Monero Talk

Andrey Sabelnikov on the Significance of Zano’s Upcoming Hard Fork 6 | EPI 393

August 20th, 2026  |  1 hr 41 mins

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman speaks with Andrey Sabelnikov, founder of Zano and original developer of the CryptoNote codebase, about how the rise of AI is changing blockchain security and software development. Sabelnikov explains how Zano began using AI-assisted auditing to uncover vulnerabilities—including an old emission bug—and how the team has built automated testing systems around increasingly capable AI models.

The conversation then turns to Zano’s upcoming Hard Fork 6, gateway addresses, confidential assets, its planned execution layer, and the transition toward proof of stake. Douglas and Andrey also compare Zano and Monero, discuss the future of privacy coins, proof-of-work versus proof-of-stake, and the challenge of making financial privacy more widely accepted without the stigma currently attached to privacy technology.

Zano Confidential Assets in Action: real-world private DeFi applications | EPI 377

February 4th, 2026  |  56 mins 7 secs

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman talks with the team behind Zano to explore how confidential assets are being used in real-world DeFi scenarios. The conversation breaks down what Zano’s confidential assets are, how they differ from typical privacy coins, and why asset-level privacy matters for practical financial applications.

The guests walk through concrete use cases—including private token issuance, payments, and DeFi-style interactions—while also discussing technical design choices, trust assumptions, and trade-offs between privacy, usability, and scalability. They cover Zano’s future plans for expanding the possibilities of private, censorship-resistant finance beyond simple peer-to-peer transactions.

Stablecoins are a backdoor CBDC w/ Aaron Day | EPI 352

June 7th, 2025  |  2 hrs 6 mins

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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman and Aaron Day explore the growing threat of stablecoins as a covert form of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency), with Aaron warning that the situation has worsened dramatically—“100 times worse than a year ago.” He critiques the Trump administration’s stance, noting that despite public opposition to CBDCs, its policies are paving the way for a backdoor digital currency through stablecoin regulation.

Key figures like Brian Brooks and Howard Lutnick—linked to major stablecoins and now in influential government roles—highlight what Aaron describes as a Silicon Valley and “PayPal mafia” takeover of policy. The proposed Genius Act and Stable Act would require stablecoins to be fully backed by U.S. Treasuries, effectively forcing users to fund government debt and surveillance systems.

With projections of $120 trillion in stablecoin transactions by 2030, Aaron calls this “turbo cancer for CBDC adoption.” The sheer scale of these numbers underscores the urgency he sees in resisting the push toward centralized digital money.

The conversation then shifts to solutions within the privacy coin space, emphasizing unity against technocratic control. Aaron highlights FUSD (Freedom Dollar), a private algorithmic stablecoin built on Zano, which offers an alternative by being over-collateralized with Zano rather than tied to government-backed assets. He discusses Zano’s technical advantages, including its deflationary model, while defending its pre-mine as a necessary step for development funding.

Both hosts stress the importance of collaboration across privacy projects like Monero, Tari, and Zano to resist systemic control. They also preview Porkfest, where they’ll host a privacy tent and welcome Ross Ulbricht and his mother Lynn, who is launching a new advocacy initiative.

MoneroTopia Episode 213! | Price, News & MUCH MORE!

May 4th, 2025  |  3 hrs 51 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 213 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

Is Zano a Scam? w/ Untraceable + Zano | EPI 196

January 5th, 2025  |  4 hrs 4 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 196 - Is Zano a Scam? w/ Untraceable and Zano team members + Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

CryptoSowle of Zano! + Price, News & MUCH More! | EPI 182

September 8th, 2024  |  4 hrs 36 secs

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MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 182 - CryptoSowle of Zano! + Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

Part II of The Future of Zano & the Cryptonote Protocol w/ Andrey Sabelnikov | EPI 307

April 9th, 2024  |  47 mins 39 secs

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TODAY'S SHOW: In part two of Douglas Tuman’s interview with Andrey starts with a discussion about cryptonote white paper author, Nicolas van Saberhagen, aka the Satoshi of Monero, and his potential thoughts on Monero and Zano and what he may think about how the CryptoNote protocol has evolved since inventing it.

The conversation delves into Zano's confidential assets feature and use cases such as creating a privacy-focused stable coin and decentralized bridges for exchanging assets from other blockchains. They also cover regulatory challenges and the project developments that make Monero and Zano censorship resistant.

The Future of Zano and the CryptoNote Protocol w/ Andrey Sabelnikov aka Zoidberg PT1 | EPI 306

April 4th, 2024  |  54 mins 35 secs

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TODAY'S SHOW: In part one of this two part episode, Douglas Tuman interviews Andrey Sabelnikov (aka Zoidberg) who worked alongside cryptonote inventor Nicolas Van Saberhagen as the lead developer of the first implementation of the Cryptonote protocol and who went on to create Zano — which can most simply be categorized as a privacy coin version of Ethereum.

Andrey discusses the recent breakthrough enhancements Zano has implemented with its most recent hardfork, Zarcanum. They discuss many new concepts related to Monero and Zano including the concept of confidential assets and private proof-of-stake consensus, and the bold claim that Monero will one day become proof of stake. Andrey even mentions recent conversations with Nicolas Van Saberhagen regarding his take on proof of stake and Monero in general.

Paying for AI using XMR w/ Tony Davis, News, Price & MUCH More! EPI 159

March 24th, 2024  |  3 hrs 54 mins

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MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 159 - Paying for AI with Monero from Tony Davis! Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week w/ Tony and much more!