Douglas Tuman

Italian government to test a Monero based online voting system with Vincenzo Di Nicola, Calogero Mandracchia & Raffaele Nicodemo

March 30th, 2019  |  50 mins 31 secs

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Vincenzo Di Nicola is an advisor to the Italian government and the Republic of San Marino. He recently announced that he is working with the Italian government on testing an online voting system that runs on the Monero network.

RandomX by October with Howard Chu, Tevador and Needmoney90

March 27th, 2019  |  55 mins 29 secs

asic, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, howardchu, monero, moneronews, needmoney90, privacy, privacycoin, randomx, technology, tevador, xmr, xmrnews

@hyc_symas -- the creator of RandomJS (the genesis of RandomX)
Tevador -- the lead developer of RandomX
Needmoney90 -- Monero Reddit moderator and all things Monero expert.

We discuss what transpired during the recent IRC developers meeting on a Proof of Work plan of action for Monero. Particularly, we discuss the communities goal of implementing RandomX in October (if an audit is successfully completed by then) and what the following steps will be if RandomX does not successfully thwart Asics -- switching to SHA-3 or another egalitarian proof of work. All-in-all it is exciting times as we watch the developers reach consensus on a plan of action to uphold one of Monero's tenants -- maintaining a decentralized mining network.

I also gave Howard, NeedMoney90, and Tevador and opportunity to respond to the Kristy Leigh Minehan interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZF4BqIDrk

Is ASIC resistance futile with Kristy Leigh Minehan

March 23rd, 2019  |  1 hr 10 mins

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We discuss proof of work and Monero's strategy for preserving a decentralized mining network to remain as censorship resistant digital cash. Is ASIC resistance futile?

Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer, PH.D of the Monero Research Lab

March 16th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins

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A chat with Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer of the Monero Research lab on his involvement in Monero, an explanation of dynamic blocksize and the recent upgrades made to avoid Big Bang attacks, and his opinion on some of the big questions in Monero Land.

Will Bitcoin ever have to raise the 21 million supply cap?

March 7th, 2019  |  54 mins 15 secs

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Round table w/ Matt Luongo (Founder @thesis_co) & @brian_trollz (of @blockdigest) to discuss the pros & cons of Bitcoin's capped coin supply vs. other methods like Monero's disinflationary emission curve!

Monero Network Upgrade and Cake Wallet updates with Knife of Pi

March 1st, 2019  |  30 mins 49 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, knifeofpi, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, updates, xmr, xmrnews

We talk with Knife of Pi of the Cake Wallet Team on the new features they just added to Cake, like the icloud backup option. We also chat about Monero's upcoming March 9th Network upgrade.

MoneroBox is a super simple Monero full node

February 22nd, 2019  |  42 mins 20 secs

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We talk with Jason Wong about the super simple zero configuration Monero Full Node he has created. Now anyone can purchase and run a full node with just a quick plug-in.

What is Wownero? With lead developer @JWgealt

February 15th, 2019  |  52 mins 26 secs

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What is Wownero and should the Monero community care about it?
With John W. Murphy aka @jwgealt

OpenBazaar & Monero a shared ethos w/ Brian Hoffman and Co.

February 8th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, brianhoffman, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptoshops, decentralized, mikegreenberg, monero, moneronews, ob1, openbazaar, openmarket, openmarketplace, privacy, privacycoin, steviezollo, technology, xmr, xmrnews

We talk with Brian Hoffman and his OB1 team, Stevie Zollo & Mike Greenberg on why open marketplaces like OpenBazaar and digital cash like Monero are necessary to preserve open and free societies in this internet age.

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.

Why Monero is the top illicitly mined coin

January 20th, 2019  |  48 mins 10 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, guillermosuareztangil, malware, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, sergiopastrana, technology, xmr, xmrnews

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)

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.

Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero

December 14th, 2018  |  1 hr 10 mins

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Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero

(PART 2) Fungibility in Bitcoin V Monero with @JwWeatherman

November 30th, 2018  |  38 mins 25 secs

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What does the OFAC blacklisting of Bitcoin addresses mean for btc and has this news changed @Jwweatherman_'s opinion of Monero, or is it still a worthless scam coin.