Monero Talk

1 Million Downloads! Vik Sharma on Cake Wallet, Monero, and the Rise of “Privacy Coins” | EPI 367

November 7th, 2025  |  29 mins 59 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, viksharma, xmr, zcash

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman chats with Vik Sharma, founder of Cake Wallet, about the wallet's milestone of 1 million downloads and 450,000 monthly active users. Vik shares how Cake Wallet, initially a Monero-only wallet, has expanded to support Bitcoin, Litecoin, and more—while staying true to its open-source and privacy-focused roots.

The conversation covers Cake Wallet's relationship with the Monero community, privacy coins' growing attention (especially Zcash), and why Monero remains the preferred choice for actual use. The episode wraps up with thoughts on how Monero can stay ahead in the privacy space and the goal of creating a global peer-to-peer economy where people can "live off Monero."

MoneroTopia Episode 236 | Price, News, and MUCH MORE!

October 19th, 2025  |  2 hrs 10 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, signal, thorchain, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 236 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

Celebrating Monero’s Birthday with some Cake | EPI 348

April 18th, 2025  |  1 hr 46 mins

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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.

CopaMonero Launch + XMRBazaar Beta | Price, News & MUCH More! EPI 168

June 2nd, 2024  |  3 hrs 33 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 168 - CopaMonero Launch w/ Anhdres & Alessandro & XMRBazaar Beta, Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux and MUCH MORE!

Episode 108: Privacy Is Our Dignity w/ Rafael LaVerde #Monerotopia23

March 8th, 2024  |  45 mins 52 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptovigilante, decentralized, dollarvigilante, monero, moneronews, privacy, privacycoin, rafaellaverde, technology, xmr, xmrnews

Monerotopia 2023 - El Dinero de la Gente🎉🇲🇽 📜 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!

Speaker➡️: Rafael LaVerde (The Crypto Vigilante)

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 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 153 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ tuxsudo, and MUCH MORE!

Pavol Lupták of Liberation Travel, Monero News & More! A Topia Holiday Special EPI #147

December 23rd, 2023  |  2 hrs 47 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, ghostbox, gta6, liberationtravel, monero, monerotopia, pavolluptak, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 147 - Pavol Lupták of Liberation Travel, Monero News & More! It's a Holiday Special EPI #147

Monero Nodo Progress w/ Abdullah! + Price Report & News! | EPI #145

December 9th, 2023  |  2 hrs 5 mins

abdullah, bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, moneronodo, privacy, privacycoin, technology, xmr, xmrnews

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 145 - Monero Nodo Progress w/ Abdullah, Price Report with Bawdy, XMR news of the week and MUCH MORE!

Outcompeting the surveillance state with privacy tech w/ François-Xavier Wicht | EPI #292

December 8th, 2023  |  1 hr 16 mins

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

TODAY'S SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews François-Xavier Wicht, a first-year PhD student in the Cryptology and Data Security Group at the University of Bern who has done a lot of research on Monero Privacy and untraceability.

Together they discuss François’ research in privacy in crypto, comparison of different privacy blockchains and privacy tech, how the untraceability of Monero works and how effective it is, the ethics of working for a blockchain surveillance company and more!

Tail Emission And Demurrage w/ Peter Todd #Monerotopia23

December 7th, 2023  |  46 mins 11 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, decentralized, monero, moneronews, petertodd, privacy, privacycoin, tailemission, technology, xmr, xmrnews

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Monerotopia 2023 - El Dinero de la Gente🎉🇲🇽 📜 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!

Speaker➡️: Peter Todd (Cryptochronomancer and Bitcoin Rabble Rouser)