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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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.
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MoneroTopia Episode 210 - Price, News, and MUCH More!
April 13th, 2025 | 4 hrs 5 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, china, crypto, cryptocurrency, delistingxmr, exodus, fcmp, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 210 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Darknet Market Maximalism with Anti Moonboy Creator xenu | EPI 347
April 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 36 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, theantimoonboy, xenu, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman talks with xenu of The Anti-Moonboy channel. xenu shares his experience launching the Anti Moonboy channel and his series 'Attack of the Poison Outputs', which has grown to 30 episodes focusing on Monero privacy and security analysis. xenu details his entry into cryptocurrency through sports betting in 2016, initially using Bitcoin before discovering Monero.
The discussion covers the current state of cryptocurrency markets, with xenu expressing skepticism about widespread adoption while emphasizing the importance of actual usage over price speculation.
The conversation then shifts to dark market adoption of Monero, with xenu revealing statistics about Archetype, a Monero-only market with over 600,000 users. They discussed the evolution of cryptocurrency usage in dark markets, noting that four of the six most reputable markets are Monero-only, with the remaining two supporting both Monero and Bitcoin. They also cover technical aspects of Monero, including the upcoming full chain membership proofs update and potential future improvements to the protocol.
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Jerky for Monero w/ BarnMiner! | EPI 209
April 6th, 2025 | 4 hrs 10 mins
barnminer, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, darknet, fungible, greece, monero, monerorun, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 209 - Beef Jerky for Monero w/ BarnMiner! Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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3D Printed Gun Designer Joseph The Parrot on Shaping the Next Steps of True Liberty | EPI 346
April 5th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
3d, 3dgun, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, gun, guns, josephtheparrot, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman has a discussion with 3D gun designer Joseph the Parrot about the intersection of 3D printed guns and cryptocurrency privacy. Joseph explained the origin of his persona and his entry into 3D gun printing through JStark's AR-15 CAD model and the FGC-9 (Fuck Gun Control) project.
He described how the FGC-9 was designed to be manufactured with basic tools, outsourcing complex shapes to 3D printers while keeping metal parts simple. The discussion explores the philosophical parallels between Monero and 3D printed guns in fighting state monopolies.
He highlighted his gun design improvements over the FGC-9, creating the first fully printable gun using no regulated parts worldwide. They also cover Joseph's upcoming presentation at MoneroKon and the importance of bridging the crypto and gun rights communities.
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MoneroTopia Episode 208 - Price, News & MUCH More!
March 30th, 2025 | 3 hrs 43 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, gamestop, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, trump, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 208 - Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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Growing our Monero Family w/ XMRfamily | EPI 345
March 28th, 2025 | 1 hr 22 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, fungible, haveno, localmonero, monero, monerokon, monerotalk, monerotopia, p2p, privacy, privacycoin, xmr, xmrfamily
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews "XMRfamily", a long-time community member with extensive experience in P2P trading. XMRfamily shares his background as a trader on Local Monero, having conducted over 1,500 trades with around 1,000 different trading partners.
He discussed the challenges and risks of P2P trading, including legal issues and potential arrests of traders. The conversation then shifts to Haveno, which has emerged as the main P2P trading platform since Local Monero's shutdown. XMRfamily revealed that from May to December 2024, Haveno processed about $2.4 million in volume with 14,586 Monero traded. In early 2025, the volume increased significantly to over $8 million.
Discussion covered various aspects of the Monero ecosystem, including Magic Grants, where XMRfamily became a committee member in January.
The conversation concluded with plans for upcoming events, including Monero Topia at Porc Fest in June and the simultaneous occurrence of MoneroKon in Prague, highlighting the growing global presence of Monero events. -
MoneroTopia Episode 207 - Price, News & MUCH More!
March 23rd, 2025 | 3 hrs
alexa, amazon, bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, donaldtrump, fungible, michael saylor, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, privacy, privacycoin, tornadocash, trump, xmr
MONEROTOPIA 💃🏽🏝🕺🏼 EPISODE 207 - Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!
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The Pyramid of Power w/ Derrick Broze | EPI 344
March 19th, 2025 | 1 hr 18 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, crypto, cryptocurrency, derrickbroze, elonmusk, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, palantir, petherthiel, privacy, privacycoin, pyramidofpower, xmr
TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman speaks with Derrick Broze about his crowd-funded "Pyramid of Power" documentary series. Derek explains that the series, which began as a 2.5-hour presentation in 2018, has evolved into a 17-part documentary exploring various power structures and institutions.
Each episode aims to be easily accessible while covering complex topics like the Federal Reserve, intelligence networks, and different power groups of the past. Derek shares his approach of verifying sources and avoiding speculation, focusing on documented evidence.
They also dive into contemporary issues, particularly discussing Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and their roles in the emerging technocracy. Derek highlighted concerns about the increasing integration of private technology companies with government power, especially through projects like Palantir. The meeting concluded with a discussion about privacy tools and alternative systems, including Monero, as ways to resist centralized control.
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Onboarding Colombian Coffee Farmers to Monero | EPI 206
March 16th, 2025 | 3 hrs 34 mins
bitcoin, blockchain, cex, crypto, cryptocurrency, cuprate, docker, elonmusk, fungible, monero, monerotalk, monerotopia, paranoiamachinery, privacy, privacycoin, xmr
MONEROTOPIA EPISODE 206 - Onboarding Colombian Gratuitas coffee farmers to Monero w/ saucy_xmr! + Monero Price Report with Bawdy, News of the week with Tony & MUCH MORE!