Anonymizing assets

LunarDAO is focused on privacy oriented projects. This ethos permeates how you should participate in the DAO. Privacy techniques are strongly encouraged when interacting with the DAO. Make sure to also DYOR.

Privacy leaks

Each piece of information that a user gives up degrades their privacy. Achieving anonymity on a transparent chain is extremely difficult.

Privacy degradation stems from:

Doxxed addresses
Network leaks
Side channel attacks

LunarDAO participants should solve for all of these threats.

Resources

If you are looking to participate in the DAO, a user should use anonmyzing privacy techniques BEFORE particpating in the DAO. Here are two guides that give information about how to best anonymize your ETH using tools like Tornado cash and off-chain strategies.

Protect network pivacy and metadata

Consider using NYM mixnet to protect your IP address and metadata, Tor browser, Geph, Proton VPN or Mullvad VPN (note that VPNs change location, but doesn't necessarily protect metadata. DYOR) or run your own private node to submit transactions. Another option is to run operations on Tails or in a Virtual machine.

Your IP address and the wallet software has the ability to de-anonymize a user. If the software or software provider can collect the information, assume it is collecting the information.

ETH Node

If you have the ability to run an ETH node, you should do so before transmitting any transaction. If you end up running your own node be sure to change your wallet software to your RPC.

Running a node:

RPC Settings

If you don't run a node, you should still change your RPC to a more private option.

How to change your RPC in Metamask.

Potential RPC options:

SecureRpc
zmok.io - allows use of tor nodes

Of course aim to use a provider you can trust. The endpoint maintained by Paralelní Polis community is free for anyone to use: https://bordel.xyz.

Anonymize assets using XMR

Note: As shared above, network privacy is an important part of remaining undoxxed.

Anonymizing assets when starting with ETH/BTC/USDT/LTC/USDC (and many more options) on a non-anon wallet.

Set up a Monero wallet on desktop or in a Virtual machine.
Swap ETH/BTC/USDT/LTC/USDC (ERC20) to Monero (XMR) from non-anon wallet with:

Send XMR to your new Monero wallet.
Set up Metamask wallet on Tor browser (and change RPC).
Swap back to ETH from XMR using options in step 2 and sent asset to the new wallet which was set up in step 4.