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Just to make it clear to any other people reading this, Jellyfin has Group Sync where you can create groups with participants and syncplay media.

I'll disagree with it being too complicated, I've successfully managed to move my gaming community over, friends and even some family members, and response has been favorable over the past year (we had another attempt in late 2022 early 2023, but that didn't go well, so it's come a long way), and know of other similar situations from other HomeServers.

But I agree it needs some improvements and currently has some quirks, but all these are actively being worked on. From personal experience even those quirks are generally accepted however, when confronted with the sad reality of what is sacrificed by users using platforms like Discord. But one step at a time.

Edit: Forgot to add - You can screenshare without being on a call, it's currently in testing and works well but can be activated under Labs (Settings).

Element already has screensharing.

Already moved my community to Matrix/Element last year. Haven't looked back.

Odysee did/does something interesting where if one uses the desktop client, the video gets streamed and cached, and then seeded back over a configurable amount of time. I could see creator's communities being self-sustainable this way.

Lightning is indeed NOT a fork of a Bitcoin, it's essentially a Layer 2 for Bitcoin (if you think in terms of the Internet's TCP/IP model). It solves pretty much every use case created by any Altcoin when competing with Bitcoin, as Bitcoin chose security and decentralization over scalibility in its base layer (on-chain).

As for buying Monero, I only deal with Bitcoin, but I'm pretty sure you can easily buy Monero still as long as you don't use centralised exchanges (permissioned), and instead use Decentralised ones (permissionless). That'll be the case for any altcoin that still has decent popularity for the foreseeable.

Not exactly. Lightning makes it super cheap and instant.

Bitcoin is pseudonymous - Transactions are transparent, yes, but the addresses are not linked to any PII - The exception comes in when the user uses a Centralised Exchange that does exactly this, it bridges anonymous addresses with PII via KYC.

Bitcoin can be sold anonymously using P2P DEXs (decentralised exchanges), where the fiat transaction has no link to Bitcoin.

That's assuming they even would want to sell.

All in all, it comes down to how the user uses the tool. Bitcoin can be as privacy preserving as anyone wants. But if they KYC, they can kiss any privacy goodbye, and really, that's the misunderstanding that has reached most non-Bitcoin users these days. Experiences based on a lack of understanding.