Also, FUCK Github and FUCK Microsoft.

Using Microsoft to discuss decentralization is...not very smart :-|

Our community will have to do better if we are to have any hopes of keeping XMR decentralized.

Given that a coordinated attack resulting in a deep reorganization is no longer just a theoretical possibility:

I firmly vote "Yea" on this proposal, but with the significant proviso that this should only be done if CLOUDFLARE can be kept out of it entirely and completely.

DNSSEC and the conventional DNS network are resilient without needing the support of any large monopolistic influence as an intermediary in the running of the Monero network.

Is this true also for their "aggregated" pool? https://exch.cx/faq#aggregation

I've never used eXch for a swap to BTC, but it would be good to know for future reference.

No doubt.

Totally. Which is why I created this post to get some more opinions (and hopefully some experiences) from others. One way or the other, whatever information is revealed here will hopefully continue to be useful to others going forward.

The lack of a tor presence is quite telling, indeed. I hadn't thought of that.

IIRC even LocalMonero had analytics deployed on their site. Or at least they did at one point.