April 6th. Today is my fourth day holding Monero. I only have 1.09 Monero, which I bought at 322. Let me tell you where I'm from; I'm from China. The regulations here are very strict. VPNs are not allowed, and of course, even mining is prohibited. Things have loosened a bit now because cryptocurrency is considered your private property as long as you don't participate in money laundering. Would you like to learn more about China? Feel free to ask me.
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Hi everyone, because this place offers better privacy, I've decided to start writing my diary here today.
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Yes, I am very interested about China
Is there any kind of p2p community?
What role do fiatcoins play?
Is it possible to talk about Monero in Chinese social media without shadowban?
Interesting! I am also curious about this. Are you able to access and use a VPN, or is it not possible at all? If it is being used, how does it get detected?
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@Unstirred probably some IP range bans and deep packet inspection. VPN protocols seldom have obfuscation built-in.
This QUIC encapsulation approach from Mullvad is probably the coolest I've seen so far.
Realistically, if you're targeted at all, it will be obvious that you're using a VPN via metadata like having one single connection with a lot of consistent traffic. In these hostile cases, Tor is really your only bet, it's made to resist this degree of censorship.
Most entry nodes are likely blocked, but bridges are certainly an option.
@Unstirred For the technicallities see this talk:
"39C3 - A Tale of Two Leaks: How Hackers Breached the Great Firewall of China "
+1 I'm interested if any stable coins have found use day to day in china?
a website I like (unifans) markets itself as a patreon type site catering towards chinese creators, and has payouts via USDT, which made me curious
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I'm also interested in this, specifically your reasoning behind wanting to use Monero in your country.
I find the different reasons people from different regions choose Monero to be quite interesting. Looking forward to this thread.
@wanq "Some people" are using the "money laundering" as justification to ban cryptocurrencies,especially the ones focused on privacy,but of course this is just a big lie! Money laundering is still done with "classical methods" at 99,9% !
@ancap_objectivist and @esna7, I appreiciate the feedback. Living in world that isn't censored, to some degree, it's amazing to find someone who is in that world and their story. Let's get somone from North Korea or Turkmenistan!
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Hi everyone, today is April 7th. I've seen a lot of replies, which I find quite interesting. I enjoy talking to strangers because I don't know you, and you don't know me. So, I tend to tell the truth more often than not.
I didn't buy Monero today. I have a job and a family, but I'm currently away from home for some reasons to do some things in a coastal city in China (we can talk about this later).
The cost of living in this city is very high; I'll have to spend a lot of money on rent and living expenses. If I still have some spare cash by the end of the month, I'll buy more Monero.
- Reply to esna7. There are actually very few P2P communities (as far as I know), because I'm also looking for them.
We don't have "fiat currency" here, nor do we have any fiat currency like USDT.
I'm chatting with you guys via a Tor link right now. Without taking any precautions, I have no way of accessing this site, not even through Google.
Replying to unstirred. I can buy a VPN to access general websites such as YouTube and Google. It's quite interesting that the government is currently cracking down on VPNs like never before. Reports indicate that 80 million people in China use VPNs daily, and the government is now intensifying its crackdown on data centers. I know nothing about technology, but the truth is, as long as you don't discuss politics in the outside world, nothing will happen.
Reply to ancap_objectibist: Yes, that's right. I usually use the VPN protocol when I'm not posting, and I use Tor when I need to post. Recently, I learned about a more private one called i2p, but I tried it and it's very difficult; I'm not very good at it.
Reply to esna7: Okay, I'll take a look.
Reply to avarice: Are you referring to stablecoins like USDT? If so, I think there definitely isn't one. In 2022, the government tried something called "digital yuan," but as far as I know, it failed because it wasn't very useful.
Reply to rhea: Okay, I will.
Replying to h1xmr: Bitcoin achieves the inviolability of private property, and Monero achieves privacy. I really like that feeling; it's cool, punk, and I like low noise.
Replying to orhan7: Yes, that's right. What I mean is that as long as the source of your coin or token is clean and traceable on the blockchain, then your coin or token is legal and won't be confiscated. However, if someone steals your token or coin, the police won't get involved. In short, the government doesn't object to you holding it, but if you lose it or it's stolen or robbed, the government won't help. They say it's not protected by any law.
Reply to unstirred: Okay
Also, I translated everything because I don't speak English, so please forgive any translation issues.