Monero Talk

Andrey Sabelnikv aka Cryptozoidberg: The Dev on the Cryptonote team that worked with Nicolas van Saberhagen

March 3rd, 2021  |  1 hr 13 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Andrey Sabelnikov, aka Cryptozoidberg founder of the Zano Project and apparent primary dev on the very earliest Cryptonote code.

They discuss his journey into the cryptocurrency space, his role in working with Nicolas van Saberhagen on the first implementation of crypto note in the form of Bytecoin, and his relationship with the Monero project.

Perhaps most positive in terms of Monero was Andrey discussing his admiration of the Monero researchers and the size of the monero community. Despite his mixed feelings about how he was treated by the Monero devs in the early days, he now has respect for the progress the project has made.

While we can’t verify the veracity of everything Andrey said, it all seemed very genuine and we have been told by some monero OGs that cryptozoidberg was involved in the earliest days of cryptonote. We hope to continue conversation with him and who knows...maybe he will work on Monero one day too.

Lunar Crush: Monero is Pretty Social for a “Privacy” Coin

February 27th, 2021  |  52 mins 13 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Joe Vezzani & Jonathan Farro of Lunar Crush, a social listening tool for crypto.

They discuss what lunar crush is and where it is headed, what Monero’s socia Stats look like, and advice they have for those that want to become more involved in growing Monero’s social reach to a larger audience in the crypto space.

COMIT: Bitcoin-Monero Atomic Swaps are Near

February 19th, 2021  |  37 mins 39 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Philipp Hoenisch of COMIT, an open protocol facilitating trustless cross-blockchain applications, that will soon be launching An MVP for performing atomic swaps between Bitcoin and Monero.

Atomic swaps between bitcoin and monero are highly anticipated as a major development in crypto — making Monero even more unstoppable than it already is, with a decentralized method for trustlessly exchanging between Bitcoin and Monero.

Jeremy Kauffman: CEO of LBRY, the Decentralized YouTube

February 11th, 2021  |  56 mins 29 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Jeremy Kauffman, CEO & founder of LBRY, a decentralized open source version of YouTube.

Jeremey discusses why he created the platform, what it is, if the recent censorship and de-platforming of important figures has caused a boost in users and the design decisions required to keep the platform decentralized and user friendly all at the same time.

He also explains how the system works, why a token architecture was chosen for its platform and how LBRY gives users complete ownership of their content.

Peter McCormack: Why Bitcoin's Fungibility Issue Shouldn’t be Attacked by Monero Enthusiasts

February 2nd, 2021  |  57 mins 3 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Peter McCormick, creator and host of the most successful bitcoin podcast — What Bitcoin Did.

Peter opens with declaring his admiration for Monero despite being a Bitcoiner first and foremost. The conversation becomes a bit contentious as expected, with Doug pushing Peter on what he sees as bitcoin’s flaws. Peter was reluctant to argue the technical features of bitcoin v monero but he was a great sport and we hope to have him
back on soon with technical experts to get deeper into the weeds of these digital cash protocols.

Perhaps the most revealing moment was Peter admitting that Bitcoin may have a fungibility problem after doing some googling during the show. The takeaway being, If you are new to this space don’t only listen to talking heads in cryptoland, like Doug or Peter, in trying to figure out what crypto’s have real value. Rather, Do your own research to understand what technical features are vital to a cryptocurrency, understand what risks exist for each, and invest accordingly.

Cryptocurrency Regulations with Simon Lelieveldt

January 26th, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Simon Lelieveldt, a Regulatory Consultant for Payments and Blockchain

Monero's Organic Growth w/ Core Team Member ArticMine

January 17th, 2021  |  1 hr 16 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Francisco Cabanas..aka ArticMine. For those of you that are new to Monero, Francisco is the man! He is a Monero Core Team member that has been actively researching and investing in cryptocurrencies since 2011.  He holds a phd in physics and is an expert in the field of cryptocurrency scaling — specifically Monero’s elegant dynamic blocksize architecture.  He is also at the forefront of understanding how regulators will likely deal with crypto.

OnlyFans star Aella on Monero

January 13th, 2021  |  41 mins 34 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Aella an OnlyFans pornography star and early cryptocurrency enthusiast and believer who has recently been mentioning Monero on Twitter.

Monero Talk Price Report: Has XMR bottomed out against BTC & how high will it go?

January 10th, 2021  |  30 mins 31 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙Monero Talk Price Report: Mr X of Cryptovigilante tells if XMR has bottomed out against BTC and how high will it go?

PART 2: Lee Clagett: On the frontlines of the war against Monero

January 6th, 2021  |  40 mins 26 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman continues his conversation with Lee Clagett about the network attacks against Monero.