TIL: One can be shadowbanned on Nostr. Sad. View quoted note →

When I'm not sure what to read, I read a book that has been banned by some government(s) (like the ones listed here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments or similar). But digital / online books can easily be altered (I actually caught *at least* one instance and wrote about it here: aillia.substack.com/p/tolstoys-quote-censored-from-translation). So paper books matter: once printed, they're an immutable, uncensorable ledger! View quoted note →

I know I’m often seen as some Monero shill, but I’m not even really a 'crypto' person per se (unless by 'crypto' you mean cryptography :)). I find most of today’s 'crypto'… not my thing at all, outside of the OG ideas about escaping state control and separating money from the state. So, all you esteemed crypto projects, please don’t waste your precious, limited time in my DMs or under my posts as long as you’re trying to sit in two chairs with one butt, it’s not even about 'better tech.' I’ll join and fight alongside you as soon as the state cares enough to delist you/put an IRS bounty on your head/(try to) arrest your devs. And I sincerely, without sarcasm, wish you luck ♡

If you aim to disrupt the status quo, build pseudonymously, be like Satoshi. It’s lonelier, harder, and lacks podcast fame, but it’s your only chance to finish your work without imaginary entities wasting your limited lifetime on real struggles. Support those who tried openly🙏🧵 https://xcancel.com/lunarpunksquad/status/1892965716803940447

“selling raw eggs and milk is what gets you in trouble” View quoted note →

If you need nice charts about Monero adoption for normal things, we’ve got the premium collection: Monero Circular Economy: From Cypherpunk Hundreds to Sovereign Millions

Monero Circular Economy: From Cypherpunk Hundreds to Sovereign Millions

XmrBazaar's User Growth Chart: Freedom's Exponential Awakening Curve

XmrBazaar's Best-Selling Categories

XmrBazaar's Best-Selling Categories

That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen

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Why should it always be about DNMs? Why not about normal adoption for everyday things like XmrBazaar? https://cybernews.com/crypto/darknet-marketplaces-tap-top-privacy-coin-monero View quoted note →

Nice Monero bullpost

Monero in 2025: Persistent Use and Emerging Network-Layer Insights | TRM Labs

Monero remains active in illicit finance. Explore its evolving darknet role, overall adoption, and new insights on its peer-to-peer network behavior.

: "Monero’s transaction activity has stabilized at a higher baseline, suggesting sustained demand and regular use rather than episodic or speculative spikes." And that line about "While Monero is designed to resist tracing, behavioral and structural patterns — including exchange interactions and wallet clustering — can still support actionable insights." Translation: USE TOR. RUN NODE. 👇

It seems X doesn't like free uncensored circular economies indeed...

Almost everything you’re seeing right now is intentionally designed to pull your attention away from what actually matters.

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"all those anonymous people writing rebellious essays under pseudonyms in the newspapers are a threat to “national security”" *(Not to be taken as a compliment or endorsement!)

It's an interesting read on how the sausage (non-KYC cards) is made. TL;DR: they're business expense cards.

X (formerly Twitter)

eric (@defyneric) on X

The Truth About No-KYC Crypto Cards, From Someone Who Actually Ran One

A Love Letter to the Other Side of Anonymity Preserving a banned X thread: personal reflections on anonymous selfless acts of rebellion against our transactional world Substack w/ backstory and video:

A Love Letter to the Other Side of Anonymity

Preserving a banned X thread: personal reflections on anonymous selfless acts of rebellion against our transactional world

Video only:

Odysee

A Love Letter to the Other Side of Anonymity

Preserving a banned X thread: personal reflections on anonymous selfless acts of rebellion against our transactional world

Monero circular economy historical note: Snex is a co-host of the Canary In The Cage Agorism Podcast AND an XmrBazaar legend: he was the very first XmrBazaar's multisig (aka 'escrow') user, buying beef for that epic BBQ & pool party!

The Canary in the Cage Podcast - Uncage Your Brain

The only libertarian podcast actually TEACHING you how to do agorism. With plenty of dirty jokes too. Join Ron & Dave for news, politics, racy humo...

Welcome to 2026, where we don’t just have to follow the published rules: we have to submit to the AI’s unwritten imaginary ones too: the machines are judging us by vibes now, lol :))

Sudden Ban of XmrBazaar X Account

How X AI's Imaginary Rules Ended a Clean Showcase of Real Monero Usage and Circular Economy – And Why Our Path Forward Is More Decentralized P2P ...

The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks. - C. S. Lewis

Whoever wishes peace among peoples must fight statism. - Ludwig von Mises (Nation, State, and Economy, p. 77)

Thank you so much, anons: I truly have no words for how grateful I am to each and every one of you 🥹🙏💗