Why can't I trust Centralised Exchanges, and random Monero nodes ? (blog.nowhere.moe)

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Nihilist puts out another very informative article, great work!

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[-] nihilist@monero.town 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

my pleasure ;) (if i missed anything, feel free to let me know btw)

[-] roboto@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Super helpful, although I’m wondering if running your own node could potentially expose you as well in case someone really wants to find you? Like are there any security risks? And what if others find your node and connect to it would they be able to see your IP?

Just asking because I’m not very familiar with the technology and want to make sure I’m using monero as intended, that is anonymously.

[-] nihilist@monero.town 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

if you run your own node, it means that the adversary needs to come and ask you directly to give you the details of who connected to the node. and if you keep Tor in between you and your own node, you're maintaining anonymity aswell.

if others find your (remote) node its not changing anything, you're making it available for them to use monero

but still they should run their own monero node to keep decentralizing further

[-] roboto@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

Alright got it, but regarding TOR aren’t there also vulnerabilities with compromised exit nodes? I feel like once you go down the rabbit hole of trying to achieve true anonymity there’s always another layer of complications if you wanna do things right.