From 0088aab0ebfdf982f97699d927f69d8b1ff937ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: aethrvmn Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 11:43:42 +0100 Subject: drafts started --- content/theses/self-sufficiency/crypto.md | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ content/theses/self-sufficiency/dns.md | 4 ++++ content/theses/self-sufficiency/search.md | 4 ++++ 3 files changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/theses/self-sufficiency/crypto.md create mode 100644 content/theses/self-sufficiency/dns.md create mode 100644 content/theses/self-sufficiency/search.md (limited to 'content') diff --git a/content/theses/self-sufficiency/crypto.md b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/crypto.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..949f1f7 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/crypto.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: monero +weight: 12 +draft: true +--- +Monero (XMR) is a truly fungible, private digital currency. Unlike Bitcoin (BTC), and other cryptocurrencies, it uses elliptic curve cryptography and ring signatures. + +Monero's benefits over Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are many; because it is fungible, and private, [it can be used as a true currency](https://monerica.com/), and because of it's structure it has infinite supply with vanishing inflation, unlike bitcoin, which has a set number of possible bitcoins. + +From the official website: +>**Application to Monero** +> +>A ring signature makes use of your account keys and a number of public keys (also known as outputs) pulled from the blockchain using a gamma distribution method. Over the course of time, past outputs could be used multiple times to form possible signer participants. In a "ring" of possible signers, all ring members are equal and valid. There is no way an outside observer can tell which of the possible signers in a signature group belongs to your account. So, ring signatures ensure that transaction outputs are untraceable. Moreover, there are no fungibility issues with Monero given that every transaction output has plausible deniability (e.g. the network can not tell which outputs are spent or unspent). + +{{% hint warning %}} +Monero uses elliptic curve cryptography for the ring signatures, which is *not* quantum resistant. This means that a sufficiently big quantum computer will be able to "solve" ring signatures. +{{% /hint %}} + +Since it is an actual good replacement for cash (both being fungible and anonymous) it has gained the favour of the privacy oriented as the coin of choice; it is the only coin to have an actual circular economy, wherein people can trade in monero exclusively for goods and services, in a private and decentralised way. + +{{% hint info %}} +As with any other cryptocurrency, it is best to use a private wallet, instead of a KYC (Know Your Customer) exchange, since if you don't control the seed, you don't control the money. +{{% /hint %}} + +In this guide we will host a local monero `node`; it is a local copy of the monero blockchain, and it communicates with other nodes in the system to update the ledger. +{{% hint warning %}} +Running a node is *not* the same as mining. +Mining a block verifies transactions, but the transactions are stored in nodes, initiated by nodes, and kept in sync by nodes. +{{% /hint %}} + +{{% hint info %}} +Running local nodes improves security, since you don't need to connect to a remote node; in addition, a remote node might be malicious, set up in a way that deanonymises users, or in a way that fees are higher than otherwise should be. There is no reason to place trust in others when you don't have to, plus self-hosting a node benefits the network. +A good readup is [here](https://kewbit.org/whats-the-point-in-a-monero-local-node/) +{{% /hint %}} + + + diff --git a/content/theses/self-sufficiency/dns.md b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/dns.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d0b5714 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/dns.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +--- +title: dns +draft: true +--- diff --git a/content/theses/self-sufficiency/search.md b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/search.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b49c316 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/theses/self-sufficiency/search.md @@ -0,0 +1,4 @@ +--- +title: searxng +draft: true +--- -- cgit v1.2.3