Nice message, but if you want to reach newbies you need to have "xmr" or "getmonero.org" text somewhere.
LobYonder
The US dollar has lost about 98% of it's value since 1971 yet people still use it in trade rather than gold or silver or a better fiat like Swiss Franc. Don't underestimate the power of inertia. Just because USD has inflation problems doesn't mean XMR is about to take off. It will take hyperinflation or a currency crisis and even then better-known cryptos like BTC or LTC will be the first choice for normies.
Sure there are some extremists in almost every political faction, but were his comments denounced by others in his party?
I'm curious how he passed on the seed words to you. Did he write it down, give you the password for a password manager, put the info in his Will, transfer to your wallet address, or give you a hardware wallet? Did he just trust you with access to his computer data before he died?
So I installed Gossip, created an identity but did not publish it, and added some relays and followed your public key. Now Settings says my "public key not set" while Account>Keys says "ready to sign events" and your follow says "relay list not found" and Inbox is empty. What else do I need to do?
If averages are published by a reputable website, shops can choose to use the average rather than "spot" price. In any case as XMR is more frequently exchanged for more stable goods or assets, the natural actions of buyers and seller will moderate fluctuations. However if you create a trading platform to trade averages vs spot prices that will tend to increase volatility, as short-term speculators benefit from volatility.
I already have done some rough work on the idea and have a bit of an idea what a good spec would look like.
Can you expand on that? Is the idea being actively discussed/developed anywhere?
KYC is being used by many businesses as a convenient gatekeeping tool
The more important point is that the state has the gatekeeping and tracking power, they can see your transactions and refuse access because of "suspicious activity". The business is just "complying with regulations". If it was a business decision you could just find another.
Would you exchange your newly-mined BTC for the same amount from a MtGox or other theft?
There's a problem with audio balance towards the end (left channel only at 3:40). It would be a longer video but you could go into more OpSec - cookies/browsers, 2FA and password managers
I currently use newpipe-sponsorblock on f-droid, which looks like a precursor/sibling/fork from tubular