Monero Talk

PART 1: Lee Clagett: On the frontlines of the war against Monero

January 3rd, 2021  |  49 mins 38 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: In part 1 of our 2 part interview, Douglas Tuman discusses the ongoing network attacks against Monero with Lee Clagett, a prolific Monero developer.

FinCEN’s attack on Crypto with Fight for the Future: Evan Greer & Joe Thornton

December 29th, 2020  |  51 mins 19 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Deputy Director, Evan Greer and video producer Joe Thornton of fight for the future, a non profit organization that fights for internet freedom.

Comply First: Regulatory Compliance in Crypto with Justin Ehrenhofer and Robby Dermody

December 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 26 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Justin Ehrenhofer and Robby Dermody on the launch of Comply First, an initiative that focuses on providing compliance guidance & resources around privacy preserving cryptocurrencies.

Post-Quantum: Monero Update

December 13th, 2020  |  58 mins 33 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: We’re back from running for US Congress in NY’s 4th congressional district. Tuman didn’t win but got much closer than most expected. Douglas ran on a passion for providing and preserving liberty for all — the same passion that drives Doug and Sunita to run this show.

This week, Doug speaks with Mitchell Krawiec-Thayer, Brandon Goodell and Adam Corbo on the results of their recent research proposal, post-quantum strategies for Monero.

Mitchell, Brandon and Adam discuss their quantum computer research in-depth and which crypto is more susceptible to quantum attacks. They identified a variety of vulnerabilities and mitigations that users can employ to protect themselves today.

Privacy in Cryptocurrency

October 5th, 2020  |  1 hr 3 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman participates in Crypto Mood’s “Privacy in Cryptocurrency” Panel discussion along side Paouky, a Grin contributor, Crypto_C who specializes in governance at PIVX and host of Crypto Mood, Aleks.

Dr. Daniel Kim: Sound Money, Safe Mode

September 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Dr. Daniel Kim, founder and CEO of Sweetwater Digital Asset Consulting LLC. Doug and Dr. Kim discuss his recent talk: Monero: sound money safe mode at the Defcon Monero Village, the difference between privacy and secrecy, the importance to decouple the individual from the technology and how Monero preserves individual control, liberty and rights.

They both argue how Monero is misunderstood on only being used for nefarious purposes & how we must fight to properly define ourselves to ensure our liberty in the digital age. Monero promotes innovation which is a core American value

Joel Gugger: Monero Atomic Swaps Update

August 3rd, 2020  |  38 mins 37 secs

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Douglas Tuman interviews Joel Gugger, a security engineer researching Monero Atomic Swaps. Doug and Joel discuss the recent CCS research proposal and how they were able to prove that it is possible to implement and replace the current zero knowledge proof mentioned in our last interview at the 36C3, with a new and more efficient cryptographic primitive all while still achieving the same goal of trustlessly and anonymously converting monero to bitcoin and vice versa. They also chat about the critical steps & what needs to be done moving forward to help bring the project to fruition.

Amir Khazaieli and Brad Yasar: A Miner & Bitcoin OG on Monero

July 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Amir Khazaieli CEO of Alphamine and Brad Yasar an OG bitcoiner since 2009 and influential investor in the cryptocurrency space. Doug, Amir and Brad discuss bitcoin maximalism, if Monero is living up to its value proposition of being a tool that is decentralized, censorship resistant, unconfiscatable, if it does it better than other crytocurrencies. They also talk about Monero vs. Bitcoin mining and if privacy and fungibility are critical features for cryptocurrencies to achieve digital gold status.

Leonhard Weese: Monero in Hong Kong

July 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Leonhard Weese, president at The Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong

Dr. David D. Friedman On Digital Cash

July 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 12 mins

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Dr. David D. Friedman, an American economist, physicist, legal scholar and libertarian theorist on Digital Cash. He is well known for his most popular book on microeconomics and the libertarian theory of anarcho-capitalism, The Machinery of Freedom.