Weird how the nation hasn't collapsed with DC shut down. Such a mystery...
Graham O'Nero
grahamonero@nosmero.com
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Fan of Nostr and Monero
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"Can you imagine a world with DC shutdown?"


Nosmero is open source by the way (of course!) and the github is here:
https://github.com/grahamonero/nosmero/
Squashed a few more bugs last night so it should be running smoothly. The $1 monero "bounty" posted on @nosmero is still open, so grab some free XMR and help me double-check stuff is working well.


Hyperinflation is always the end result of fiat.
#monero #xmr


>wake up
>discover there is javascript supply chain NPM infection targeting BTC
>it doesn't target Monero
>"why didn't I keep Nosmero XMR-exclusive for zapping?"
Fortunately, it is a pretty painless patch to fix Nosmero.com and BTC zapping is needed to honor the nostr ethos. Anyway, read about it here:
https://jdstaerk.substack.com/p/we-just-found-malicious-code-in-the
Food for thought on the "bitcoin is digital gold" bromide. Is the better idea "Monero is digital gold?"
As a long time gold bug what first attracted me to XMR was how its privacy is similar to gold. So I ran some numbers for the past year to correlate monero and bitcoin to gold. Here is the executive summary:
Average Monthly Returns: Gold 3.08%, Monero 4.73%, Bitcoin 6.23%
Volatility: Gold 4.86%, Monero 8.43%, Bitcoin 10.99% (monthly standard deviation)
1. Monero shows 3x stronger correlation with gold (0.77) than Bitcoin (0.25)
2. Bitcoin's correlation with gold is much weaker, suggesting it behaves more like a tech/growth asset than a traditional safe haven
3. While both assets appreciated significantly, Bitcoin's path was far more volatile and driven by crypto-specific factors.
4. Monero's stronger correlation with gold may reflect its use case as a privacy-focused store of value, while Bitcoin increasingly trades on institutional and regulatory sentiment.

