Lemmy comes second to Reddit with userbase and have better third party clients. I would stick with Monero.town
Monero
This is the lemmy community of Monero (XMR), a secure, private, untraceable currency that is open-source and freely available to all.
Wallets
Android (Cake Wallet) / (Monero.com)
iOS (Cake Wallet) / (Monero.com)
Instance tags for discoverability:
Monero, XMR, crypto, cryptocurrency
Bastyon already has ~1 million users and it is not a replacement for lemmy, it is more of a twitter style social media platform with video.
Why Bastyon over Mastodon or nostr?
Bastyon has monetization built in.
It has video hosting capability.
Content moderation performed by users not node owners, clear rules defined node operators cannot arbitrarily ban users.
Encrypted private chat.
Not many BTC maxi’s, much more users.
Easy to use apps available and usable in browser.
Not reliant on DNS
A lot of these pros are either not actually needed, or already in Lemmy. I don't see a problem with making a Monero community on Bastyon, but for me, the fact I can see what the Monero community is up to from Lemmy.ml or Mastodon is all I need (and something Bastyon does not provide)
problems:
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inherits full graph anal from BTC: but instead of money your complete private life is profiled
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dev tax of 5% (concealed in docs): this is a scam if the token rises in value
If you want a more decentralized system + with strong privacy and anonymity, we should use nostr communities instead where anyone can create throaway npubs and you can access it from any nostr website, not being stuck to a single domain:
Maybe something like Stacker News but with nostr and piconeros. I'm ok of the freedom of speech aspect of nostr but the Bitcoin Maxi gatekeeping turns me off. Can we fork or clone from SN?
There is only one Nostr self-custody key solution I'm aware of, and only 1 guy makes commits to it, and only about once per month.
Nostr keys are almost 100% custodial.
y wouldnt we just use nostr?
Do you know a way for me to use NOSTR without using a lightning wallet for verification?
Bastyon has monetization built in.
It has video hosting capability.
Content moderation performed by users not node owners, clear rules defined node operators cannot arbitrarily ban users.
Encrypted private chat.
Not many BTC maxi's, much more users.
Easy to use apps available and usable in browser.
I read the Bastyon FAQ, and it actually looks really interesting due to this...
> "Moderators for content are chosen randomly using a lottery on the blockchain to avoid any kind of mob rule."
Mastodon sucks because Marxists brigade Reality off the instances. Nostr sucks because the battle to keep out CSAM is endless.
I will participate this Fall when I have more time, just to see how this "Moderation by Lottery" experiment works out. 🙂
yes, interesting concept, hope it works to keep the place somewhat clean.
Make your account so it builds up reputation over time then your votes have more weight, I believe.
Requirements for running a full node:
• Your computer has at least 50 GB empty space on your SSD
• Your computer has at least 2 GB free RAM
• Your internet speed is at least 10 Mb/sec
Sounds reasonable. Anybody here to do this ?
I started one up just to play around and it is still syncing after days and is it already @ 100GB, so they need to update their docs.