FYI parts of the Monero community also exists on Retroshare and Bastyon, both are decentralized alternatives and can serve as a backup for Monero Town shall it ever go down. This way we do not end up going back to reddit.

"Centralization of Credit in the Hands of the State, by Means of a National Bank with State Capital and an Exclusive Monopoly." — The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx

It is completely irrational for major corporations to not accept crypto directly in this day and age.

It only makes sense once you realize they are controlled by a bigger power that has a vested interest in people being forced to use only one currency, the one they can manipulate without any oversight.

This guy was a scumbag, he shut down the market and stole money from users. Then he tried to extort more money by threatening to publish shipping addresses, as if they had any value.

So now they are pushing some new centralized mess that will take a decade to complete and have the same result as LN.

Or they can just increase the block size with about 10 minutes of effort, which should have been done 10 years ago. BTC has failed and continues to fail.

They have become experts at stalling progress to clear the way for CBDC's.

Better late than never, but it would have been much better if these skilled people worked on a proper DEX or something useful all this time instead of BTC "privacy" non-sense.

"your MEP" is paid for and/or compromised and will do anything they are told by their owners, don't waste your time. Put your energy towards building a world they cannot control with fake counterfeit money and threats of violence.

What a great comment.

I am not saying Monero should not be used to store coins long term and my suggestion only adds a small inconvenience by requiring a churn once in a long while.

I hope you are correct about the future developments which will finally bring a solution to the eternal chain growth problem and I am glad these types of conversations are still allowed in Monero. 🙂

You can buy other coins and then swap them for Monero. In fact any transaction you make with nay coin should go through Monero if you want to stay private.

You can use https://trocador.app/

To buy Monero you can use https://localmonero.co

ATM's of all types will accept Monero, eventually.

Just like any fund raising site there will be beggars and scammers. Just trying to raise awareness about the platform so we can get more legit projects on there.

That is a good idea about adding FOSS projects 👍

Really excited for Serai, hope it does not end up as vaporware 🤞