Monero Talk
Is Monero the truest cryptocurrency?
Displaying all 2 Episode of Monero Talk with the tag “dandelion”.
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Is Monero traceable? And why scaling matters for privacy w/ Francisco Cabanas (ArticMine) | EPI 324
September 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 56 mins
articmine, bitcoin, blockchain, chainalysis, crypto, cryptocurrency, dandelion, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, safeguard, surveillance, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews ArticMine, a monero core team member and well known Monero contributor specializing in scaling and a blockchain surveillance expert.
They dive into the traceability of Monero, discussing recent events around leaked Chainalysis videos. They explore how privacy features such as ring signatures, stealth addresses, and confidential transactions safeguard Monero users from blockchain surveillance.
The conversation also covers the implementation of Dandelion technology, which further protects user privacy by obscuring IP addresses. Throughout, they emphasize the strengths of Monero's privacy model while addressing common misconceptions about its traceability.
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Using Statistics to Improve Monero with Rucknium | EPI 323
September 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 20 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, dandelion, fungible, monero, moneroresearchlab, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, rucknium, stressnet, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Rucknium, an empirical microeconomist and Monero Research Lab member specializing in probability and statistical analysis who has made some very impressive contributions to Monero. Including discovering a way to speed up monero transaction confirmations by 60 seconds!
In this first ever interview, Rucknium maintains his anonymity by typing his responses and having a monero friend sit in to read his answers. Tremendous thank you to Patchy319 for doing so!
The conversation centers around Monero’s privacy technology, scalability, and Rucknium’s contributions to the project. They highlight the challenges of Monero’s scalability, including node performance and transaction volume, as well as ongoing efforts to address these issues through StressNet, Network-level privacy solutions like Dandelion++ and potential improvements through the Clover protocol are also explored. We also get to hear a preview of Rucknium’s upcoming presentation at Monerotopia24 Confer!