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From what I understand, silent payments only gives the sender the ability to generate addresses that the receiver can pull Bitcoin from. So it protects the receiver, but it does not protect the sender and it does not protect the amounts. This is a step in the right direction for Bitcoin, but it’s still nothing compared to Monero.
Edit: Instead of having the receiver manually have to give you a new address that’s fresh every single time you want to pay them. This automatically can generate new addresses to pay them without their input.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Haveno@monero.town•Has anyone completed a transaction using Haveno?English1·10 months agoPossibly.
Started using Linux in 2010 on a virtual machine on a Windows XP machine that was really not meant to run it and it was God awful. But I knew that it was the virtual machine not Linux itself. After that I was using my laptop for school and a Windows update completely broke it and I absolutely had to use it for the next class that I was going to in like five minutes and I had a flash drive with a live Linux environment already on it and so I just used that. However, once I was done with class that day, my first thought was why should I even go in and attempt to fix this Windows machine when Linux has been working fine for me all day. And so I just went ahead and wiped the disk and ran the installer. And I’ve been using Linux ever since. I do generally keep a Windows virtual machine around, just in case, but it’s extremely rare that I’ve ever needed to use it.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•How Much Money Do Americans Have in Their Bank Accounts in 2024?English52·10 months agoI mostly follow the Dave Ramsey every dollar plan. So I have my budget worked out in such a way that once I’m done paying everything and moving money around, my bank account has like $5 in it that’s just there to absorb any weird charges I might forget about. It doesn’t normally happen, but it helps to have it just for that reason. I also have a specific amount that I put into my savings every month and the vast majority of my money I take out of the fiat system entirely every single month.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works•Patelco shuts down banking systems following ransomware attackEnglish21·10 months agoIt is definitely possible to place rent some places with crypto. Any that will accept a debit card at least. As far as the credit card bill you could be right about that one. Credit card bills, car payments, and mortgages are the hardest ones to deal with since they are direct bank withdrawals.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto gonewild@lemmynsfw.com•Brace yourself, this succubus is coming for your dick! 😋 [F] [OC]English7·10 months agoSorry, its pixelfed. I corrected the original comment, but wanted to make sure that you knew there was a misspelling.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works•Patelco shuts down banking systems following ransomware attackEnglish23·10 months agoMonero
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto gonewild@lemmynsfw.com•Brace yourself, this succubus is coming for your dick! 😋 [F] [OC]English7·10 months agoWhy insta and not pixelfed?
I personally don’t have a PDF reader since Firefox can open them and so can Fossify Files
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•Announcing the Ladybird Browser InitiativeEnglish1·11 months agoNone that I’m aware of. I guess it’s possible, but I have not seen it be the case yet.
Edit: I can tell you for a fact that the ones I’m listing are legitimate. And if you don’t believe me, try purchasing one with the multi-signature escrow.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto politics @lemmy.world•Silvergate Bank didn’t adequately monitor $1 trillion in crypto transactions, SEC saysEnglish21·11 months agoI’ve been involved in crypto since like 2013 or 2014 and the most common thing that I buy with crypto is my groceries.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto News@lemmy.world•US Bureau of Labor Statistics reports average hourly wage growth has surpassed inflation for 12 straight monthsEnglish1810·11 months agoI got some oceanfront property in Arizona. I’d be glad to sell you.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•Announcing the Ladybird Browser InitiativeEnglish2·11 months agoIt’s also used to buy baking pans, dove soap, coffee makers, and toasters. Xmrbazaar.com
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•Announcing the Ladybird Browser InitiativeEnglish14·11 months agoFirefox gets tons of funding from Google, and their code is quite frankly humongous. From what I understand, it’s extremely hard to get the gecko web view engine to work. In another browser, unless it’s a fork of Firefox, unlike Chromium where you can just redesign an entire browser around it.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Lineage OS@lemmy.ml•Can I just say how much I like the default apps?English4·11 months agoYes, you absolutely can. Decor apps are actually very nice.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For ResidentsEnglish3·11 months agoFair enough, there’s some really golden information in this thread.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For ResidentsEnglish2·11 months agoWhat about those military things that they use to disperse crowds? Where it makes you feel like your skin is cooking, but it’s actually not. I feel like that uses high power and high frequency radio waves to accomplish that.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For ResidentsEnglish83·11 months agoThe higher the frequency, the worse that is. So standing very close to an HF antenna that only broadcasts up to like say 30 megahertz is different than standing next to a 700 megahertz cell phone antenna, which is different from standing next to a 2.5 gigahertz cell phone antenna. The reasoning for that is due to power levels and wavelength of the radio signal itself.
shortwavesurfer@monero.townto Technology@lemmy.world•T-Mobile In Trouble After It Decides To Build Cell Tower That Is 'Not Safe' For ResidentsEnglish8·11 months agoYou know, that’s a good point. I didn’t even think of that. But you’re right.
I do this and I use Proton as my email provider. I think as long as you set the email security standards, which Proton, for example, teaches you how to do, you should be fine.