fixes for truecrypto

anonprotest/index.md

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Next steps (a) & (b) are for accessing internet anonymously ONLY AFTER you have
 
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-  * Using [Whonix VM](../whonixqemuvms/index.md) or [Tails VM](../tailsqemuvm/index.md), via the tor browser and some [Monero](../finances/index.md) (XMR), purchase an eSIM from <https://silent.link> and note down the activation code on a piece of paper.   
+  * Using [Whonix VM](../whonixqemuvms/index.md) or [Tails VM](../tailsqemuvm/index.md), via the tor browser and some [Monero](../truecrypto/index.md) (XMR), purchase an eSIM from <https://silent.link> and note down the activation code on a piece of paper.   
   
 
 

anonymityexplained/index.md

@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ In the left image, although there are 4 groups, everyone person inside of a grou
 
 However, in the right image, the groups are transparent and people are distinct. You can see the people in each overlapping and, with the combined information that you are part of all four groups, they can easily deanonymize you in the very small overlapping. 
 
-So, by using tools ([TOR](../torvsvpns/index.md) , [XMR](../finances/index.md), etc) where every user is identical and non-identifiable, we are not only minimizing bit leakage but also **making most leaked bits unusable** , significantly decreasing deanonymization risk.
+So, by using tools ([TOR](../torvsvpns/index.md) , [XMR](../truecrypto/index.md), etc) where every user is identical and non-identifiable, we are not only minimizing bit leakage but also **making most leaked bits unusable** , significantly decreasing deanonymization risk.
 
 It's recommended to be of roughly aware of how many bits you have leaked in an anonymous persona in order to maintain anonymity. We can take advantage of bit leakage by providing **false information which may mislead an adversary.**
 

anonymousremoteserver/index.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags:
 
 ## **Finding out a non-KYC Cloud Provider and Email Provider**
 
-As we discussed [previously](../finances/index.md), KYC is out of the question if you want to remain anonymous. So you need to find **a cloud provider that allows you to rent servers without any KYC**.
+As we discussed [previously](../truecrypto/index.md), KYC is out of the question if you want to remain anonymous. So you need to find **a cloud provider that allows you to rent servers without any KYC**.
 
 To find one you can go on [kycnot.me](https://kycnot.me/?t=service&q=hosting):
 

chainalysisattempts/index.md

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ This meeting of theirs has been preety revealing, not only do these centralised
 
 The info of whatever you did so far, and will ever do on those centralised exchanges, be warned, is being handed over directly to the authorities. (Timestamp 26:02 to 26:47) in the video. **This list is most likely (as of a year later, in september 2024) way bigger, they are eventually going to force every centralised exchange out there to implement KYC procedures and comply to their deanonymization requests.**
 
-My recommendation, once again is the same as i have mentionned [previously](../finances/index.md): If you want to use a centralised exchange, you are shooting yourself in the foot. **Stop using centralised exchanges and use decentralised exchanges, such as[Haveno DEX](../haveno-client-f2f/index.md).**
+My recommendation, once again is the same as i have mentionned [previously](../truecrypto/index.md): If you want to use a centralised exchange, you are shooting yourself in the foot. **Stop using centralised exchanges and use decentralised exchanges, such as[Haveno DEX](../haveno-client-f2f/index.md).**
 
 If you want to use a centralised exchange anyway, **remain anonymous when doing so (at least keep Tor in between you and the service, and never KYC yourself there)** , but remain aware that you will eventually have to move to decentralised exchanges sooner or later, because they are not going to stop until every centralised exchange out there complies with their demands. 
 

finances/index.md

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-author: user
-date: 2024-04-26
-gitea_url: "http://git.nowherejezfoltodf4jiyl6r56jnzintap5vyjlia7fkirfsnfizflqd.onion/nihilist/blog-contributions/issues/95"
-xmr: 8AUYjhQeG3D5aodJDtqG499N5jXXM71gYKD8LgSsFB9BUV1o7muLv3DXHoydRTK4SZaaUBq4EAUqpZHLrX2VZLH71Jrd9k8
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-# Why Financial decentralisation ?
-
-
-
-## **Centralised Currencies**
-
-As we have discussed [previously](../governments/index.md), governments love centralisation, because it allows them to keep control over what the masses can do, because they can directly affect the owner of said centralised service to further their agenda.
-
-![](0.png)
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-Nowadays, governments love to impose financial sanctions towards the other countries they don't like, by preventing everyone from having any business with said country ([example: the EU imposing sanctions against russia](https://iv.nowhere.moe/watch?v=0eHMhTZr9Jw)), one way to achieve that goal is to block transactions at the banking level, since legitimate businesses require to have a bank account. That is of course intentional, as it allows the government to control any business' finances.
-
-The banking system has deep roots in any modern country, with very close ties to the governments as it gives them very direct control over their population. As detailed in his book ["the right to transact" by Zelinar XY](https://zelinarxy.com/?about=book) he argues that the right to transact is an extension of one's innate right of expression. 
-
-For a government to have control over one's expenses, is to have control over one's ability to express himself, it is for a government to have the power to censor any individual they deem to be unfit to be in their society.
-
-And in my opinion, to consider that someone else should be able to decide what YOU do with your money, is madness. **You alone should decide what should happen with your money** and governments definitely don't want that.
-
-## **Decentralised Currencies, and Centralised Exchanges**
-
-**Bitcoin: Revolutionnary, but Flawed**
-
-Bitcoin has been the first cryptocurrency to see the day. It has been a remarkable innovation at the time. It allows you to create a wallet from home, to be able to recieve money there, and to transact freely, tax free. All you need is to have a computer, with an internet connection. Of course that does not sit well with governments. They want to keep control over your money, to be able to keep control over your right to transact.
-
-While Bitcoin has been revolutionary at the time, there are obvious cracks in the armor. While it provides decentralisation of the currency (meaning it is not controlled by a centralised entity, such as the dollar is controlled by the federal reserve), it has a completely transparent blockchain, meaning everyone knows which wallet transacted with whom, and the amount of Bitcoin on each wallet. 
-
-_TLDR:_ noone can stop your bitcoin transaction, but you can be put in prison for it
-
-**Centralised Exchanges and KYC: Governmental Proxies**
-
-with Bitcoin [everyone knows which wallet is the richest](https://bitinfocharts.com/top-100-richest-bitcoin-addresses.html), all that's left is to put a name on those wallets, to be able to tax them! Governments are pushing hard to regulate centralised exchanges, to implement just that, they want their part of the cake at all costs. 
-
-KYC procedures (Know Your Customer procedures) are a direct threat to:
-
-  1. Your right to remain anonymous
-  2. Your right to privacy
-  3. And by extension, your right to transact
-  4. And by extension, your right of expression
-
-
-
-Centralised exchanges are the current target of choice for regulators. Most of them force their users to have custodial wallets (meaning the wallets with all the customer funds are on the server, not with the client) and so, **their funds can be taken hostage** to force their customers to comply and complete with all the KYC procedures when they get implemented. Feels like central banks isn't it ? **The problem here is centralisation. Why are you using decentralised cryptocurrencies on Centralised platforms in the first place?**
-
-![](2.png)
-
-All public and popular Centralised Exchange are bound to fall to this fate. They will inevitably comply with the governments of their country, Their users will be forced to identify themselves to transact with other users, they will have to identify themselves so that the exchange (and by extension, the government) knows who's got the money, to be able to tax them later on, **and of course if they don't comply, they will be forced out of business one way or the other**.
-
-That's where we are at currently, People have not completely moved away from Centralisation and KYC. But you'll see, as surveillance increases over time and governments try to have as much control as possible over the masses, the need for privacy and anonymity will keep on increasing manyfold.
-
-In the meantime, to find KYC-free services (centralised or not), check out [kycnot.me](https://kycnot.me/), as they put it: **"KYC reveals fear."**
-
-## **The Privacy Cryptocurrency, and Decentralised Exchanges**
-
-**Monero: the Privacy Standard for transactions**
-
-Out of that situation emerged privacy coins, with Monero still at the top to this day ([also known as the only cryptocurrency that's used](https://iv.nowhere.moe/watch?v=YTTac2XjyFY)) is basically a cryptocurrency just like bitcoin, except that it does everything to obscure every info regarding transactions. Basically, it's a nightmare for financial regulators.
-
-![](1.png)
-
-To make it short, it obscures the amount transacted, the ip addresses, who receives the transaction and who sends the transaction, To this day not a single monero transaction has been successfully traced. For more details on Monero, check the infodump [here](https://moneroinfodump.neocities.org/#MoneroIsUntraceable).
-
-Monero's goals differ from what bitcoin has become. It's not to get rich, the goal is to provide transactional privacy, anonymity, and ultimately to be USED as a currency. That is a fundamental difference to the whole bitcoin-fan ecosystem of pump and dump schemes, monero is not meant to be a speculative asset.
-
-More to the point, given the alarming increase of surveillance worldwide, and incoming regulations forced onto everyone, do you seriously think that people will keep trying to use random coins just to get taxed ? **No, eventually only the coins that take privacy and anonymity of it's users as their first priority will remain.** Mark my words; hop on the orange boat, and watch every other currency lose value.
-
-Governments so far have been unable to do anything to stop monero from being transacted. The only thing they can successfully do is to force centralised exchanges to delist it ([example: Binance Delists monero](https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/3817825785186)), but **decentralised currencies don't require centralised exchanges to exist.**
-
-_TLDR:_ Noone can stop your monero transaction and put you in prison for it afterward, unlike bitcoin or any other coin out there.
-
-**Decentralised Exchanges: the next step**
-
-As we have discussed before, Centralisation will always lead to regulations imposed by the government. If on the other hand we have a Decentralised alternative to exchange freely, **the government has to try and regulate the end user directly, multiplying the efforts!**.
-
-![](3.png)
-
-In short, **Cut out the troublesome middle man, and transact with the end user directly**. You can also use semi-centralised platforms such as <https://localmonero.co> that are platforms who incite crypto owners to exchange amongst themselves, a good alternative to use until Decentralised Exchanges (DEXs) are popularized. If you want to check out how to acquire monero on localmonero check out [this tutorial](../monero2024/index.md). (edit: localmonero is no longer in business as of april 2024, moving to haveno DEX is your current only option for direct FIAT -> XMR transactions)
-
-![](4.png)
-
-The next big Decentralized Exchange that's coming soon is [Haveno DEX](https://haveno.exchange) It will combine Monero and Tor to bring complete decentralisation of your finances. When it will be ready for public use, it will only be a matter of time until everyone shifts to a completely decentralised way of transacting. Check out [this tutorial](../haveno-client-f2f/index.md) i made to find out how to use it for Fiat -> XMR transactions.
-

haveno-client-f2f/index.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ In this tutorial we're going to cover how to do a Fiat to Monero trade from the
 
 _Sidenote_ : i don't recommend face-to-face as a payment option of choice, this is just to try out how a basic trade Haveno DEX works!
 
-Before reading through this tutorial, **make sure you understand why Decentralised Exchanges are the next step in Decentralised Finances** in this [blogpost](../finances/index.md) i previously made, so that you have all the context.
+Before reading through this tutorial, **make sure you understand why Decentralised Exchanges are the next step in Decentralised Finances** in this [blogpost](../truecrypto/index.md) i previously made, so that you have all the context.
 
 As we are covering a DEX (Decentralised Exchange), **it means we are not covering how to use a website onto which you are purchasing monero** (like the now defunct Localmonero (RIP)), **we are covering a software that you install on your computer** (hence the Decentralisation in "DEX"), **to trade Peer to Peer (P2P) with the other users.**
 

haveno-sepa/index.md

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ Next, Bob has to pay 13 Euros to the Alice, via a bank transfer (SEPA instant) a
 
 ![](12.png)
 
-_Sidenote:_ Tying back to my [explanation](../finances/index.md) on why Decentralised exchanges are going to be very costly to an adversary that wants to deanonymize users, **the adversary would have to massively fund offers in monero, and loose their side of the security deposit each time, in an attempt to try and regulate the end user directly** , that's way harder than just knocking on a centralised exchange owner's door to ask him to / force him to deanonymize his entire userbase for the adversary. This is where the Haveno DEX multiplies potential adversaries' efforts manyfold compared to centralised exchanges.
+_Sidenote:_ Tying back to my [explanation](../truecrypto/index.md) on why Decentralised exchanges are going to be very costly to an adversary that wants to deanonymize users, **the adversary would have to massively fund offers in monero, and loose their side of the security deposit each time, in an attempt to try and regulate the end user directly** , that's way harder than just knocking on a centralised exchange owner's door to ask him to / force him to deanonymize his entire userbase for the adversary. This is where the Haveno DEX multiplies potential adversaries' efforts manyfold compared to centralised exchanges.
 
 So here Bob can follow [this procedure to do the sepa instant transfer](https://iv.nowhere.moe/watch?v=77uw4rkcRsY); he goes on his banking application to add Alice Liddell as a third-party account using **her IBAN** (see example IBANs per country in the EU [here](https://developer.readyremit.com/docs/ibans)), and then he sends her the 13 euros as a transaction between private individuals, using the instant transaction feature provided by his Bank.
 

truecrypto/index.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
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 author: XMRonly
-date: 2025-05-30
+date: 2025-05-26
 gitea_url: "http://git.nowherejezfoltodf4jiyl6r56jnzintap5vyjlia7fkirfsnfizflqd.onion/nihilist/blog-contributions/issues/95"
 xmr: 8AHNGepbz9844kfCqR4aVTCSyJvEKZhtxdyz6Qn8yhP2gLj5u541BqwXR7VTwYwMqbGc8ZGNj3RWMNQuboxnb1X4HobhSv3
 ---
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@ Compare this with Monero and we see a stark difference. Despite governments' bes
 
 Once we've established the characteristics of the TradFi system and the problems that arise in it from the centralization and government control, we can conclude that Bitcoin is not the answer. Making fiat gains is not a worthwhile endeavor once its inferior qualities are brought to light. The true goal of cryptocurrencies is to replace fiat altogether and Monero is uniquely positioned to accomplish this. Permissionless, unstoppable digital cash, that is both easy to use and cheap to transact with succeeds in undermining the State's control over people's personal finances.
 
-![](arrow.png)
-
 ## Exchanges: Centralized or Decentralized?
 
 There are many ways of acquiring Monero such as mining, performing work in exchange for it, and selling goods/services. The simplest method involves just buying it in exchange for fiat and this is where people turn to exchanges. Different exchanges operate in different manners so choosing the right one is integral to your OPSEC.
@@ -70,4 +68,4 @@ As we've seen, the TradFi System is fraught with problems and is easily manipula
 
     If a private crypto came out first, like Monero, then a transparent coin like Bitcoin came out later, how would people react? 
     
-    Why would I want my transactions to be transparent?
+    Why would I want my transactions to be transparent?

vpn/index.md

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Bob goes on mullvad.net to purchase the VPN (which is 5 euros monthly)
 
 ![](2.png) ![](3.png) ![](4.png) ![](5.png)
 
-Here Bob can pay with various means. For ease of use he can pay using his credit card for example, but as we'll see in later tutorials on [decentralised finances](../finances/index.md), [Monero](../monero2024/index.md) is the ideal payment choice for financial privacy.
+Here Bob can pay with various means. For ease of use he can pay using his credit card for example, but as we'll see in later tutorials on [decentralised finances](../truecrypto/index.md), [Monero](../monero2024/index.md) is the ideal payment choice for financial privacy.
 
 So Bob pays for the VPN, then his account has time added: