About Me

My name is Seth, and I’ve started this blog to give me a space for longer-form analysis, thought, and content.

My aim overall is to educate and learn more myself about where technology and privacy meet, and am deeply enthusiastic about the ability these technologies grant people to take back control of their data, and more broadly, their digital lives.

I am a site reliability engineer by day, but have fallen down the privacy and cryptocurrency rabbit holes as of late and will be focusing my posts on those two topics.

How To Contact Me

  • Twitter - @sethforprivacy
  • Matrix - @sethsimmons:monero.social
  • Threema - WBAAN4ZA
  • Cwtch- eitasbh6bzqpwyrzlu67bb2pygqba34yxertepupyvuuukvgwfofdyyd
  • Email - seth@sethforprivacy.com

PGP Key

Fingerprint:

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CTemplar PGP key

My primary email provider is CTemplar, and I use their generated PGP key for signing (not encrypting) emails I send from that account (starting Nov 2nd, 2021).

To validate an email is from me, please ensure the following PGP key is used to sign said email:

Fingerprint:

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Full PGP key:

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PGP-verified identities

Below you can find verification of this DNS domain, my Github profile, my Matrix profile, and my Twitter account, all signed via PGP:

https://keyoxide.org/55eec39e2efdd3740f94dffb6b9791c6214d1e57

My Community Resources

Opt Out, a FOSS and privacy-focused podcast

Opt Out is a podcast where I sit down with passionate people to learn why privacy matters to them, the tools and techniques they’ve found and leveraged, and where we encourage and inspire others towards personal privacy and data-sovereignty.

Check out my announcement blog post for more info, at the new WIP site dev.optoutpod.com, or at the podcast’s current website at optoutpod.com.

I also host a Peertube mirror of all Opt Out videos at https://videos.optoutpod.com.

Status page for all of my community resources

Go to https://status.sethforprivacy.com (Tor: http://rtafhojj2atlfi74oidwiwmjwn3kqcpp7dlugiw3aonlhkfpc3vipeyd.onion) to see the uptime and any outages associated with the services that I run.

Privacy-preserving front-ends and tools

Privacy-preserving chat servers

  • Cwtch Group Server (Private p2p messenger)

    • Address: cwtch:urwm3dqkvnui45dys4zgawe5htkksbvngxwklfeocfos5tk2vqy2y7yd.onion

    • Server bundle:

      server:eyJLZXlzIjp7ImJ1bGxldGluX2JvYXJkX29uaW9uIjoidXJ3bTNkcWt2bnVpNDVkeXM0emdhd2U1aHRra3Nidm5neHdrbGZlb2Nmb3M1dGsydnF5Mnk3eWQiLCJwcml2YWN5X3Bhc3NfcHVibGljX2tleSI6ImZOSGRDZ3A2S0l5RFkwL0Z3UHFGdm9pVnBDMkxYQ1EzaTNDV0NlYnkrd3c9IiwidG9rZW5fc2VydmljZV9vbmlvbiI6ImN5anN6emxxY2w2Z2c0Z2lkNGhhank0bzZ4ejVvazR3Mnc3dHl5Y21qbmR0M2xnd2xtNjNzY3lkIn0sIlNpZ25hdHVyZSI6IlViN2NpSFA3OS82ZWh6MDRvbmIwZHR0bWlMbUNtSDhpMk9rd3FicjlGcU1ka3E3dWY5TXo2WHhrZG9LQlpabzlkUkJFbExCYXRUSUJKcHBGZWJ5SkRnPT0ifQ==

    • More info: https://git.openprivacy.ca/cwtch.im/server

  • Matrix - Coming soon!

High-Performance Monero Nodes

I host two high-performance Monero nodes that are free to use for anyone, both as a p2p peer and a remote RPC for wallet usage:

  • RPC (use this address in your wallet for a remote node):
    • node.sethforprivacy.com
      • Port 18089
    • node2.sethforprivacy.com
      • Port 18089
    • sfprpc5klzs5vyitq2mrooicgk2wcs5ho2nm3niqduvzn5o6ylaslaqd.onion
      • Port 18089
    • sfprpc2fws6ltnq4hyr7lvpul3nank5layd7q7tyc5h4gy4h77gtabad.onion
      • Port 18089
  • p2p:
    • node.sethforprivacy.com
      • Port 18080
    • node2.sethforprivacy.com
      • Port 18080
    • sfpp2p7wnfjv3lrvfan4jmmkvhnbsbimpa3cqyuf7nt6zd24xhcqcsyd.onion
      • Port 18080
    • sfpp2p2tlgpsjxygeknkkfq4ho5uco56zvp2whn7bz2v7xbyqoslofqd.onion
      • Port 18080

Tor Relay/Guard Node

I also host a Tor relay/guard node, available at the below address:

Atomic Swap Rendezvous Node

The current atomic swap protocol provided by COMIT network uses rendezvous nodes as decentralized servers for discovering swap partners, offers, etc.

I run one of these nodes that you can use to discover current sellers of Monero, and you can use it as shown below:

Rendezvous node:

  • /dnsaddr/swap.sethforprivacy.com/p2p/12D3KooWCULyZKuV9YEkb6BX8FuwajdvktSzmMg4U5ZX2uYZjHeu
./swap list-sellers --rendezvous-point /dnsaddr/swap.sethforprivacy.com/p2p/12D3KooWCULyZKuV9YEkb6BX8FuwajdvktSzmMg4U5ZX2uYZjHeu

If you run an ASB, please consider switching to using my rendezvous node instead of the original testing node:

Set rendezvous_point in your ASB config.toml to:

rendezvous_point = "/dnsaddr/swap.sethforprivacy.com/p2p/12D3KooWCULyZKuV9YEkb6BX8FuwajdvktSzmMg4U5ZX2uYZjHeu"

Monero Docker Images

I have created a bare-bones and simple monerod Docker image that compiles from source according to the selected tag:

Github Repositories

  • simple-monerod-docker
    • A simple and straightforward Dockerized monerod built from source and exposing standard ports.
  • p2pool-docker
    • A simple and straightforward Dockerized p2pool built from source and exposing standard ports.
  • self-hosted-services
    • A core set of privacy-preserving services that can be easily self-hosted via Docker Compose.

Donations

If you’ve enjoyed my blog and would like to give me a little more time to dedicate to it, I’ll happily take any Monero you’d like to throw my way:

OpenAlias

To use OpenAlias, just type (or paste) the following address into the “To” field in your favorite Monero wallet:

donate.sethforprivacy.com

For more info on OpenAlias, see the excellent guide by Justin here.

Address/QR

86JzKKyZvtEC98y6zJxCCVfcA3r75XngPBjpYDE6zRR36keNGMHwZomDjMCv1oCYB2j9myiFqEJQF3JtnhKdfX546T91eaY