Monero Talk

Tari Mainnet is Live! | EPI 350

May 7th, 2025  |  1 hr 29 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, ethereum, flufflypony, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, naveenspark, privacy, privacycoin, solana, tari, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episdoe Douglas Tuman has a discussion about Tari, a new blockchain project, with the founders Naveen and Ricardo (@FluffyPony). The conversation covers multiple aspects of the project's development and launch.

Naveen emphasizes Tari's unique features, including its accessibility and user-friendly interface through Tari Universe. He explained that Tari offers default confidentiality powered by a minimal implementation, making it different from other protocols like Ethereum or Solana. Ricardo detailed the technical aspects of Tari's privacy features, comparing them to Monero but noting that Tari's privacy model is intentionally different.

Both founders highlighted the relationship with Monero, explaining that Tari's merge mining feature has already contributed to increasing Monero's hash rate to an all-time high. They emphasized that Tari is not competing with Monero but rather complementing it in the ecosystem.

MoneroTopia Episode 213! | Price, News & MUCH MORE!

May 4th, 2025  |  3 hrs 51 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, elonmusk, fungible, mexc, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zano, zcash

MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 213 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

Live Stream of the NYC Privacy Meetup at Pubkey | EPI 349

May 2nd, 2025  |  1 hr 35 mins

ashiguru, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, pubkey, tor, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman was live at Pubkey, a bitcoin focused bar, in New York City. The conversation covers many wallet related topics, including overviews of new wallets and new wallet privacy features.

Hear an extensive presentation on Ashigaru wallet, a fork of Samurai wallet, that gives instructions on wallet setup, the use of Tor, and security verification processes. Tuxsudo from Cake Wallet presented on privacy features, particularly focusing on silent payments and pay-join functionality.

They explained how silent payments work to generate unique addresses for each transaction, improving privacy on the Bitcoin network. Doug discussed XMR Bazaar, a Monero-based marketplace platform. He explained how the platform facilitates peer-to-peer trading using Monero, with features like multisig escrow and reputation systems.

Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox | EPI 212

April 27th, 2025  |  3 hrs 24 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, martinsellner, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, spar, wef, xmr, zcash

MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 212 - Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

MoneroSpace Decentralized Satellite Network | EPI 211

April 20th, 2025  |  3 hrs 30 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, exch, fungible, monero, monerospace, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, retoswap, schwab, xmr

MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 211 - OpenEnet: MoneroSpace Decentralized Satellite Network + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

Celebrating Monero’s Birthday with some Cake | EPI 348

April 18th, 2025  |  1 hr 46 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fcmp, fungible, monero, monerobirthday, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, sethforprivacy, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: The episode features a conversation between Douglas Tuman and Seth from Cake Wallet discussing Monero's 11th birthday and recent developments in the Cake Wallet ecosystem. Seth discussed several major updates to Cake Wallet, including background sync for Monero which allows wallets to stay synchronized automatically, and the implementation of a unified 12-word seed phrase system for all supported cryptocurrencies.

The conversation covered the upcoming FCMP (Full Chain Membership Proofs) implementation in Monero, with Seth estimating a timeline of 6-9 months for full deployment. Seth shared insights about Cake Wallet's integration with the Open Crypto Pay system, enabling seamless point-of-sale transactions in Switzerland. He also discussed the importance of maintaining a symbiotic relationship between Monero and other cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin and Litecoin, as they serve as valuable on-ramps to Monero.

The discussion concluded with Seth emphasizing the need for the Monero community to focus on improving user experience without compromising privacy, and to be more open to integration with existing cryptocurrency infrastructure like BTC Pay Server.

MoneroTopia Episode 210 - Price, News, and MUCH More!

April 13th, 2025  |  4 hrs 5 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, china, crypto, cryptocurrency, delistingxmr, exodus, fcmp, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr

MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 210 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

Darknet Market Maximalism with Anti Moonboy Creator xenu | EPI 347

April 12th, 2025  |  1 hr 36 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, theantimoonboy, xenu, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman talks with xenu of The Anti-Moonboy channel. xenu shares his experience launching the Anti Moonboy channel and his series 'Attack of the Poison Outputs', which has grown to 30 episodes focusing on Monero privacy and security analysis. xenu details his entry into cryptocurrency through sports betting in 2016, initially using Bitcoin before discovering Monero.

The discussion covers the current state of cryptocurrency markets, with xenu expressing skepticism about widespread adoption while emphasizing the importance of actual usage over price speculation.

The conversation then shifts to dark market adoption of Monero, with xenu revealing statistics about Archetype, a Monero-only market with over 600,000 users. They discussed the evolution of cryptocurrency usage in dark markets, noting that four of the six most reputable markets are Monero-only, with the remaining two supporting both Monero and Bitcoin. They also cover technical aspects of Monero, including the upcoming full chain membership proofs update and potential future improvements to the protocol.

Jerky for Monero w/ BarnMiner! | EPI 209

April 6th, 2025  |  4 hrs 10 mins

barnminer, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, darknet, fungible, greece, monero, monerorun, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 209 - Beef Jerky for Monero w/ BarnMiner! Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

3D Printed Gun Designer Joseph The Parrot on Shaping the Next Steps of True Liberty | EPI 346

April 5th, 2025  |  1 hr 18 mins

3d, 3dgun, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, gun, guns, josephtheparrot, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman has a discussion with 3D gun designer Joseph the Parrot about the intersection of 3D printed guns and cryptocurrency privacy. Joseph explained the origin of his persona and his entry into 3D gun printing through JStark's AR-15 CAD model and the FGC-9 (Fuck Gun Control) project.

He described how the FGC-9 was designed to be manufactured with basic tools, outsourcing complex shapes to 3D printers while keeping metal parts simple. The discussion explores the philosophical parallels between Monero and 3D printed guns in fighting state monopolies.

He highlighted his gun design improvements over the FGC-9, creating the first fully printable gun using no regulated parts worldwide. They also cover Joseph's upcoming presentation at MoneroKon and the importance of bridging the crypto and gun rights communities.