Monero Talk

Vini Barbosa’s unfiltered take on the Monero selfish mining attacks and PoW | EPI 360

September 1st, 2025  |  1 hr 17 mins

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nano, privacy, privacycoin, proofofwork, qubic, xmr, zcash

TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk Douglas Tuman has a discussion with Vinny Barbosa, a Brazilian crypto writer and privacy advocate, about the current challenges facing the Monero network, particularly the ongoing selfish mining attacks by the Qubic pool.

The conversation explores both short-term and long-term solutions, including the proposed "Publish or Perish" soft fork to disincentivize selfish mining, defensive mining strategies, and the controversial idea of incorporating proof-of-stake elements or a finality layer to enhance network security. Vinny argues that while Monero’s proof-of-work and ASIC resistance are valuable for decentralization and permissionless mining, all proof-of-work systems are inherently vulnerable to such attacks, and the community should remain open to researching hybrid or alternative consensus models without ideological dogma.

The dialogue emphasizes the importance of open debate, technical innovation, and community resilience in navigating Monero’s current crisis, while also touching on broader themes of digital cash, sovereignty, and interoperability with other privacy and scalable cryptocurrencies like Zcash and Nano.

House for sale on XMRBazaar w/ @r12car | EPI 220

June 29th, 2025  |  4 hrs 11 mins

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MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 220 - House for sale on XMRBazaar w/ @r12car! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

Special Guest @cryptocomicon - Price, News & MORE! | EPI 214

May 11th, 2025  |  5 hrs 8 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 214 - Special Guest @cryptocomicon, Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!

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!

Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox | EPI 212

April 27th, 2025  |  3 hrs 24 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 212 - Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

MoneroTopia Episode 203 - Price, News & MUCH More!

February 23rd, 2025  |  2 hrs 34 mins

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MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 203 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!

In Defense of the Zcash Development Fund with Ian Sagstetter #Monerotopia23

April 25th, 2024  |  47 mins 15 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, iansagstetter, mexicocity, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerotopia23, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zcash

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Speaker: Ian Sagstetter (Zcash Contributor)

A Statistical Research Agenda for Monero with Rucknium (Monerotopia23)

March 8th, 2024  |  24 mins 49 secs

bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotopia, monerotopia23, privacy, privacycoin, ruckniummonerotransaction, xmr, zcash

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Speaker: Rucknium (Empirical Microeconomist and Monero Research Lab Researcher)

In this talk, Rucknium, an empirical microeconomist and cryptocurrency protocol researcher, presents a statistical research agenda for Monero – covering a range of topics, from enhancing Monero transaction speed to identifying vulnerabilities in cryptographic protocols, like Zcash and Monero's crypto note. The speaker emphasizes the critical need for robust statistical research to address privacy challenges. The episode concludes with a call to recruit more researchers and highlights the Magic Monero Fund's role in supporting open-source Monero research and development.

Price Report w/ aFungible, special guest Csilla and MUCH MORE! EPI #62:

May 1st, 2022  |  1 hr 27 mins

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Which privacy coin is the best? With Aaron Van Wirdum

November 8th, 2018  |  1 hr 6 mins

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Aaaron Van Wirdum of Bitcoin Magazine talks to us about his recent in depth series on privacy coins and the pros and cons of each coin. Monero, Bitcoin, Zcash, Dash, Verge, Mimblewimble &Grin.