Monero Talk

ShopInBit and the Monero Circular Economy w/ Lando Rothbardian | Epi #300

February 16th, 2024  |  1 hr 42 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, delisting, exchange, fungible, landorothbardian, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, shopinbit, xmr

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Lando Rothbardian, CEO of online retailer ShopInBit, which accepts Bitcoin and Monero for payment.

The discussion explores Lando's background, how ShopInBit started accepting Monero, Monero privacy protections, ShopInBit product offerings, the impacts of exchange delistings, business expansion plans & much more!

Binance delists XMR, BasicSwap steps in as an Atomic Swap-based unstoppable on-ramp w/ Dr. Kapil | Epi #299

February 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 49 mins

basicswap, bitcoin, blockchain, cg, crypto, cryptocurrency, dex, fungible, kapil, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman catches up with Dr. Kapil and CG of the BasicSwap team. Basicswap participated in last years MoneroTopia and we hope to have them again this year in Argentina.

In this episode they discuss the progress that has been made since presenting at MoneroTopia23, the latest functionality and the roadmap of the BasicSwap decentralized exchange (DEX). They provide an overview of the team, the atomic swap implementation that basic swap uses, user experience, and plans to improve accessibility.

Key metrics about usage and liquidity are shared, as well as thoughts on driving adoption into the future. Special thanks to BasicSwap for being one of the first to build the decentralized bridges Monero needs to flourish, in-spite of the delistings from centralized exchanges.

MoneroTopia EPI #154 - Monero Price Report, News & More!

February 10th, 2024  |  3 hrs 32 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, development, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, news, obama, pricereport, privacy, privacycoin, putin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 154 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ tuxsudo, and MUCH MORE!

MoneroTopia EPI #153 - Monero Price Report, News & More!

February 3rd, 2024  |  3 hrs 47 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerokon, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerovegas, monezon, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 153 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ tuxsudo, and MUCH MORE!

The Most Useful Tool for Freedom w/ Gabriel Custodiet | EPI #298

February 2nd, 2024  |  1 hr 4 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, coinjoins, crypto, cryptocurrency, freedom, fungible, gabrielcustodiet, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, watchmanprivacypodcast, xmr

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews, Gabriel Custodiet, host of the Watchman Privacy Podcast.

They cover Monero's superiority in terms of privacy and utility, regulatory concerns about privacy tech like Monero and Bitcoin, CoinJoins, the philosophy behind individual freedom, the need for cultural changes rather than just relying upon freedom tools, and the role of adversarial thinking in protecting privacy.

Digital Privacy w/ Simplified Privacy, Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI# 152

January 27th, 2024  |  3 hrs 42 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, darkweb, digitalprivacy, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, simplifiedprivacy, wasabiwallet, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 152 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special Guest Simplified Privacy, and MUCH MORE!

Anonymity & Secure Communications w/ prancing389, Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI# 151

January 20th, 2024  |  2 hrs 42 mins

anonymity, bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, milei, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, securecommunications, trump, wef, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 151 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special Guest prancing389 who will discuss how once can have secure communications & anonymity in this current day in age and MUCH MORE!

Bitcoin Drive Chain creator Paul Sztorc on BTC’s stagnation & Monero’s progress | EPI #297

January 17th, 2024  |  1 hr 30 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, digitalcashprotocol, drivechain, fungible, lightiningnetwork, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, paulsztorc, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Paul Sztorc, an OG Bitcoiner and Dev and the inventor of Bitcoin drivechains.

The two discuss Topics including Bitcoin's stagnation, the potential of Monero to be the worlds digital cash protocol, issues with Lightning Network adoption, drivechains as a scaling solution, why Bitcoin has not adopted them and the possibility of Monero to do so. They also discuss Monero's superior privacy technology and utility for payments and the need for cryptocurrencies to provide actual utility beyond being a means of speculation.

Monero Town Update w/ Escuelita Bitcoin, Monero Price, News & MORE! | EPI #150

January 13th, 2024  |  3 hrs 46 mins

atomicswap, bch, bitcoin, blackrock, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, escuelitabitcoin, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerotown, privacy, privacycoin, xmr

MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 150 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, Co-host and News of the week w/ Tony, Special guest Escuelita Bitcoin to chat about Monero Town and MUCH MORE!

The Fight for Anonymous Digital Cash w/ Nopara EPI #296

January 12th, 2024  |  1 hr 29 mins

anonymous, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nopara, privacy, privacycoin, samaurai, wasabiwallet, xmr

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Nopara, the creator of Bitcoin's Wasabi wallet who has announced is he moving on from being the face of the project and will pursue other things.

The two discuss the need for uncensorable digital cash and what it will take to make it both unstoppable and user friendly, Does Monero already serve this purpose? What challenges are currently being faced by Bitcoin if it is digital cash?

The two also dive into Nopara's history with Wasabi wallet and the state of privacy on Bitcoin. Nopara also gives us his take on Samaurai v Wasabi. Please note, Doug hopes to have someone from the Samaurai project on soon to offer their response and take too.