New XMR ID signup // Free stagenet alias!

As we ramp up to celebrate Monero's 10th birthday, here's an opportunity to get acquainted with Monero ID's - easy and free!

TL;DR: Fill out the form at get.xmr.id/form.html to get your very own stagenet OpenAlias.

OpenAlias is great: You hand someone a simple domain name and their Monero client resolves it to a destination. No copy-paste, no QR-code scanning - just ready to send!

To make your life easier, XMR.ID provides this as a service.

Now with faster activation

Previously, setting up your "XMR ID" required significant manual intervention, that delayed the process more than necessary.

After a broad set of optimizations, new aliases are now typically ready-to-use within 15 minutes.

The new automations repect XMR.ID's design goal of avoiding web-based self-service, thus maintaining the previous level of security.

Wanna play?

Before enabling this new method in production, we will test in on STAGENET - a parallel Monero network that works just like the real deal, but with its funds considered worthless.

If you haven't used stagenet before, this may be a great opportunity for you to not only get acquainted with XMR ID's, but create a risk-free playground for your own experiments!

It takes about 5 minutes. At the end you will have an account that can receive funds at <yourname>.stagenet.xmr.id, filled with some zero-value Monero, ready to be sent around.

To try it, simply fill in the blanks at https://get.xmr.id/form.html (onion). No ninja-skills required - and you may contact me about any issues or inconveniences you encounter.

Hackers welcome

Put your white-hat abilities to the test, fool around a bit, probe and report any faults or security flaws if you want to help harden this part of the Monero ecosystem - or just do a speed-run and get your alias.

Your stagenet-alias

This test is set to run for a week, starting today, but your alias will remain active afterwards.

Contact

Let's chat in our Matrix room #xmr.id:monero.social or message me directly at @f:monero.social.

c/XMRID is our place in town. There's also an email address. You'll probably run into it as you go.

Talk soon, f