Monero Talk
Is Monero the truest cryptocurrency?
About the show
Monero Talk broadcasts weekly conversations on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/monerotalk) with topical guests to understand what the Monero cryptocurrency is today and what it hopes to become.
We strive to give birth to new Monero users by simply reporting on the facts in our search to answer the question--Is Monero the truest cryptocurrency of them all? In staying true to the Monero ethos, we aim to always be skeptical. While we are Monero Talk by name, and Monero devotees at heart, the intention of the show is to ultimately discover and support the one blockchain that is most aligned with the original cypherpunk and crypto-anarchist ideals that cryptocurrency was born from. And the one that is most likely to succeed at becoming true digital cash. So far, we believe Monero is the one.
Guests include:
The developers and researchers working on the open source core protocol and the cryptography behind it;
The people building the projects and infrastructure supporting the protocol;
Privacy advocates and people building privacy enhancing technologies;
Analysts and investors speculating on Monero's growth;
Journalists and pundits weighing in on Monero's place in the crypto-sphere; and
Respected (sometimes controversial) contributors and community members.
If you enjoyed the show & would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much!
Monero (XMR) Donation Address:
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Episodes
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LIVE at MoneroTopia Tent at PorcFest25! | EPI 219 Part 1
June 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 56 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, mikehassard, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, porcfest, porcfest2025, privacy, privacycoin, rossulbricht, torekeland, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 219 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week, special guest, attendees from PorcFest25 in New Hampshire at Roger’s Campground & MUCH MORE!
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LIVE at MoneroTopia Tent at PorcFest25! | EPI 219 Part 2
June 22nd, 2025 | 2 hrs 4 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, mikehassard, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, porcfest, porcfest2025, privacy, privacycoin, rossulbricht, torekeland, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 219 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week, special guest, attendees from PorcFest25 in New Hampshire at Roger’s Campground & MUCH MORE!
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Monero’s FCMP+ Upgrade Status with Diego Salazar of Cypher Stack | EPI 353
June 17th, 2025 | 1 hr 43 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, cypherstack, diegosalazar, fungible, lukeszramowski, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, rarar, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman chats with Diego Salazar (Rarar) and Luke Szramowski from Cypherstack about Full Chain Membership Proofs (FCMPs), a breakthrough that will dramatically boost Monero’s privacy. Diego, a longtime Monero contributor and founder of Cypherstack, discusses Stack Wallet—an open-source, multi-platform wallet for privacy coins—and stresses the importance of user-friendly design in privacy tech.
The conversation dives into FCMPs, which will expand Monero’s anonymity set from around 16 to potentially every transaction ever made, with only a logarithmic increase in size. Luke, a mathematician and cryptographer, details the recent hurdles involving 'divisors'—key components that improve FCMP efficiency—and how they overcame complex security challenges to develop a secure version now under review by the Monero Research Lab.
Diego ranks privacy levels across cryptocurrencies, placing current Monero at a 1, Firo’s Lelantus Spark at 4, and Zcash’s Halo 2 Orchard at 10. With FCMPs, he believes Monero could reach 9 or 10—on par with Zcash. The discussion also covers post-quantum cryptography as the next big frontier, with Cypherstack already exploring solutions. Despite earlier setbacks, FCMP development is back on schedule, targeting a Q1 2026 deployment pending code compatibility checks led by MRL’s Justin Ehrenhofer.
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Special Guest Milan from NanoGPT! | EPI 218
June 15th, 2025 | 4 hrs 6 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nanogpt, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 218 - Special guest Milan from NanoGPT! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Douglas Tuman & MUCH MORE!
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BTCPay Server Monero Plugin CCS | EPI 217
June 8th, 2025 | 3 hrs 12 secs
bitcoin, blockchain, btcpay, crypto, cryptocurrency, deverick, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, napoly, privacy, privacycoin, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 217 - BTCPay Server Monero Plugin CCS w/ @deverickapollo and @napoly_kaska! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!
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Stablecoins are a backdoor CBDC w/ Aaron Day | EPI 352
June 7th, 2025 | 2 hrs 6 mins
aaronday, bitcoin, blockchain, cbdc, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, paypal, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zano
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.
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MoneroTopia - Price, News & MORE! | EPI 216
June 1st, 2025 | 3 hrs 35 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, nycryptosummit, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 216 + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Tallow Chips for XMR from @EatFatChips! - Price, News & MORE! | EPI 215
May 18th, 2025 | 3 hrs 21 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, eatfatchips, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 215 - Beef tallow chips for XMR w/ @EatFatChips! + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Gold, Bitcoin and Monero with @northstarcharts | EPI 351
May 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 27 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, gold, kevinwadsworth, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, s&p500, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman talks about technical analysis and market trends with Kevin Wadsworth, an experienced technical analyst from the UK. Monero Talk typically focuses on fundamentals rather than technical analysis, but the current market conditions made it relevant to discuss price movements and broader market trends.
Kevin presented detailed analysis of various markets, including the S&P 500, gold, Bitcoin, and Monero. He demonstrated how technical analysis can predict major market moves by showing historical examples, particularly with gold price predictions from 2019 that proved accurate.
The discussion explored the relationship between different markets, with Kevin explaining how cryptocurrencies remain strongly correlated with stock markets despite occasional short-term divergences. He presented evidence suggesting a potential 'melt-up' scenario in the coming months, while also warning of longer-term risks.
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Special Guest @cryptocomicon - Price, News & MORE! | EPI 214
May 11th, 2025 | 5 hrs 8 mins
bitcoin, blackmirror, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, monerovan, privacy, privacycoin, sdny, xmr, zcash
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 214 - Special Guest @cryptocomicon, Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tux & MUCH MORE!
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Tari Mainnet is Live! | EPI 350
May 7th, 2025 | 1 hr 29 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, ethereum, flufflypony, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, naveenspark, privacy, privacycoin, solana, tari, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episdoe Douglas Tuman has a discussion about Tari, a new blockchain project, with the founders Naveen and Ricardo (@FluffyPony). The conversation covers multiple aspects of the project's development and launch.
Naveen emphasizes Tari's unique features, including its accessibility and user-friendly interface through Tari Universe. He explained that Tari offers default confidentiality powered by a minimal implementation, making it different from other protocols like Ethereum or Solana. Ricardo detailed the technical aspects of Tari's privacy features, comparing them to Monero but noting that Tari's privacy model is intentionally different.
Both founders highlighted the relationship with Monero, explaining that Tari's merge mining feature has already contributed to increasing Monero's hash rate to an all-time high. They emphasized that Tari is not competing with Monero but rather complementing it in the ecosystem.
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MoneroTopia Episode 213! | Price, News & MUCH MORE!
May 4th, 2025 | 3 hrs 51 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, elonmusk, fungible, mexc, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, zano, zcash
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 213 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Live Stream of the NYC Privacy Meetup at Pubkey | EPI 349
May 2nd, 2025 | 1 hr 35 mins
ashiguru, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, pubkey, tor, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman was live at Pubkey, a bitcoin focused bar, in New York City. The conversation covers many wallet related topics, including overviews of new wallets and new wallet privacy features.
Hear an extensive presentation on Ashigaru wallet, a fork of Samurai wallet, that gives instructions on wallet setup, the use of Tor, and security verification processes. Tuxsudo from Cake Wallet presented on privacy features, particularly focusing on silent payments and pay-join functionality.
They explained how silent payments work to generate unique addresses for each transaction, improving privacy on the Bitcoin network. Doug discussed XMR Bazaar, a Monero-based marketplace platform. He explained how the platform facilitates peer-to-peer trading using Monero, with features like multisig escrow and reputation systems.
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Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox | EPI 212
April 27th, 2025 | 3 hrs 24 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, martinsellner, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, spar, wef, xmr, zcash
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 212 - Selling 16 acres for Monero w/ Atomic Fox + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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MoneroSpace Decentralized Satellite Network | EPI 211
April 20th, 2025 | 3 hrs 30 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, exch, fungible, monero, monerospace, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, retoswap, schwab, xmr
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 211 - OpenEnet: MoneroSpace Decentralized Satellite Network + Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Celebrating Monero’s Birthday with some Cake | EPI 348
April 18th, 2025 | 1 hr 46 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, cakewallet, crypto, cryptocurrency, fcmp, fungible, monero, monerobirthday, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, sethforprivacy, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: The episode features a conversation between Douglas Tuman and Seth from Cake Wallet discussing Monero's 11th birthday and recent developments in the Cake Wallet ecosystem. Seth discussed several major updates to Cake Wallet, including background sync for Monero which allows wallets to stay synchronized automatically, and the implementation of a unified 12-word seed phrase system for all supported cryptocurrencies.
The conversation covered the upcoming FCMP (Full Chain Membership Proofs) implementation in Monero, with Seth estimating a timeline of 6-9 months for full deployment. Seth shared insights about Cake Wallet's integration with the Open Crypto Pay system, enabling seamless point-of-sale transactions in Switzerland. He also discussed the importance of maintaining a symbiotic relationship between Monero and other cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin and Litecoin, as they serve as valuable on-ramps to Monero.
The discussion concluded with Seth emphasizing the need for the Monero community to focus on improving user experience without compromising privacy, and to be more open to integration with existing cryptocurrency infrastructure like BTC Pay Server.