Take a look at PiNodeXMR, which can even use a 1GB RAM RaspberryPi.

there is no competition.

Tor, i2p, dandellion++ 🧡

the latter is the case

building out a new smart contract system

If possible, avoid third-party providers like this one and only use the original wallet.

It is important to almost everyone, you just shouldn’t have to actively take care of it. This has also been a principle of Monero from the very beginning: Everyone who uses it enjoys privacy without having to enforce it manually.

I was happy to see that you can listen to your podcast on a simple website, without registration or apps. I can only continue to recommend using and advocating open and good technology and avoiding closed things that also perform actions for commercial purposes that are not beneficial to the user. Take social media, for example: Use Twitter less, Mastadon more often instead.

We should celebrate and use the good and not dwell on the bad and worry about it. Time is better spent trying out the good and helping to spread and improve it. Monero is not without alternatives either, just like Linux. Instead of always using the standard Linux distribution, you can also install BSD to contribute to the diversity of the infrastructure. Monero’s privacy technology could be overtaken by Lightning-like state channels. Good will prevail.

I thought they specialized in shitty (scam)tokens.

30k views on Twitter and 83,8% YES of 1490 votes.

• https://edge.app/

Have they switched it off for australia?

To find out if XMR Monero is available in your region via Kraken, you need to check their website or app or ask their support.

where should i go to exchange to monero?

There are many providers that allow an exchange. For example, the Cake Wallet has integrated it, or the Edge.app Wallet. There are also providers such as Exolix or Changenow, or newer technologies such as UnstoppableSwap.

Here is the Nodo, even in English and on odysee:

• https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/abdullah-from-moneronodo!-±price,-news:b

Are there any strong competitors of Monero?

No. XMR are 100% mining rewards. Proven technology has been running since 2014.

Not a surprise to us on this website here.

Monero is the successor of Bitcoin:

• automatically private and uncensorable
• decentralized, any computer can participate
• any PC can easily mine XMR with the GUI wallet
• Faster transactions than Bitcoin
• low transaction fees, even with high utilization

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transactions only to initial nodes they know and trust. I don’t know how to do that

• Create your own fullnode and leave it running all the time. So don’t just start it when it is needed for transactions or interactions with Monero. There are also very accessible methods for this, such as PiNodeXMR, which easily converts an SBC such as RaspberryPi into a secure Monero full node.

• Use Tor and a known trusted Tor node, e.g. hashvaultsvg2rinvxz7kos77hdfm6zrd5yco3tx2yh2linsmusfwyad.onion from hashvault Pool.

• Use VPN (and a known trusted node)

explain the need of a ban list? And how it works?

Adding the ban-list to your Monero GUI wallet or your Monero node prevents connections from being made to other nodes that are suspected of harming the Monero network. You don’t have to add a ban list, it’s voluntary, just an official recommendation. But everyone who adds a ban-list contributes to the security of Monero.

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Exolix or Trocador, could be targeted

Use VPN/Tor and the wallets from Cake Wallet and Edge.app.

Don’t worry, it’s not a problem. It’s just that every connection to the potentially spying nodes on this list that is blocked potentially strengthens the Monero network privacy.

Node operators who use this list should subscribe to Boog900/monero-ban-list updates so that a new version can be added when changes are made to the list.

Monero GUI wallet

If your run your own local node through the GUI wallet, go to Settings. In the “Daemon startup flags” box, input “–ban-list <file-path-to-ban-list>”. Then click the orange “Stop daemon” button. It will take a few seconds for the daemon to shut down. Then click the orange “Start daemon” button. If you use a remote node, whoever operates the remote node will decide if the ban list is enabled.

When many other markets crash, Monero often remains stable. It would therefore make sense to exchange into XMR when prices are falling.