Monero Talk
Is Monero the truest cryptocurrency?
About the show
Monero Talk broadcasts weekly conversations on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/monerotalk) with topical guests to understand what the Monero cryptocurrency is today and what it hopes to become.
We strive to give birth to new Monero users by simply reporting on the facts in our search to answer the question--Is Monero the truest cryptocurrency of them all? In staying true to the Monero ethos, we aim to always be skeptical. While we are Monero Talk by name, and Monero devotees at heart, the intention of the show is to ultimately discover and support the one blockchain that is most aligned with the original cypherpunk and crypto-anarchist ideals that cryptocurrency was born from. And the one that is most likely to succeed at becoming true digital cash. So far, we believe Monero is the one.
Guests include:
The developers and researchers working on the open source core protocol and the cryptography behind it;
The people building the projects and infrastructure supporting the protocol;
Privacy advocates and people building privacy enhancing technologies;
Analysts and investors speculating on Monero's growth;
Journalists and pundits weighing in on Monero's place in the crypto-sphere; and
Respected (sometimes controversial) contributors and community members.
If you enjoyed the show & would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much!
Monero (XMR) Donation Address:
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Episodes
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Monero Coffee Chat - 2019.01.26
January 26th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
Monero Coffee Chat
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Breaking Monero Episode 07: Remote Nodes
January 24th, 2019 | 21 mins 41 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, remotenodes, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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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)
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Breaking Monero Episode 06: Unusual Ringsize
January 18th, 2019 | 11 mins 32 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, ringsize, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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Breaking Monero Episode 05: Input Selection Algorithm
January 17th, 2019 | 14 mins 12 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, inputselectionalgorithm, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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
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Breaking Monero Episode 04: Chain Splits (Key Image Reuse Attack)
January 11th, 2019 | 24 mins 57 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, chainsplits, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, keyimagereuseattack, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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Breaking Monero Episode 03: 0-Decoy and Chain Reactions
January 8th, 2019 | 21 mins
0-decoy, bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, chainreactions, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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Breaking Monero Episode 02: Ring Signatures Introduction
January 4th, 2019 | 47 mins 32 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, ringsignatures, technology, xmr, xmrnews
We discuss the history of Monero's ring signatures and past approaches to improve them.
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Bail Bloc with Grayson Earle
December 27th, 2018 | 19 mins 20 secs
bailbloc, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, greysonearl, greysonearle, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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Breaking Monero Episode 01: Introduction
December 21st, 2018 | 23 mins 39 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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!
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Monero Coffee Chat - 2018.12.15
December 15th, 2018 | 54 mins 30 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, justinehrenhofer, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero
December 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 10 mins
andrewpoelstra, bitcoin, blockchain, bulletproof, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, mimblewimble, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
Andrew Poelstra on Bitcoin and Monero
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(PART 2) Fungibility in Bitcoin V Monero with @JwWeatherman
November 30th, 2018 | 38 mins 25 secs
bitcoin, blacklisted, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, jwweatherman, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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(PART 1) Fungibility in Bitcoin V Monero with @JwWeatherman
November 30th, 2018 | 12 mins 50 secs
bitcoin, blacklisted, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, jwweatherman, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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Purism CEO Todd Weaver. Monero on the Librem 5!
November 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, freedom, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, purism, security, technology, toddweaver, xmr, xmrnews
Purism is a laptop (and soon smartphone) producer that puts privacy and security first. We talk about the shared culture and goals of Purism and Monero and how Monero on the New Librem 5 Smartphone would be a match made in heaven.
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The Mission of Monerujo -- the Android Open Source Monero Wallet
November 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
androidwallet, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, monerowallet, monerujo, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
We talk with the guys behind Monerujo about the Mission and Vision of their Open Source Monero Wallet Project.