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In light of the increasing frequency of censorship events coupled with awesome guides from bitcoiners like @Diverter_NoKYC + @_k3tan, I've taken steps to become a little more sovereign + less reliant on 'the man'. Here's a few tweets to hopefully inspire you to do the same...
In the space of just a few days, I've created my first VPS at @Namecheap (paid in sats) + installed @yunohost to run my own...
1. Mastodon - http://social.bitcoiner.guide
2. Gitlab - http://code.bitcoiner.guide
3. Paste bin - http://bin.bitcoiner.guide
4. Blog - http://blog.bitcoiner.guide
1. Mastodon - http://social.bitcoiner.guide
2. Gitlab - http://code.bitcoiner.guide
3. Paste bin - http://bin.bitcoiner.guide
4. Blog - http://blog.bitcoiner.guide
If you want to do the same, @Diverter_NoKYC has this awesome guide (which he's self hosting, obviously!) and was the impetus for me to finally make a move.
https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/using-the-tools/
https://diverter.hostyourown.tools/using-the-tools/
After doing that, I'd caught the hosting bug I wanted to try my own http://Matrix.org server. Matrix is 'An open network for secure, decentralized communication'.
It is to Telegram what Mastodon is to Twitter.
It is to Telegram what Mastodon is to Twitter.
After chatting with some of the pros, I spun up another VPS (takes 5 mins) + followed this guide to install my own Matrix server.
It looks complicated but I literally copy + pasted the commands 1 by 1, easy! http://upcloud.com/community/tutorials/install-matrix-synapse/
It looks complicated but I literally copy + pasted the commands 1 by 1, easy! http://upcloud.com/community/tutorials/install-matrix-synapse/
Don't be put off by the terminology in that guide. From ordering my VPS to having my own Matrix server, took me less than 40 minutes, it really is not difficult at all!
If you want to get started with Yunohost or Matrix and learn more on how you can do the same...
If you want to get started with Yunohost or Matrix and learn more on how you can do the same...
Download http://element.io (an open source client for communicating via the Matrix protocol), create an account + connect temporarily using my server https://bitcoiner.chat .
Join these rooms full of people willing to help
(To follow because twitter wont let me tweet them
Join these rooms full of people willing to help
(To follow because twitter wont let me tweet them
Forget the idea that it's 'not for you'. That's what I thought less than a week ago...
Want to learn more about self hosting?
- Watch this
- Read this https://k3tan.com/self-hosting
- Check out the apps you can easily run w/Yunohost
https://yunohost.org/#/apps
Want to learn more about self hosting?
- Watch this
- Read this https://k3tan.com/self-hosting
- Check out the apps you can easily run w/Yunohost
https://yunohost.org/#/apps
Censorship can happen anytime, without warning. Start today.
Finally, given how big of an influence he's been on my journey, it would be a crime if I didn't sign off without using his tag.
H/T @Diverter_NoKYC
#UseTheTools
Finally, given how big of an influence he's been on my journey, it would be a crime if I didn't sign off without using his tag.
H/T @Diverter_NoKYC
#UseTheTools
How ironc, twitter wont let me post the room links, so here's a QR
