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Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Unknown69841 - Jan 20, 2021
This is a Little tutorial/Guide on how to Maintain Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO
Operating Systems
- Tails OS with maximum security (https://tails.boum.org)
- Qubes OS in a VM in a hardend Linux enviroment (https://www.qubes-os.org/)
Computer Security
- VeraCrypt Full disk encryption (Only as safe as your Password) https://www.veracrypt.fr/
- Tails or Tor as a Proxy (Start Tor browser and configure 127.0.0.1:9050 as Proxy in your Network settings)
- Check any devices/usbs plugged and only store your wallet keys in a Live os
- TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER WHILE NOT USING IT!
Virtual Private Networks
- Delete all VPNs they are useless for Security/Anonymity (For the specific Threat model I talk about VPNs are usefull for country/website blocking)
Monero Wallets
I will not cover ANY web/mobile/ wallets cause these are unsafe as you need to trust a Third-Party storing your Private Keys and Ip´s/KYC information. I also wont cover Hardware wallets in this thread.
- Official Monero GUI wallet (https://getmonero.org/)
- Featherwallet (Featherwallet.org) (Beta)
How to install these wallets on Tails here is a guide: http://www.xmrguide42y34onq.onion/tails
Remote/Local Full Nodes and how to use them
There are many ways to connect to the monero Blockchain over Nodes, Remote nodes are the most used once cause its convinient to only need to connect to a other persons server which already downloaded the whole blockchain so there is no need to download it yourself.
Remote nodes are seriously dangerous cause you need to trust a Third-Party for handling your Transactions.
Only use them while transfering "Clean" funds and only use Hidden Service Remote nodes! (List of remote Nodes)
Now there are 2 more options,
First one is to host a remote node yourself so its completely in your own hands. There are projects like PiNode XMR which allow you to do that pretty easy with a cheap 50$ Rasperry Pi 4 (https://github.com/monero-ecosystem/PiNode-XMR)
The other option is to download the whole Blockchain(Curerntly 68GB) yourself and import it into your Wallet(Works on both Feather and Monero GUI) a nice tutorial on how to do that on Tails is here.
Buying and Selling Monero
This is by far the most difficult way cause many agencies and goverments are trying to ban all Monero exchanges
cause Monero is private and its threatening their system of survilliance. I made a list a couple of days ago which covers the most secure and convinient Exchanges for buying/Selling Monero for Fiat and Cryptocurrency.
Also there is a list on xmrguide here: http://xmrguide42y34onq.onion
Crypto <-> Monero Exchanges No KYC:
https://www.morphtoken.com/ | No Tor | No Login <- Banning Tor exit nodes now
http://xmr.to/nojs | Tor | No Login <- Good for buying somewhere with bitcoin but not having to touch it.
http://eludemailxhnqzfmxehy3bk5guyhlxbun...n/exchange | Tor | No Login
http://xchangen24yn24b6.onion/ | Tor | No Login
https://sideshift.ai/xmr/btc | Tor | No Login
https://xchange.me/ | Tor | No Login
Fiat <-> Monero Exchanges KYC:
https://www.kraken.com/ | No Tor | Login <- Good for buying with Fiat currency
Crypto <-> Monero Exchanges KYC:
https://classic.shapeshift.com/#/coins | No Tor | Login
All <-> Monero P2P No KYC:
https://localmonero.co/ | Tor | Login
https://bisq.network/ | Tor | Login <- My Favorite its decentralized :D
- "Tor" means the service does not block tor exit nodes completely I dont mean the service is a hidden service
- "No Login" means that the site doesnt require email or anything to login.
Monero Mining Pools
Mining Monero is a very simple and lucrative thing to do, but many poeple suffer at the point of finding a Pool
that is Secure, Private and doesnt ban at high Hashrate/Miner numbers.
For trying to hide Miner-Statuses/Ip´s and numbers there is a Tool called xmrig-proxy which routes all of your miners through one central server of yours. I made a simple and fast tutorial on how to set this up a couple of days ago if you wanna go check it out click here.
So that was my little Tut on how to handle as Monero safe and secure as possible if you got any other things to add please let me know, also a disclamer:
I do not try to help ANYONE with ANY Blackhat activity and this Tutorial is not for any Illigal purposes!
Actually I already wrote this once but clicked F5 So I had to write it again FML
Sorry for the bad english, I hope you still enjoy :D
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RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - trashy - Jan 20, 2021
thanks dude thats what I needed :D
RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Unknown69841 - Jan 20, 2021
(Jan 20, 2021 01:50 AM)trashy Wrote: thanks dude thats what I needed :D
Im happy that I could help you a little bit,
if you got any questions just pm me :D
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RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Hopsin - Jan 20, 2021
Nice thread, bookmarking this as favorite.
Good job mate.
RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Unknown69841 - Jan 20, 2021
(Jan 20, 2021 03:30 AM)Hopsin Wrote: Nice thread, bookmarking this as favorite.
Good job mate.
Thank you very much im happy that poeple like it,
also here a quick video for anyone who isnt into Monero yet.
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RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Capital Bra - Jan 21, 2021
Thank you for this info.
I just tried https://sideshift.ai/ and it worked without any problems. No Sign up, No KYC and the fees are also very good.
RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Unknown69841 - Jan 21, 2021
(Jan 21, 2021 11:09 AM)Capital Bra Wrote: Thank you for this info.
I just tried https://sideshift.ai/ and it worked without any problems. No Sign up, No KYC and the fees are also very good.
It does!
Btw do you talk german? Cause I do and I see you have a Berlin Rapper as your name lmao.
Thanks for the reply and the rep :D
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RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - ๖ۣۜDødgygeez - Jan 22, 2021
Appreciate this thread. Very high quality, thanks for sharing.
RE: Monero security GUIDE - Maintaining Privacy and Security while handling with MONERO - Unknown69841 - Jan 22, 2021
Added https://changenow.io/ for no KYC exchange