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[–]noice 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

I can help you use Monero if you'd like. I've never had problems with the official Monero wallet, but I imagine a pain point may be that it wants you to run a full node and download the full blockchain to use it. I believe you can set it to a public node to avoid that - you lose some privacy in theory but you might feel OK with a node that's trusted by the community or something.

For converting XMR to BTC, I'd suggest TradeOgre. It's got very low fees since it's a trading platform, there's no KYC requirement, and they list BTC-XMR pair (including plenty of other BTC pairs).

Cakewallet is a self-custodial phone app wallet that is very simple to use and has both BTC and XMR wallet functionality. It uses a remote node that Cakewallet owns, but you can change it to a different one if you want to.

There are other suggestions here: getmonero.org

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for the advice and the links. Maybe we'll give it a try someday soon, once everything else is settled and I have some extra free time. Things are probably better now than back when I tried it.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Saved.

I/we may need some help with crypto stuff.
(/s/Cassy + /s/Projex + /s/StandUpWindsor + more.)

[–]noice 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Would be glad to help!

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Would be glad to help!

I have a few ideas.

You can make instructional posts on /s/cryptocurrency that address crypto, crowdsourcing, and fundraising, then ping me, and I can copypasta to https://Projex.Wiki/wiki/Crowdsourcing and mirror it to WikiSpooks and InfoGalactic.

You can email, PM me, or whatever then I can copypasta to https://Projex.Wiki/wiki/Crowdsourcing and mirror it to WikiSpooks and InfoGalactic.

Or you can join https://Projex.Wiki and work on pages. You can start wiki pages, post the links on SaidIt, and ask for help filling them out - or just share when you're done without collaboration.

It's up to you.

If all goes well without distractions, today I'll migrate the lists of /s/DecentralizeAllThings/wiki to Projex.Wiki, and maybe start the Crowdsourcing article and Tech Alternatives (/s/technology/comments/8x88/projexwiki_will_be_starting_a_list_of_tech/).

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

At some point soon I'm going to try to start crowdsource fundraising for several groups needing support:

1) Global causes and communications (ie. SaidIt, WikiSpooks, Projex, future /s/Cassy decentralized platforms, etc.)

2) Canadian causes (ie. truckers, protestors, White Flag Society, etc.)

3) Windsor causes (ie. Windsor Freedom Rallies, Sanctuary Café, local activism, urban gardening classes, Windsor alt comms, Green Room, White Flag Society, etc.)

4) My projects and causes (ie. replace my stolen bags, banner/sign/sticker/t-shirt projects, gear wish lists, podcasts and videos, better food, etc.)

All of this also needs a system to be FOTPACH (fair, open, transparent, peaceful, accountable, consistent, honest) as well as enduring, flexible, resilient, safe, secure, and tyranny-proof.

Now that I've typed all this out I wonder if this should be a post.

[–]noice 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't remember if there is a crowdfunding service that uses Monero or not. I want to say so but I may've been hallucinating.

When it comes to using crypto to transfer money to a community, I think then who controls the wallet can become controversial and cause problems, since it's usually 1 or a few people. This could be the case if you just use crypto without any crowdfunding service infrastructure. That said, Monero is awesome in that if you publish a private view key, you can demonstrate proof of receipt of all of the funds. Then there would have to be some system of accountability by the organization receiving that money, so that it's allocated FOTPACHly (lol). Once the money is in the hands of the organization, then Monero's untraceable nature becomes kind of a double-edged sword, because it's harder for the crowd to know if it's being used responsibly, but it also makes it resistant to tyrranical forces.