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

  • Finney Forum w/ Ragnar! - Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI #156

    March 3rd, 2024  |  3 hrs 44 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, finneyforum, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, niagarafalls, privacy, privacycoin, ragnarlifthrasir, satoshi, trocador, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 156 - Finney Forum w/ Ragnar + Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ Tony, and MUCH MORE!

  • Against Monero Maximalism with Seth For Privacy (Monerotopia23)

    March 1st, 2024  |  1 hr 10 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, maximalism, mexicocity, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerotopia23, privacy, privacycoin, sethforprivacy, xmr

    Supporting us is easier than ever, by typing in MONEROTALK.CRYPTO into your monero.com or Cake Wallet send address field - to send us a tip! πŸ˜‰

    88MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi

    Monerotopia 2023 - El Dinero de la GenteπŸŽ‰πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ“œ May 5 - May7 in Mexico City! We had AMAZING Speakers lined up: freedom seekers on a mission to build out a true digital cash parallel economy outside of State control. This was not a number go up maxi fest!

    Speaker➑️: Seth For Privacy (Host of Opt Out Podcast)

  • Binance Delisting Party! - Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI #155

    February 21st, 2024  |  3 hrs 14 mins
    binance, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, delisting, fungible, hackathon, monero, monerokon, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 155 - Binance Delisting Party! + Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ Tony, and MUCH MORE!

  • ShopInBit and the Monero Circular Economy w/ Lando Rothbardian | Epi #300

    February 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 42 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, delisting, exchange, fungible, landorothbardian, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, shopinbit, xmr

    TODAY'S πŸŽ™SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Lando Rothbardian, CEO of online retailer ShopInBit, which accepts Bitcoin and Monero for payment.

    The discussion explores Lando's background, how ShopInBit started accepting Monero, Monero privacy protections, ShopInBit product offerings, the impacts of exchange delistings, business expansion plans & much more!

  • Binance delists XMR, BasicSwap steps in as an Atomic Swap-based unstoppable on-ramp w/ Dr. Kapil | Epi #299

    February 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 49 mins
    basicswap, bitcoin, blockchain, cg, crypto, cryptocurrency, dex, fungible, kapil, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    TODAY'S πŸŽ™SHOW: Douglas Tuman catches up with Dr. Kapil and CG of the BasicSwap team. Basicswap participated in last years MoneroTopia and we hope to have them again this year in Argentina.

    In this episode they discuss the progress that has been made since presenting at MoneroTopia23, the latest functionality and the roadmap of the BasicSwap decentralized exchange (DEX). They provide an overview of the team, the atomic swap implementation that basic swap uses, user experience, and plans to improve accessibility.

    Key metrics about usage and liquidity are shared, as well as thoughts on driving adoption into the future. Special thanks to BasicSwap for being one of the first to build the decentralized bridges Monero needs to flourish, in-spite of the delistings from centralized exchanges.

  • MoneroTopia EPI #154 - Monero Price Report, News & More!

    February 10th, 2024  |  3 hrs 32 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, development, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, news, obama, pricereport, privacy, privacycoin, putin, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 154 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ tuxsudo, and MUCH MORE!

  • A Holistic Security Analysis of Monero Transactions with Dr. Julian Loss (Monerotopia23)

    February 8th, 2024  |  40 mins 22 secs
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, julianloss, mexicocity, monero, monerotansactions, monerotopia, monerotopia23, privacy, privacycoin, securityanalysis, xmr

    Supporting us is easier than ever, by typing in MONEROTALK.CRYPTO into your monero.com or Cake Wallet send address field - to send us a tip! πŸ˜‰

    88MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi

    Monerotopia 2023 - El Dinero de la GenteπŸŽ‰πŸ‡²πŸ‡½ πŸ“œ May 5 - May7 in Mexico City! We had AMAZING Speakers lined up: freedom seekers on a mission to build out a true digital cash parallel economy outside of State control. This was not a number go up maxi fest!

    Speaker➑️: Dr. Julian Loss (Faculty at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany)

  • MoneroTopia EPI #153 - Monero Price Report, News & More!

    February 3rd, 2024  |  3 hrs 47 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerokon, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerovegas, monezon, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 153 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ tuxsudo, and MUCH MORE!

  • The Most Useful Tool for Freedom w/ Gabriel Custodiet | EPI #298

    February 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, coinjoins, crypto, cryptocurrency, freedom, fungible, gabrielcustodiet, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, watchmanprivacypodcast, xmr

    TODAY'S πŸŽ™SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews, Gabriel Custodiet, host of the Watchman Privacy Podcast.

    They cover Monero's superiority in terms of privacy and utility, regulatory concerns about privacy tech like Monero and Bitcoin, CoinJoins, the philosophy behind individual freedom, the need for cultural changes rather than just relying upon freedom tools, and the role of adversarial thinking in protecting privacy.

  • Digital Privacy w/ Simplified Privacy, Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI# 152

    January 27th, 2024  |  3 hrs 42 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, darkweb, digitalprivacy, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, simplifiedprivacy, wasabiwallet, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 152 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special Guest Simplified Privacy, and MUCH MORE!

  • Anonymity & Secure Communications w/ prancing389, Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI# 151

    January 20th, 2024  |  2 hrs 42 mins
    anonymity, bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, milei, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, securecommunications, trump, wef, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 151 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special Guest prancing389 who will discuss how once can have secure communications & anonymity in this current day in age and MUCH MORE!

  • Bitcoin Drive Chain creator Paul Sztorc on BTC’s stagnation & Monero’s progress | EPI #297

    January 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 30 mins
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, digitalcashprotocol, drivechain, fungible, lightiningnetwork, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, paulsztorc, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    TODAY'S πŸŽ™SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Paul Sztorc, an OG Bitcoiner and Dev and the inventor of Bitcoin drivechains.

    The two discuss Topics including Bitcoin's stagnation, the potential of Monero to be the worlds digital cash protocol, issues with Lightning Network adoption, drivechains as a scaling solution, why Bitcoin has not adopted them and the possibility of Monero to do so. They also discuss Monero's superior privacy technology and utility for payments and the need for cryptocurrencies to provide actual utility beyond being a means of speculation.

  • Profits Over Justice: The Disturbing Crypto Prosecution of Roman Sterlingov w/ Michael Hassard & Tor Ekeland #Monerotopia23

    January 17th, 2024  |  59 mins 15 secs
    bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, mexicocity, michaelhassard, monero, monerotopia23, privacy, privacycoin, romansterlingov, torekeland, xmr

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    OR DONATE HERE: www.monerotalk.live/donate

    Speakers: Michael Hassard (Federal Trial Attorney, Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC) and Tor Ekeland (Managing Partner, Tor Ekeland Law, PLLC)

  • Monero Town Update w/ Escuelita Bitcoin, Monero Price, News & MORE! | EPI #150

    January 13th, 2024  |  3 hrs 46 mins
    atomicswap, bch, bitcoin, blackrock, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, escuelitabitcoin, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerotown, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 150 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special guest Escuelita Bitcoin to chat about Monero Town and MUCH MORE!

  • The Fight for Anonymous Digital Cash w/ Nopara EPI #296

    January 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 29 mins
    anonymous, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nopara, privacy, privacycoin, samaurai, wasabiwallet, xmr

    TODAY'S πŸŽ™SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Nopara, the creator of Bitcoin's Wasabi wallet who has announced is he moving on from being the face of the project and will pursue other things.

    The two discuss the need for uncensorable digital cash and what it will take to make it both unstoppable and user friendly, Does Monero already serve this purpose? What challenges are currently being faced by Bitcoin if it is digital cash?

    The two also dive into Nopara's history with Wasabi wallet and the state of privacy on Bitcoin. Nopara also gives us his take on Samaurai v Wasabi. Please note, Doug hopes to have someone from the Samaurai project on soon to offer their response and take too.

  • Buying a Car using Monero w/ Monero Mac, Monero Price, News & MORE! | EPI #149

    January 6th, 2024  |  2 hrs 46 mins
    ai, bitcoin, blockchain, car, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptoregulation, fungible, kyc, monero, moneromac, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

    MONEROTOPIA πŸ’ƒπŸ½πŸπŸ•ΊπŸΌ EPISODE 149 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special guest Monero mac to chat about how he purchased a car using Monero and MUCH MORE!