Monero Talk

MoneroTopia EPI 271! + Price, News & More! | EPI 271

July 27th, 2026  |  3 hrs 28 mins

bitchat, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, github, kraken, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, remsee, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #271 Price, News of the Week & More!

How Bulletproofs Research Could Make Monero Transactions Smaller, Faster & More Private | EPI 390

July 24th, 2026  |  42 mins 10 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, bulletproofstar, crypto, cryptocurrency, cryptography, emanuelescala, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk Douglas Tuman welcomes Emanuele Scala, a cryptography researcher specializing in zero-knowledge proofs and scalable privacy technologies, to discuss his Bulletproof Star research and its potential impact on Monero.

The conversation explores how Bulletproof Star builds upon the original Bulletproofs protocol used by Monero, with the goal of significantly reducing proof sizes while maintaining the trustless privacy guarantees that distinguish Monero from systems relying on trusted setup assumptions. Emanuele explains his academic background, the motivation behind his research, and the technical tradeoffs involved in designing more efficient cryptographic proofs. The episode concludes with a broader discussion of future research directions and why advances in proof systems could make Monero transactions smaller, faster, and more scalable over time.

MoneroTopia EPI 270! + Price, News & More! | EPI 270

July 12th, 2026  |  1 hr 22 mins

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

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #270 Price, News of the Week & More!

Monero: The Best Money on the Market — with DHC | EPI 389

July 10th, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, dhc, fungible, monero, moneroadvogate, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, qubic, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman is joined by DHC, a Monero advocate, investor, and independent writer, whose recent essay explaining the value proposition of Monero sparked widespread discussion within the community.

They explore why Monero continues to stand apart as digital cash, discussing merchant adoption, real-world commerce, mining economics, network security, the recent Qubic attack, decentralized exchanges, and the importance of growing a circular Monero economy. DHC argues that expanding real utility—not speculation—is what will ultimately drive Monero's long-term success.

MoneroTopia EPI 269! + Price, News & More! | EPI 269

July 5th, 2026  |  2 hrs 38 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, elonmusk, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #269 Price, News of the Week & More!

Join the Monero Revolution & Exit the System with Christopher Cialone | EPI 388

July 3rd, 2026  |  1 hr 16 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, christophercialone, crypto, cryptocurrency, financialsystem, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, personalliberty, privacy, privacycoin, technologies, xmr

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman has a wide-ranging conversation with Christopher Cialone covering the current state of Monero adoption, the importance of financial privacy, and the accelerating influence of artificial intelligence on society.

The discussion explores why Monero remains uniquely positioned as practical digital cash, emphasizing its ease of use and its role in preserving personal liberty in an increasingly surveilled financial system. They argue that privacy technologies become increasingly valuable as society moves toward greater digital dependence and centralized control, making continued Monero education and grassroots adoption more important than ever.

Book flights w/ XMR w/o Phone# or E-Mail w/ Shopinbit + Price, News | EPI 268

June 28th, 2026  |  1 hr 50 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, kraken, lrothbardian, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, shopinbit, xmr, xmrdelisting

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #268 Book flights w/ XMR w/o Phone# or E-Mail w/ Shopinbit! + Price, News of the week, with special guest LRothbardian & More!

Padfield on growing levels of Surveillance & need for Privacy! + Price Report, News & more! EPI 267

June 21st, 2026  |  1 hr 54 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, drjonpadfield, fungible, haveno, jonpadfield, lolaleetz, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #267 Padfield on growing levels of Surveillance & need for Privacy! + Price, News of the week, with special guest Dr. Jon Padfield & More!

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.

XMR-Pay w/ SlowBearDigger! + Price, News & More! | EPI 266

June 14th, 2026  |  2 hrs 15 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, moneromeetup, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, slowbeardigger, xmr, xmrpay, zcash

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE #266 XMR-Pay with SlowBearDigger! + Price, News of the week, with special guest SlowBearDigger & More!