;dr

2025-02-14 23:58:07

Good morning nostr.

2025-02-14 23:48:45

Read open source.
This app has NO permissions. The Bible app has like 10...
“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways!” (Romans 11:33)
Shared using AndBible: Bible Study. (https://andbible.github.io)

2025-02-14 07:58:54

Support open source.
So.
Not @nprofile…k0vd 💩
#nevent1q…xfut

2025-02-11 12:18:43

_I can win fights on the internet all day..._
**But why can't I win against this two year old little girl that refuses to go to sleep.**
## This is my Goliath

2025-02-10 15:37:56

Is there a legit nostr Cake Wallet @nprofile…as02?
This has no interactions but is more recently active. Just a fan account?
@nprofile…j73l
This was active a long time ago and has more followers, but account seems dormant.
@nprofile…v6sp

2025-02-09 02:49:07

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```The faulty logic is in everyone irrationally dunking on monero users```

2025-02-08 12:58:43

I would like to apologize.
I keep posting about a shitcoin named #monero
```I really actually don't have strong feelings about monero.```
*You see...*
## I'm a bitcoiner.
But I have this semi-autistic inability to ignore **bullshit.**
One of my core values is accuracy of speech. And I literally cannot abide people that execute faulty logic.
This has caused many personal rifts in my life. I've become distant from a sister who I used to be super close to. My mother recently stopped talking to me because I argued with her husband when he was spouting absolute nonsense.
The point being, if you follow me, please know that I'm aware of what's happening. I'm just autistic enough to not be able to call out **bullshit** ***EVERY*** time I see it.
So... Buckle up, and I understand if you unfollow me. I'll try my best to ignore when people exude ignorant and fallacious nonsense.
And for my fellow bitcoiners. Keep on! We're here for freedom from tyranny. Keep building. Keep using the tools. Let's unite against the blind NGU crowd who don't give a shit about privacy or resisting government overreach.
🫡🏴‍☠️

2025-02-08 12:30:19

I get paid $1,000 every time I mention
# **MONERO**
#nevent1q…zxr9

2025-02-07 08:13:13

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Hmm... Yeah I tried and it failed to established

2025-02-06 09:00:44

Was about to sit down and write a guide. But shenanigans on stacker.news had me go a different way.
Just made two monero posts on SN
1. "Monero Shill" <https://stacker.news/items/877476/r/expatriotic>
2. "The privacy discussion of LN versus Monero as a Bitcoin layer 2." <https://stacker.news/items/877460/r/expatriotic>
#privacy
#monero

2025-02-06 03:38:03

I've been on nostr for about a week.
In that time I've observed an argument between two camps.
LN vs Monero.
I've observed some issues with this argument that will result in it never being resolved. For LN advocates, take note.
Follow me ⤵️
1. LN advocates saying "find my transaction". This is problematic because this is something a nation state or WoS COULD do... But not me. So stop asking. We get that LN is a network. Also what about receiver privacy? Which is distinct from senders. Is everyone (and every LN flavor) using trampoline, MPP, blinded routes, taproot etc.? See argument number 3.
2. LN advocates talking about Bitcoin being a better store of value than monero. Sure. Okay. But I'm not convinced this is compelling. First of all, most people on nostr actually use bitcoin as a SoV already, so it's a moot point. Plus, the LN vs monero argument is about payments anyway. Eg the BEST way to make LN is custodially anyway, and most people say, "don't worry, I only have a small amount with custodians, for use as a proxy for receiving or to spend more easily." Okay, well many people use monero similarly, only holding enough for some payments for the next month or so. But at least with monero one has the benefit of not relying on a custodian.a
3. It's actually impossible to argue with someone about LN because of how many ways it can be run. Fully custodially or super hardcore mode. And each one has problems. But this makes it effectively impossible to argue against because the goal posts can just keep shifting. I call this the infinite edge case problem.
4. LN advocates need to think about why DNMs have no desire to receive LN payments. If LN gets good enough from a UX and DEFAULT privacy perspective, it might see more adoption by privacy advocates.
As if a DNM wants to manage the help tickets that would flood in from the barrage of people complaining about failed payments.
5. Anecdotally, I remember during the high fee environment I got really into the idea of only using LN.
So I set up Blixt and got tons of inbound liquidity (which cost me over 200,000 sats), only to have constant issues with RoboSats and payment failures. It's NOT a panacea when one tries to do it self sovereignly.
And IF ASINQ or WoS or LNbig are always one hop away we need to really ask ourselves if we have the privacy we think we do. Or are we trusting these super nodes to be benevolent.

2025-02-06 02:05:52

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Monero losing value to Bitcoin is a red herring.
If you're a cypher punk, then you're not worried about an increase in value, but an increase in utility.
However, I see your point as losing money was mentioned. To that, I would just say, don't hold all your money in monero.
Unfortunately LN is really hard to attack because there are so many edge cases. Which version do I attack without making a straw man?
The custodial WoS? The difficulties of running a node? The failed payments? The FC in high fee environment?
No matter what one argues, you or Darth or some other dev who bleeds code will argue that aCtUAlly LN is really easy and suuperr private.
But I reject that. I would say it CAN be private. But it's not a default state. LN is a network, and just like governments running Tor exit nodes, an attack on LN could be hidden. What IF a country was snooping the data or observing it?
I'm not saying that's happening, but can a user who ONLY wants privacy but doesn't understand LN guarantee to themselves that they have 100% privacy all the time?

2025-02-05 16:33:29

#monero fixes this.
No more deciding whether to run a LN node at a loss or succumb to just using custodial solutions.
Context. I use coinos, embedded Zeus node, monero and onchain bitcoins. Just all for different things.
For online payments or dark net shit, monero is the winner right now by a long shot. #statistics
#nevent1q…nrmd