• Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        4 months ago

        It is the choice of criminals especially drug trade because it is privacy focused and removes the need to transport a lot of money over borders

      • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        3
        ·
        4 months ago

        Haha. It’s an inside joke from the person who made this post. OP is, i believe, a Bitcoin guy who has interacted with the Monero community

        Since you asked, Monero is a privacy-focused cryptocurrency. You can buy some cool stuff online with it, like 1 month VPN access from Mullvad, using https://xmrbazaar.com which is an eBay like site which accepts monero, and VPS and domain names through njal.la

        Definitely a pretty niche thing but it’s a growing community. We don’t show up much on the internet because of the privacy-focused thing; we don’t really frequent twitter, etc, although some do.

          • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            4 months ago

            Your welcome 😊 I tend not to bring up crypto outside the crypto community (except when it’s an inside joke) because of the scammy connotations. And there’s definitely a lot more scams out there that promise you the world than real, grassroots projects. I’ve binged a lot of Coffeezilla on youtube, he has very good and entertaining coverage on crypto scams :)

    • aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      Please dont downvote thinking it’s a crypto troll reply. It’s an inside joke because OP has replied to my posts on Monero in the past :-)