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[OrangeFren]

Did someone had a problem with affiliate links? It seems that my afiliate link stopped functioning after a few days.

When I try to access my affiliate link I get this eror message:

Affiliate not found!

It did work for a few days, but after that it seems that it stopped working.

Hey!

The most likely reason for this is that nobody used your ref link in a while. If you make a new one and message me I can set the new one to use the old ref parameter so that all the old links will still be valid

[ovcijisir]

Did someone had a problem with affiliate links? It seems that my afiliate link stopped functioning after a few days.

When I try to access my affiliate link I get this eror message:

Affiliate not found!

It did work for a few days, but after that it seems that it stopped working.

Hey!

The most likely reason for this is that nobody used your ref link in a while. If you make a new one and message me I can set the new one to use the old ref parameter so that all the old links will still be valid

Thanks OrangeFren, I'll send you PM with my referral link

[OrangeFren]

Our banner is on talkimg.com once again

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The most likely reason for this is that nobody used your ref link in a while. If you make a new one and message me I can set the new one to use the old ref parameter so that all the old links will still be valid

Why is that?
How long is the "while" period and why is it even a problem for a link to be long-lived unless you are making some significant changes to the structure of the site itself?
Someone who works with 20 or more aff links would waste a lot of time if he had to frequently check their validity.

[OrangeFren]

The most likely reason for this is that nobody used your ref link in a while. If you make a new one and message me I can set the new one to use the old ref parameter so that all the old links will still be valid

Why is that?
How long is the "while" period and why is it even a problem for a link to be long-lived unless you are making some significant changes to the structure of the site itself?
Someone who works with 20 or more aff links would waste a lot of time if he had to frequently check their validity.

I was wrong about this. Currently, the only instance when your affiliate account will be removed is if you don't have any ref links set within it for a while. That's to say you haven't set your ref link for any of the exchanges we list.

The reason why we have the (unused) code to remove unused affiliate accounts is, because we wanted to make sure joining our affiliate programme requires no more than 1 click. So in order to ensure people don't create an ungodly amount we decided, if such a problem occurs, we'll just purge the accounts with the unused links.

[dkbit98]

I think one of the reasons XMR usage is so high is, because the Monero community was the first one we promoted the service to.

Another reason is that monero community is much bigger than litecoin community, and that is a fact.
I have seen monero as most used coin on many websites, not just on Orangefren, and it's obvious why.
Bitcoin would probably be the most used currency everywhere...if there was protocol based privacy built in.

[OrangeFren]

We got hit with another DDoS yesterday. Despite being hit with 100 000 requests per minute for hours, our clearnet site was down for just ~10 min.

The attack matches a pattern of attacks we've seen against other Monero supporting businesses since March of this year.

We hope this is the last of those ransom attempts, because the attacker must now realize we will never tarnish our dignity and would much rather close down our website than pay even 1 sat.


Not Your Keys - Not Your Coins
On #BackupDay take some time to consider how you're storing those keys 🔐

Not just will they survive a house fire🔥 or make it whole to your loved ones in case of an accident 🪦. But did you make sure only the right people know you have such a backup in the first place? 🔧

Our friends from Cryptosteel make products that are tamper-evident, meaning you will know if anyone had a look inside 🕵️

And you can buy them privately, either using BTC or Lightning ⚡️ and their own BTCPayServer, or even with Monero on xmrbazaar: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Cryptosteel/






Merhaba! 🇹🇷

Thanks to WizardSwap.io OrangeFren.com is organising a meet-up in Istanbul, Türkiye 🇹🇷, in a week on Friday the 20th of December.

Where? CoBAC Workshop, Sarıdemir, Ragıp Gümüşpala Cd. No:29, 34116 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye 🇹🇷
When? From 18:00 on Friday the 20th of December

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Not Your Keys - Not Your Coins
On #BackupDay take some time to consider how you're storing those keys 🔐

Not just will they survive a house fire🔥 or make it whole to your loved ones in case of an accident 🪦. But did you make sure only the right people know you have such a backup in the first place? 🔧

Our friends from Cryptosteel make products that are tamper-evident, meaning you will know if anyone had a look inside 🕵️

And you can buy them privately, either using BTC or Lightning ⚡️ and their own BTCPayServer, or even with Monero on xmrbazaar: https://xmrbazaar.com/user/Cryptosteel/

Excellent!

Please let me mention here that everyone has the chance to win a Custom eXch CryptoSteel Capsule for free (incl. free shipping) in our free raffles!

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We got hit with another DDoS yesterday. Despite being hit with 100 000 requests per minute for hours, our clearnet site was down for just ~10 min.

The attack matches a pattern of attacks we've seen against other Monero supporting businesses since March of this year.

We hope this is the last of those ransom attempts, because the attacker must now realize we will never tarnish our dignity and would much rather close down our website than pay even 1 sat.

What are the reasons for DDoS ​​attacks on sites like Orangefren?
Transactions do not go through your site, even if it is maximally slowed down or crashed, the services that the site deals with are still operational. If the excuse is to support something specific like Monero, thousands of other services support it and a site like Orangrefren is just a part of it.

I can't shake the impression that such attacks come from companies that deal with protection against DDoS attacks.

[OrangeFren]

What are the reasons for DDoS ​​attacks on sites like Orangefren?
Transactions do not go through your site, even if it is maximally slowed down or crashed, the services that the site deals with are still operational. If the excuse is to support something specific like Monero, thousands of other services support it and a site like Orangrefren is just a part of it.

I can't shake the impression that such attacks come from companies that deal with protection against DDoS attacks.

Our friends from WizardSwap.io (who are actually sponsoring our meetup in Istanbul taking place this Friday) are getting DDoSed today.

I think the main reason for the attacks is to scare the people running those websites. You might have built a nice website, but the attackers gets to simply switch it off and you don't know for how long.

[dkbit98]

We got hit with another DDoS yesterday. Despite being hit with 100 000 requests per minute for hours, our clearnet site was down for just ~10 min.

Was tor onion version of the website available during this short down time?
I have no idea who would waste money and resources on attacking your service, maybe it was competition or some agencies with unlimited resources.
Having some kind of backup alternative is always a good idea to have.

[OrangeFren]

Was tor onion version of the website available during this short down time?
I have no idea who would waste money and resources on attacking your service, maybe it was competition or some agencies with unlimited resources.
Having some kind of backup alternative is always a good idea to have.

Yes, our Tor mirror got hit too. It got hit with a separate attack that was aimed only at the Tor mirror.

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I understand the motive with the no-JS widget for affiliate partners, but the iframe is quite old-fashioned and a bad solution in general for many other reasons. Why didn't you make a different approach as well as for example support for popular CMS like WP?
Have you thought about it at all or do you firmly hold the position that the service must be exclusively privacy-oriented?

[OrangeFren]

I understand the motive with the no-JS widget for affiliate partners, but the iframe is quite old-fashioned and a bad solution in general for many other reasons. Why didn't you make a different approach as well as for example support for popular CMS like WP?
Have you thought about it at all or do you firmly hold the position that the service must be exclusively privacy-oriented?

Interesting idea. If you have a website that would benefit from a WS plugin I can build one for you. There's no rule that a service using our widget must be privacy-oriented.


Our small team wishes you all a Merry Christmas! 🎄


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Interesting idea. If you have a website that would benefit from a WS plugin I can build one for you.

As I said, it would be nice to have this option. It would certainly be useful for me to add it to some ideas I'm working on. I also don't think you should do it just for one user, but I don't think I would be the only one who would use such a widget.
I've also seen some solid no-JS solutions (your competitors) in this direction, I certainly wouldn't ignore this.

[OrangeFren]

In April we partnered with eXch for a 0.5 BTC giveaway on Reddit's r/CryptoCurrency

The winner is now going through a divorce and worried his wife will take it away

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In April we partnered with eXch for a 0.5 BTC giveaway on Reddit's r/CryptoCurrency

The winner is now going through a divorce and worried his wife will take it away

I feel sorry for the winner..   

Maybe it's time for him to take a cruise, to relax a little bit.

[dkbit98]

In April we partnered with eXch for a 0.5 BTC giveaway on Reddit's r/CryptoCurrency

The winner is now going through a divorce and worried his wife will take it away

Didn't he already sold his Bitcoin after April 25 00 ''tax free'' and turned it into inflationary fiat currency?
I think situation is much different if he is holding Bitcoin in his own non-custodial wallet, instead of exchange account or money in bank accounts.

PS
Another lesson learned in life, choose your wife very carefully. 

[OrangeFren]

Didn't he already sold his Bitcoin after April 25 00 ''tax free'' and turned it into inflationary fiat currency?
I think situation is much different if he is holding Bitcoin in his own non-custodial wallet, instead of exchange account or money in bank accounts.

PS
Another lesson learned in life, choose your wife very carefully. 

I hope he does have it in self custody!


Recap of 2024 on OrangeFren.com 🗓️

XMR: 46.67%
BTC: 38.75%
LTC: 6.01%
ETH: 3.44%
USDT: 1.69%
SOL: 0.58%
USDC: 0.46%
BTCLN: 0.46%
BCH: 0.16%
TRX: 0.14%
DAI: 0.12%
XRP: 0.11%
BNB: 0.10%
ZANO: 0.10%



In 2024 we organised meetups in cooperation with:

• eXch in Malta🇲🇹, Lisbon🇵🇹, Madrid🇪🇸 and Lugano🇨🇭
• AgoraDesk in Buenos Aires🇦🇷 and São Paulo🇧🇷
• Cake Wallet in Berlin🇩🇪
• WizardSwap in Tbilisi🇬🇪, Nicosia🇨🇾 and Istanbul🇹🇷

We've now done a total of 20 meetups!


In 2024 our LN node routed 1101 payments and earned us 3323 sats 🫠

Most were routed by people who bought a channel from us on amboss.space

We've sold 25 channels this year⚡️

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[dkbit98]

Recap of 2024 on OrangeFren.com 🗓️

Year 2024 was definitely the year of Bitcoin and Monero, and I saw similar trend on several other websites that accept crypto payments.
This is probably bigger miracle for monero since most major centralized exchanges delisted XMR, and I don't think any other altcoin would survive this.
I do find it strange that only few people used stable coins on OrangeFren.

In 2024 our LN node routed 1101 payments and earned us 3323 sats 🫠

I bet most of that ''huge'' $3 worth sats is from custodial LN wallets