This is inspired by a Tweet by @matt_odell on Twitter, and I thought it was both a great exercise in adversarial thinking, and an opportunity to come up with some “table top” scenarios we can work to protect Monero against.

Very curious what you all think, and excited by the fact that this is already a common mindset in the Monero community.

Due to the recent Ledger events:

• Website data breach
• New hardware vulnerability not beeing addressed in over a year
• Users losing trust

One can think something can go worse at any moment. So my doubt is... when monero completes the next hard fork what happens if Ledger doesn't upgrade the app? Will the ledger users be stuck with an expensive useless paperweight?

My wisest guess is that the funds should move to another wallet before the fork and after Ledger upgrades move funds back in, but that's a lot of insecure fuss.

It’s been a few months since I synced with the block chain. And it doesn’t want to. I’m noticing there has been a few updates since. Will I (everyone) have to download the newest version of the GUI before connecting to the blockchain? Will there ever be a GUI that will be able to simply update on its own like apps on the phones so we don’t always have to keep downloading new software? Or am I missing something?

Is there an easy way to stop the transaction? Can I just reload the keys in the same GUI, or is the transaction stuck in my nodes tx pool and will send regardless so I need to get on a different wallet completely? Thanks!

It was 8 hours ago and definitely didn’t send so the transaction is still on my computer.

Please start your build processes and post the results here. If you want to participate, instructions can be found here:

https://github.com/monero-project/monero/tree/master/contrib/gitian#gitian-building

Any questions or got stuck somewhere? Please leave a comment in the thread.

Main features/fixes:

• DoS fix - PR6728
• Other bug fixes/minor improvements

Direct link to tag: https://github.com/monero-project/monero/releases/tag/v0.16.0.3

Assuming the NSA has backdoors into smartphones, is it possible they can see your screen remotely in real time? If so, our privacy is fucked and using Cake wallet is useless.

Excuse my ignorance, I tried searching for the questions but I am only getting more confused.

I understand that a remote node is less private than running your own node and therefore I have a few questions.

1) What exactly does it mean to run a node? Must it run 24/7 or is it simply downloading the blockchain and synchronizing the blockchain once you want to send/receive Monero?

2) if the latter, would it be possible to store the blockchain on an external hard drive or would that make it more complicated?

3) If it is possible to store it on an external hard drive would a HDD be sufficient or is a SSD strongly recommended?

Side question:

4) If stored multiple funds (For example Monero and Bitcoin) on a ledger would it be possible to connect those funds for a third party?

I was really exited to start using cryptocurrency, and after some research I landed on Monero. But I underestimated it a bit. Thinking I could just use IDEAL or PayPal to buy some. All I find is sites who want a picture of my face with ID. And that mostly u first have to buy bitcoin and then use those to buy monero.

Any advice on getting monero or bitcoin > monero, while keeping privacy. I dont have any bitcoin ATM where I live.

Hey there, so I have been using cake on iOS as my wallet “host” for the last couple months. Something about the way the app is set up, always gave me anxiety while waiting for transfers and exchanges and stuff. So a few weeks ago I imported my wallet to MyMonero. That all went fine and the basic crypto wallet setup makes me feel a lot better haha. When I go on cake it still shows the physics wallet there, but it says it’s empty. My monero shows the amount though. Does this mean the cake wallet is now defunct? If they both share the same address wouldn’t the funds be reflected in both?

If I exchange large amount of BTC for Monero in my Exodus wallet, and then send that Monero to another Monero wallet and then send that Monero through exchange to my debit card, would bank know where it came from originally?

thanks.

It’s something I’ve been wanting to do for a while but couldn’t find the time. Coronavirus is the perfect excuse to learn something new!

When I try to save binaryFate pgp key to my computer, I only have an option to save it as a text document. I tried brave, chrome and Microsoft. None of my programmes allow me to change it into appropriate format. Anyone else have this issue?

I verified electrum yesterday and had to use Microsoft to save the certificate but this time I can just save as which is no good to me.

When I try to save binaryFate pgp key to my computer, I only have an option to save it as a text document. I tried brave, chrome and Microsoft. None of my programmes allow me to change it into appropriate format. Anyone else have this issue?

I verified electrum yesterday and had to use Microsoft to save the certificate but this time I can just save as which is no good to me.

I'm starting a small business hopefully in the next 6 months. One of the important points for me is that I will only accept Monero as payment. I would therefore like to use the Monero logo in an obvious position on my website. Is that allowed?

It is at this point the only thing holding me back from using it.

I want to know if I can someone exchange some monero for another coin within cakewallet.

So I would send the exchange right back to my cakewallet. Is this possible?

I really like Monero, I love the idea of freedom from banks and the government. I just don't understand how Monero could ever become a mainstream currency if transactions can take a long time and transaction fees are relatively large. What is the longterm plan to fix these issues for widespread Monero adoption?

What set up would you recommend to have a private Monero trading account?
I am considering setting up a main trading wallet in CakeWallet to hold my play money that can transfer to ETH, then withdrawing that ETH to Metamask, and from there into a decentralized exchange. Is this enough layers of privacy? Is Metamask enough to be mobile in the crypto world?

Of course I would have long term holds in a Ledger but I would like to stay out of centralized exchanges that require KYC.

Thanks!