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A short announcement Unfortunately, due to some currently unknown issues, the accessing of some services on this site is not currently possible. These services are: Monero Node Peertube These services will be down until further notice.

Today I decided to open my Monero node for public access. It is accessible port 18080 p2p, 18081 rpc, and 18084 zmq via the domains themcgovern.net and mcgovern7dgred44sj754dqvjlj26ri2fmalo6fsoj2p2nlczijeguad.onion. I am also considering starting up an LTC node as well, as LTC is a pretty good way of getting in to Monero via crypto ATM. Hope this is just one of many more public services to come!

Bitcoin Lightning Bitcoin Lightning is a L2 network of (a network built on top of) Bitcoin that tries to solve some of the issues associated with Bitcoin1. It is very popular with Bitcoiners and Nostr users, being a part of the Nostr protocol and it’s culture 2. Why? That’s a good question as it’s pretty subpar compared to other cryptocurrencies. This will be explored in the article The Many Flaws of Bitcoin We all know Bitcoin.

Configuring Mullvad (or any OpenVPN service) I get it, you want to download your Linux ISOs in peace. However, there may be some issues. For example, certain countries block access to based Linux distributions such as Qubes OS or Tails. To circumvent this, you can use a VPN. However, for various reasons, you may not want to route your traffic through the VPN as well. This is where split tunneling comes in.

The Announcement As you may have heard, LocalMonero announced recently (May 7th, 2024) that they decided to shutdown. This announcement was abrupt, with all new sign-ups and ad postings being disabled with the release of the announcement. Trades will be disabled May 14th 2024, 1 week after the announcement. The reasons for closure was “due to a combination of internal and external factors”. The maintainers of the site seem to be hopeful that DEXs and atomic swaps will allow for continues private purchase methods for Monero.

Hello! This is my cool site where I will post stuff. This site is generated by Hugo with the theme no-js-hugo-theme. Some useful tools Here are some cool things that I have been messing with lately Get IP from command line curl "https://api.ipify.org" Outputs IP as x.x.x.x on a new line Play radio stations If you have the call sign of a broadcasting radio station, you can play it by mpving the URL.