#MonoclesChat will be available for free on the Google Playstore starting this December 24th and up to the 31st ! So get your friends and family together and don't miss out on the opportunity to install and onboard them in one of the most beautiful and featureful #XMPP clients available on Android! Give them the best present ever: set them free from invasive, data harvesting, centralized IM networks!

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=monocles+chat&c=apps

#RunJBR #PrivacyIsAHumanRight #DigitalSovereignty #Decentralization

Are you coming to #39C3 this year? We'd love to see you there!

https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/secure-offline-communications-whats-next

Edit: Find us on day 2 at 15:45 in the lovely @HouseOfTea.

#briar #mesh #p2p #meshtastic #qaul #bridgefy #tor #decentralization

Fascinating thread on #Signal, #XMPP, #OMEMO, #Federation, #Decentralization, #Privacy, and the like:

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@NebulaTide/115572746047132036

cc: @NebulaTide

@anthropy nah.

I still think that relying on a #SinglePointOfFailure is bad:

Whether that #SOPF is a Raspberry Pi in a closet or overprced #GAFAM cloud is irrelevant for that matter...

• Tho sloppy self-hosting doesn't compromize others in their availability, so no, do a #CloudExit!

#SelfHosting #Decentralization

#Coinbase's "Base" #blockchain went down when #AWS failed.

#Base is pure decentralization theater. there is no decentralization, there's just a buzzword you can now throw out any time you don't want to comply with financial regulations.

#buildOnBase #crypto #decentralization #cryptocurrency #BrianArmstrong

Alt...

Woman: Base is decentralized Man: Be honest Woman: Base is progressively decentralized Man: be honest woman: base runs on AWS man: thank you

Half of the internet shuts down while the Fediverse is unaffected. You love to see it.

#fediverse #aws #internet #decentralization

More #Bluesky #drama for you

Someone was suspended

Death threats? Plain criticism? I didn't investigate

But:

The suspension affects #Blacksky as well

All this talk about the *promise* of #decentralization

But that is not the reality

Cultists buy the promise and ignore the reality

Come to #Mastodon / #Fediverse

Oh we have drama too

Some instances suspend out of capricious bullshit, a Spanish Inquisition

But you still have reach:

We are truly #decentralized

https://bsky.app/profile/gregpak.net/post/3m2htgspjkc26

Alt...

Greg Pak ‪@gregpak.net‬ keeping an eye on this, too ‪Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc)‬ ‪@shengokai.blacksky.app‬ · 1d Suspending Link after he pointed out the how following Jonathan Chait after being accused of transphobia does not allow you to beat the transphobia allegations. In fact, it does the opposite. To be clear: suspending Link was certainly a choice. And we know what KIND of choice it is. October 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM Some people can reply 13 reposts 105 likes 1 13 ‪Greg Pak‬ ‪@gregpak.net‬ · 1d As @aliafonzy.blacksky.app notes, Link is on Blacksky. But being banned by Bluesky has resulted in his account disappearing from Blacksky as well. We're still several steps away from having the ability to escape deficient Bluesky moderation by moving to another server. bsky.app/profile/alia... ‪Aveta👾🇭🇹‬ ‪@aliafonzy.blacksky.app‬ · 1d Here is his account on BlackSky. He shows as suspended too. I use the BlackSky app view. Screenshot of Blacksky social media interface showing an error page.

Behold! The net cop gives expensive advice! You are basically requiring that I pay for yet another ERC20 cryptocurrency token just to send text messages.

From the Autonomi site:

"WHEN SOMEONE (A PERSON OR A COLLECTIVE) UPLOADS DATA THEY PAY A FEE TO DO SO."

"+1 Million tokens on offer for early contributors."

"MaidSafe are the team behind Autonomi ..."

Newscard has several selling points:

0. It's not for sale. Try that with Autonomi, Maidsafe, and a thousand others.
1. It is free, unlike your suggested cryptocurrency pump.
2. My solution is simple and elegant - naming small text files for retrieval.
3. Newscard uses existing infrastructure already in operation for decades.
4. Many mature client softwares and terminal emulators already exist for the task.
5. Newscard doesn't require investment or payment.
6. Newscard doesn't have an integrated, useless payment system.
7. Newscard is ANONYMOUS and uses The Onion Network by default.
8. Users won't lose their money when using Newscard.

And my Newscard solution doesn't require taking zillions of dollars from people who will likely never see a return on their token investment. Storage token sale schemes are a dime a dozen. I can't believe you think I have the credulity to swallow such a scheme.

For almost two decades running countless crews have claimed that they will, 'decentralize the Internet' if you give them your money.

Newsflash: The Internet already is decentralized. Decentralization is a basic part of the design of the Internet. It already routes around damage and censorship by default. Why do I need to pay for a crypto token for something that already exists? Decentralized Usenet has been in continuous operation for decades. I'm already using the 'decentralized Internet' for the Newscard protocol. I've been using the 'decentralized Internet' since forever! It doesn't need to be decentralized by crypto pump schemes. The Internet is already decentralized.

So we already have a decentralized Internet where data storage is abundant and cheap. And these token pumpers want to set themselves up as gatekeepers so we have to pay them to get the tokens to store our data. That is not decentralization. That is the essence of a centralized monetary gatekeeper!

You accused me of misusing Usenet. Yet I am only doing what people have done with Usenet for decades--posting encrypted messages. I'm not misusing Usenet. You're misusing my patience for cryptocurrency dumps and re-hashed token sales strategies.

#CryptoCurrency #Tokens #Decentralization #Usenet #NNTP #Internet #Censorship #Blockchain