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[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago
[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Please dont downvote thinking it’s a crypto troll reply. It’s an inside joke because OP has replied to my posts on Monero in the past :-)

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 4 points 8 months ago

What is it and why should we use it?

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Haha. It’s an inside joke from the person who made this post. OP is, i believe, a Bitcoin guy who has interacted with the Monero community

Since you asked, Monero is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. You can buy some cool stuff online with it, like 1 month VPN access from Mullvad, using https://xmrbazaar.com which is an eBay like site which accepts monero, and VPS and domain names through njal.la

Definitely a pretty niche thing but it’s a growing community. We don’t show up much on the internet because of the privacy-focused thing; we don’t really frequent twitter, etc, although some do.

[-] Drusas@kbin.run 1 points 8 months ago

Thanks for the explanation.

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago

Your welcome 😊 I tend not to bring up crypto outside the crypto community (except when it’s an inside joke) because of the scammy connotations. And there’s definitely a lot more scams out there that promise you the world than real, grassroots projects. I’ve binged a lot of Coffeezilla on youtube, he has very good and entertaining coverage on crypto scams :)

[-] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

It is the choice of criminals especially drug trade because it is privacy focused and removes the need to transport a lot of money over borders

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago
[-] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

I am sorry that you are unfamiliar with international drug trade.

[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago
[-] xilona@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

People older than 45, what advice would you give to people younger than 30?

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