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I2P is essential to increase Monero's robustness

Hi guys!
Good morning/afternoon/evening!

I believe that Monero needs I2P to become more immutable and private (Tor is good, but not perfect, Sam Bent has shown that the Tor browser has problems and very suspicious developers, and we hope that the Tor network does not suffer from this, but we must always take precaution, especially that Tor depends on government funding, this can be a problem for many), my ideas are to put the most critical infrastructure on I2P, this infrastructure is:

  • getmonero.org

x.com/monero

  • Haveno-Reto / RetoSwap.com

x.com/HavenoDEX/

x.com/RetoSwap

simplex.chat/contact/#%2F%3Fv=2-7&smp=smp%3A%2F%2…

  • monero.com Wallet (and CupCake cold wallet), Stack Wallet, Monerujo (and SideKick cold wallet)

x.com/stack_wallet

support@cakewallet.com

www.instagram.com/cakewallet/

twitter.com/MoneroCom

mailto:help@monerujo.io

x.com/monerujowallet

github.com/layters/testshop

x.com/xmrbazaar

matrix.to/#/#xmr-bazaar:monero.social

contact@xmrbazaar.com

So what can we do?

What we can do:

  • go on X (formerly Twitter) and other project social networks (and contact via e-mail and SimpleX), Monero Wallets and Haveno-Reto/RetoSwap.com and spread this to more Monero-based projects.

Example message:

“Hello! Me and the Monero community would like to support the implementation of I2P to the ecosystem, to make the ecosystem even more robust and resistant to nation-state attacks, and since insert project name is part of the ecosystem, we want it to have greater implementation of I2P, this will be seen with great encouragement by the community, so if you want to help DISCENTRALIZED, FUNGIBLE MONEY AND TRANSFORM FINANCIAL FREEDOM, then use I2P as a way for us to increase the resilience of the Monero network.”

I hope to see getmonero.org on I2P soon ;)

A few more things I’d like to see on getmonero.org:

Thanks to read!

To all developers of #FOSS:

I'm interested in your experiences and opinions of funding #FOSS. How to maintain freedom and secure financial stability.

Which strategies work, which don't? Like: grants from public institutions, donations from companies, donations from users, subscription models, ad revenue, sponsors, etc. etc.
What are your experiences with those strategies?

And: Do you think an anonymous payment system like #GNUTaler, along with its anonymous subscription service capabilities, could be helpful and to what degree?

What other ideas do you have?

I'm looking forward to answers, comments and shares!

@oec

Do you think an anonymous payment system like #GNUTaler, along with its anonymous subscription service capabilities, could be helpful and to what degree?

Taler is not anonymous. In the past, this fact was stated on their main page, but it seems that they removed the text. Instead, they now advertise the system as taxable: "when using Taler, merchant's revenue is transparent for tax collection authorities". Which means, our confidential transaction data can be viewed by anyone who is considered an authority and can be leaked at any moment. It is like end-to-end encryption with a backdoor.

An example of a truly anonymous payment system is #Monero, which protects senders and recipients equally. I use it to receive donations to my FOSS projects, it's a great tool.