Monero Talk

Breaking Monero Episode 08 - Timing Attacks

February 5th, 2019  |  17 mins 22 secs

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Information on when users run nodes, sync wallets, and send transactions can be used to learn more about Monero users. We discuss some of the network topography concerns and offer some ways for users to mitigate their exposure to timing heuristics.

LIVE STREAM of NYC Meetup 2/2/19 Sponsored by Cake Wallet & Monero Talk w/ special guest Justin Ehrenhofer

February 2nd, 2019  |  1 hr 21 mins

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Live Streaming of New York City Monero Enthusiasts and Doers Meetup on February 2, 2019. Sponsored by Cake Wallet & Monero Talk with special guest Justin Ehrenhofer!

Should Bill Gates donate to the Monero project? w/ Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation

February 1st, 2019  |  1 hr 3 mins

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We ask Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation if we should worry about Bitcoin becoming a surveillance tool and why aren't those who laud Bitcoin for its liberating potential also focused on helping the Monero project, when it appears to be a truer form of digital cash?

Benjamin Earl Turner & Abteen Bagheri on their video JA RULE and Monero

January 31st, 2019  |  59 mins 55 secs

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Joining us is Benjamin Earl Turner, a very talented up and coming music artist, and his director, Abteen Bagheri who together recently released a video called "JA RULE". The music video, which is from Benjamin's EP titled "FUCK", is riddled with crypto and in particularly Monero references.

Monero Coffee Chat - 2019.01.26

January 26th, 2019  |  1 hr 1 min

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Monero Coffee Chat

Breaking Monero Episode 07: Remote Nodes

January 24th, 2019  |  21 mins 41 secs

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Remote nodes are convenient, and many wallets are configured to use them by default. Unfortunately, there are privacy and security limitations when users rely on others to provide copies of blockchain data. We discuss some of these limitations, some remote node attacks, and how to mitigate against them.

Why Monero is the top illicitly mined coin

January 20th, 2019  |  48 mins 10 secs

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Researchers Sergio Pastrana and Guillermo Suarez-Tangil discuss their recently published report that estimates at least 4.32 percent of the total monero in circulation has been mined with Malware. (720k xmr)

Breaking Monero Episode 06: Unusual Ringsize

January 18th, 2019  |  11 mins 32 secs

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In this short episode, we discuss the unfortunate tradeoff when sending Monero transactions with unusual ringsizes. Some transactions were sent with ringsizes over 1000. Monero moved to consensus-mandated ringsizes in a recent update instead of minimum ringsizes. Thus, the concerns in this video serve an informative purpose, but they do not have any current relevance.

Breaking Monero Episode 05: Input Selection Algorithm

January 17th, 2019  |  14 mins 12 secs

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In this episode, Sarang and Justin explain more about how Monero selects decoys for ring signatures, more than just "randomly." We explain how Monero's selection algorithm has evolved over time, and how a strong input selection algorithm is critical for protective ring signatures.

"An Empirical Analysis of Traceability in the Monero Blockchain"
Malte Möser, Kyle Soska, Ethan Heilman, Kevin Lee, Henry Heffan, Shashvat Srivastava, Kyle Hogan, Jason Hennessey, Andrew Miller, Arvind Narayanan, Nicolas Christin
https://arxiv.org/abs/1704.04299

Breaking Monero Episode 04: Chain Splits (Key Image Reuse Attack)

January 11th, 2019  |  24 mins 57 secs

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In this episode, Sarang, Brandon (Suare), and Justin introduce key image reuse concerns. We explain some techniques to protect security and privacy under a number of circumstances. Ultimately, users should not claim "airdrop" funds if they have not thought long and hard about the implications.

Breaking Monero Episode 03: 0-Decoy and Chain Reactions

January 8th, 2019  |  21 mins

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Sarang and Justin discuss 0-decoy (0-mixin) rings, perhaps the oldest and best-studied past limitation of Monero. We discuss how research created for 0-decoy rings can be applied to other analysis types. We show a spreadsheet tool we use to test chain reaction impacts, which can be caused by a large number of possible Monero attacks. By understanding the basics of 0-decoy research, individuals can more easily understand how we study the potential impacts of other attacks and analysis.

Breaking Monero Episode 02: Ring Signatures Introduction

January 4th, 2019  |  47 mins 32 secs

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We discuss the history of Monero's ring signatures and past approaches to improve them.

Bail Bloc with Grayson Earle

December 27th, 2018  |  19 mins 20 secs

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Grayson Earl joins on the show to talk about his project, Bail Bloc -- a computer program that bails people out of jail by letting people easily mine Monero using their extra computing power and to seamlessly donate to the cause.

Breaking Monero Episode 01: Introduction

December 21st, 2018  |  23 mins 39 secs

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Welcome to the first episode of Breaking Monero! Breaking Monero is a series of episodes where we explain the limitations of Monero’s security and privacy in a comprehensive and understandable way. We give a sneak peek into some of the work done behind the scenes to evaluate risks and to make Monero better. It’s an ongoing process, and we are happy to have you here along with us for this part of Monero’s journey!

Monero Coffee Chat - 2018.12.15

December 15th, 2018  |  54 mins 30 secs

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Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero

December 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 10 mins

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Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero