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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LIVE w/ Jack Mallers of Zap at the MCC2019
May 11th, 2019 | 6 mins 5 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, jackmallers, magicalcryptoconference2019, magicalcryptofriends, mcc2019, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews, zap
LIVE w/ Jack Mallers of Zap at the Magical Crypto Conference 2019!
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LIVE w/ Max Keiser of Keiser Report & more at the MCC2019
May 11th, 2019 | 33 mins 20 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, keiserreport, kristyleighminehan, magicalcryptoconference2019, magicalcryptofriends, maxkeiser, mcc2019, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
LIVE w/ Max Keiser of Keiser Report, Kristy Leigh Minehan, a "fluffy" appearance & more at the MCC2019!
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Monero's Binary Fate with Jeremie Dubois-Lacoste
May 9th, 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
binaryfate, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
Monero's Binary Fate with Jeremie Dubois-Lacoste
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Breaking Monero Episode 12: Input/Output Metadata
May 9th, 2019 | 19 mins 54 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
In this episode, we discuss how the metadata collected by looking at the number of inputs and outputs can limit privacy in some circumstances. We warn against leaking metadata through unusual or repeated, predictable behavior.
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Monero Coffee Chat - 2019.05.04
May 4th, 2019 | 51 mins 11 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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Evaluating the Privacy Coin Space with Mohamed Fouda
May 3rd, 2019 | 58 mins 30 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, mohamedfouda, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, privacycoinspace, technology, xmr, xmrnews
Evaluating privacy coins and bitcoin with Mohamed Fouda of crypto news website Token Daily. We discuss some of his recent articles.
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Breaking Monero Episode 11: Mailbag Episode
April 29th, 2019 | 40 mins 50 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, breakingmonero, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
In this episode, we answer several questions from audience members.
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Lightning Network on Monero with Bernhard Breytenbach
April 26th, 2019 | 52 mins 39 secs
bernhardbreytenbach, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, lightning, lightningnetwork, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
We talk with Bernhard Breytenbach of Globee about LN on Bitcoin, is it private, and if Monero may be a more ideal base layer for running it than Bitcoin.
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5th Moneroversary Continues w_Rehrar on financial privacy...and more
April 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 30 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
45 minutes: The importance of financial privacy is critically downplayed in cryptocurrency communities with rehrar
15 minutes: Announcements and News
30 minutes: Puzzle and Game -
Fluffypony on the history of Monero on the 5th Moneroversary
April 18th, 2019 | 54 mins 21 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, fluffypony, historyofmonero, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, moneroversary, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
This Moneroversary showcase consists of several live events celebrating Monero's 5th anniversary.
15 minutes: check-in with Riat in Vienna
45 minutes: Monero's History with fluffypony -
Monero Coffee Chat 5th Moneroversary Edition
April 18th, 2019 | 1 hr 15 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, moneroversary, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
Monero Coffee Chat Q&A
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A Mastering Monero Gift on Monero's 5th Moneroversary!!!
April 18th, 2019 | 45 mins 19 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, justinehrenhofer, masteringmonero, mitchellkrawiec-thayer, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, serhack, technology, xmr, xmrnews
A conversation with Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer, about the book Mastering Monero, written by SerHack and members of the Monero community , edited by Mitchell, and published by Justin Ehrenhofer. Please see the credits in the book for all the members that contributed. We also have SerHack following the chat to answer any questions that may come up.
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Monero Coffee Chat - 2019.04.06
April 6th, 2019 | 53 mins 27 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, monerocoffeechat, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews
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Is Monero digital cash? w/ Riccardo Spagni aka Fluffypony
April 4th, 2019 | 1 hr 17 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, digitalcash, fluffypony, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, riccardospagni, tari, technology, xmr, xmrnews
We asked Riccardo Spagni, aka @fluffypony, aka the CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer) of Monero some big questions !
Is Monero the truest crypto currency of them all? Is Monero humanities greatest hope against the rise of surveillance capitalism?
What motivates you to work in Monero? Are you a crypto anarchist or cypherpunk trying to build tech that will give humans more liberty ?
Is Monero more aligned with cypherpunk/cryptoanarchist ideals than bitcoin? Why aren’t the idealist Bitcoiners like Andreas Antonopolous more serious about Monero ?
Is bitcoin is dangerous because it fools very smart people into opting into a future where all our transactions on our transparent ledger?
Do we even have want to be added to Coinbase now? Not being added seems to be the best indicator that we are doing something right. Coinbase can’t handle true digital cash.
What are reproducible builds? Will they help make Monero more decentralized in terms of development?
Is bitcoin digital gold? Isn’t Monero be better digital gold since it’s fungible at the protocol level?
Do you think it will be one coin to rule them all?
How do you feel about the state of Monero today? Are we currently digital cash? Have we achieved it ?
Is Monero’s mining more decentralized than Bitcoin’s?
What strategy will Monero be taking to thwart ASICs?
When will ASICs become commoditized and when we will we welcome them on the Monero network?
What can be done to prevent an undetectable inflation bug in Monero ? Is it possible to be perfectly binding and blinding?
What do you think about Monero’s tail emission v Bitcoin’s fixed supply ? Is Monero effectively more secure because of it? Is it possible that one day Bitcoin’s max cap will have to be raised? Isn’t gold disinflationary like Monero?
What do people mean when they say Monero can’t scale? We have dynamic blocksizes? Is it that transactions and the blockchain are too large and you can’t run full nodes? Won’t moors law save us?
Will Monero have Lightning Network?
Will it have a Mimblwimble sidechain?
Why isn’t an ICO use case for Tari ever discussed?
What do you think of the new SEC guidance? Is it another reason why we should move away from pow tweaks? -
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
bitcoin, blockchain, blockchainvotingsystem, calogeromandracchia, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, italianvotingsystem, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, raffaelenicodemo, technology, vincenzodinicola, xmr, xmrnews
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.
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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