Monero Talk

Litecoin as a Privacy Coin with MWEB dev David Burkett | EPI 372

December 13th, 2025  |  54 mins 52 secs

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, David Burkett, creator of Litecoin's MimbleWimble Extension Block (MWEB) and developer of Grin++, discusses cryptocurrency privacy technologies with host Douglas Tuman.

He shares his journey from early Bitcoin interest to becoming more coin-agnostic due to Bitcoin’s scalability and privacy limitations. Burkett explains how MWEB provides basic privacy features, such as hidden transaction amounts and no address reuse, but clarifies that it doesn’t offer the same unlinkability as Monero. He also discusses MWEB’s extension block structure, adoption challenges, and the future of privacy coins, including potential atomic swaps between MWEB and Monero.

Charlie Lee: On the Importance of Fungibility In Crypto

May 21st, 2021  |  1 hr 2 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Charlie Lee, a crypto OG who needs no introduction.

Doug and Charlie discuss whether The top is in, Elon musk, Litcoin adding privacy, Monero’s future role in the cryptosphere, and more! Oh And an important piece of news —- litcoiin is now live on cake wallet!

As Doug discusses with Charlie, litecoin is a great onramp to Monero for those that don’t have access to an exchange that sells Monero for Fiat. Just buy Litecoin with fiat and send it for super low fees off the exchange to your LiteCoin cake wallet address. And then when ready, exchange it in Cake for fungible Monero! Thanks again Cake for making Monero more usable!