• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      12·
      3 days ago

      I’m ok with people promoting services which accept cryptocurrencies (hell, Lemmy itself accepts crypto donations). However promoting cryptocurrencies itself is a no-no in our instance.

      Also: Crypto is a not private. The blockchain is public.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        33·
        3 days ago

        Crypto is a not private. The blockchain is public.

        Not necessarily true for all ledgers, such as monero.

        https://www.getmonero.org/get-started/faq/#anchor-different

        Monero uses three different privacy technologies: ring signatures, ring confidential transactions (RingCT), and stealth addresses. These hide the sender, amount, and receiver in the transaction, respectively. All transactions on the network are private by mandate; there is no way to accidentally send a transparent transaction. This feature is exclusive to Monero. You do not need to trust anyone else with your privacy.

        • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          91·
          3 days ago

          Monero users can and have been deanonymized by the police. Monero also acts as a de-facto tumbler, meaning by using it, you’re money laundering for criminals as a matter of course.

    • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
      21·
      3 days ago

      but not to promote cryptocurrencies themselves

      My core complaint still stands, digital fungible money is part of the privacy conversation. Especially threat modeling for people.

      • Blaze@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        Personally it’s okay with me. Feel free to have a look at the previous thread (https://feddit.org/post/6950586), but long story short

        Lemmy.dbzer0 has a very good record of stability and management. If we need to discuss crypto in a dedicated discussion, why not. To be fair, I expect some backlash of any pro-crypto discussions in a general privacy community anyway.