Monero Talk

Monero’s influence on the privacy industry w/ John Woods | EPI 387

June 19th, 2026  |  1 hr 12 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fcmp++, fungible, jamtis, johnwoods, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nillion, privacy, privacycoin, seraphis, xmr, zcash

TODAY'S SHOW: Douglas Tuman chats with John Woods, the CEO of Nillion - a company focused on building decentralised privacy. Their discussion focuses on Monero’s current position within the privacy ecosystem and the growing debate between Monero and Zcash. John explains how concerns around fungibility and privacy led him from Bitcoin to Monero before examining the health of the Monero community, emerging privacy technologies, and the implications of Zcash’s recent Orchard vulnerability.

The conversation explores the tradeoffs between privacy and auditability, differing trust assumptions in cryptocurrency design, and Monero’s future roadmap, including FCMP++, Seraphis, Jamtis, and post-quantum considerations.

Monero’s Biggest Privacy Upgrade is Almost Here: Justin Berman on FCMP++ Stressnet Go Live! | EPI 382

May 9th, 2026  |  2 hrs 2 mins

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Justin Berman breaks down Monero’s upcoming FCMP++ upgrade and why it could be a major leap forward for on-chain privacy. The discussion explores how Full Chain Membership Proofs improve anonymity, the purpose of the newly launched stressnet, and the engineering challenges behind deploying advanced cryptography at scale.

Justin explains why the upgrade matters for long-term fungibility and resistance to blockchain analysis. The episode also explores the broader future of privacy-preserving cryptocurrency development.

Monero FCMP++ and CARROT Stressnet Goes Live Oct 3 w/ Dev Jeffro256 | EPI 363

October 3rd, 2025  |  1 hr 24 mins

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, host Douglas Tuman interviews Monero developer Jeffro256. They dive into Monero’s upcoming Carrot protocol upgrade and Full Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP++), two major advancements in privacy and security.

Jeff shares his path into Monero, from early mining experiments in 2017 to contributing as a developer. He explains how Carrot fixes vulnerabilities like the burning bug and Janus attack, while adding features such as outgoing view keys and offline address generation.

The conversation then shifts to FCMP++, with a stress test network launching soon. This upgrade will expand Monero’s anonymity set from 16 to around 150 million—an unprecedented leap in privacy. They also cover Monero’s response to recent Qubic mining attacks, Tevador’s “publish or perish” proposal, comparisons with other privacy coins like Zcash, and future directions including quantum resistance and confidential assets.