Monero Talk broadcasts weekly conversations on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/monerotalk) with topical guests to understand what the Monero cryptocurrency i...
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OR DONATE HERE: https://www.monerotalk.live/donate
LINKS:
https://x.com/lukemulks
TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction
(00:36:20) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(01:21:10) Monerotopia Guest Segment w/ Luke Mulks.
(02:04:28) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tony.
(02:13:05) Hotel room for XMR in Georgia.
(02:14:34) Easybit trying to scam?
(02:15:40) Ross must be buying xmr.
(02:17:04) Pre crime darpa.
(02:20:32) Bitcoin is no longer legal tender.
(02:23:55) Lightning Labs launching Tether on BTC marks.
(02:25:30) OrangeFren first numbers for 2025.
(02:25:56) Trump Lays Out Plan to Fix Credit Card.
(02:28:53) Viewers on Stage Segment.
(04:55:23) Monerotopia Finalization.
NEWS SEGMENT LINKS:
Hotel room for XMR in Georgia: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/s/UlzJFXkJmf
Easybit trying to scam?: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/s/tzbUhhYvks
Ross must be buying xmr: https://x.com/johnfoss69/status/1884850913678123324?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
People making a Ross meme coin: https://x.com/realrossu/status/1881109685631357225?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Ross reunited with his wife: https://x.com/realrossu/status/1884658674301550663?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Ross on MoneroTalk: https://x.com/johnfoss69/status/1882253105888448870?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Pre-crime AML program: https://x.com/theragetech/status/1883864055276044598?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Orangefren stats: https://x.com/orangefren/status/1885613056652193866?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Bitcoin is no longer legal tender: https://x.com/francispouliot/status/1885012184503124095?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Pre crime darpa: https://x.com/freemattkim/status/1884341260858675425?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1_bwwnAvgawJjlw
SPONSORS:
PRICE REPORT: https://exolix.com/
GUEST SEGMENT: https://cakewallet.com & https://monero.com
NEWS SEGMENT: https://www.wizardswap.io
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow!
XMRtopia TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia
XMRtopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social
ODYSEE: https://bit.ly/3bMaFtE
WEBSITE: monerotopia.com
CONTACT: [email protected]
MASTADON: @[email protected]
MONERO.TOWN https://monero.town/u/monerotopia
Get Social with us:
X: https://twitter.com/monerotopia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotopia
DOUGLAS: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
SUNITA: https://twitter.com/sunchakr
TUX: https://twitter.com/tuxpizza
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4:55:44
No gov'ts are excited about XMR. That's why "I Identify as RNG" wants to contribute to it! | EPI 338
Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Floppy, a Bitcoin developer for 10 years, who is transitioning to contribute to Monero development. Floppy discusses his work on a coin join implementation called Joinster and his growing interest in Monero.
They discuss Bitcoin’s limitations, Monero’s privacy advantages, Lightning Network, atomic swaps, and the broader implications of financial privacy. Floppy shares insights into his background, reasons for moving towards Monero, and potential areas where he might contribute to the Monero ecosystem.
TIMESTAMPS:
(00:01:03) Introduction to Floppy and His Bitcoin Journey
(00:04:36) Floppy’s Interest in Monero
(00:07:11) Privacy in Darknet Markets & Bitcoin's Decline in That Space
(00:11:31) Lightning Network vs. Monero for Privacy
(00:19:23) Floppy's Shift Away from Bitcoin Development
(00:22:58) Monero's Adoption and Culture
(00:26:14) Floppy’s Interest in Monero Multisig
(00:27:49) Floppy's Commitment to Staying Anonymous
(00:30:03) Monero Scalability & Mining
(00:34:23) Monero as a Digital Cash Replacement
(00:36:56) Bitcoiners Moving to Monero
(00:41:36) Bitcoiners’ Concerns About Monero
(00:45:06) Bitcoin’s Flaws: Fixed Block Size & Security
(00:49:56) Monero’s Resistance to Co-Option
(00:55:56) Floppy’s Future Plans in Monero Development
(01:02:46) Nostr & Monero Integration
(01:07:03) Floppy’s Final Thoughts on Monero’s Future
LINKS:
https://x.com/1440000bytes
Purchase Cafe & tip the farmers w/ XMR! https://gratuitas.org/
Purchase a plug & play Monero node at https://moneronodo.com
SPONSORS:
Cakewallet.com, the first open-source Monero wallet for iOS. You can even exchange between XMR, BTC, LTC & more in the app! Monero.com by Cake Wallet - ONLY Monero wallet (https://monero.com/)
StealthEX, an instant exchange. Go to (https://stealthex.io) to instantly exchange between Monero and 450 plus assets, w/o having to create an account or register & with no limits.
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotopia.com
CONTACT: [email protected]
ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk
TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia
MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social
MASTODON: @[email protected]
MONERO.TOWN: https://monero.town/u/monerotalk
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1:09:02
Special Guest Nick Spanos | EPI 199
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OR DONATE HERE: https://www.monerotalk.live/donate
LINKS:
https://x.com/nickspanos
TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction.
(00:00:50) Monerotopia Guest Segment w/ Nick Spanos.
(00:42:01) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(01:02:28) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tux and Bawdyanarchist.
(01:02:55) Ross Ulbricht freedom.
(01:06:08) Trump's executive orders on his first day.
(01:18:25) Elon Musk.
(01:20:00) Is Monero keeping Bitcoin's cypherpunk dream alive?
(01:22:10) Eric Trump and the U.S.- Based Crypto.
(01:23:40) "America the world the capital of crypto".
(01:28:36) Monerotopia Finalization.
NEWS SEGMENT LINKS:
Ross part 1: https://x.com/repthomasmassie/status/1881857222353076580?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Ross has been freed part 2: https://x.com/freeross/status/1881925029497377104?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Ross’s speech: https://x.com/realrossu/status/1882609887878029519?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Trump’s executive orders on his first day: https://x.com/annarmatson/status/1881545771683827829?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Pardoning Roger: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1883408063694254415?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1bwwnAvgawJjlw
Forbes on Monero: https://www.forbes.com/sites/boazsobrado/2025/01/18/is-monero-keeping-bitcoins-cypherpunk-dream-alive/
The uncensored library: https://www.uncensoredlibrary.com/en
America to become the world capital of crypto?: https://x.com/cointelegraph/status/1882532074009067829?s=46&t=mVZ0A2C1_bwwnAvgawJjlw
Zero capital gains for crypto projects?: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/eric-trump-confirms-u-based-013000983.html
SPONSORS:
PRICE REPORT: https://exolix.com/
GUEST SEGMENT: https://cakewallet.com & https://monero.com
NEWS SEGMENT: https://www.wizardswap.io
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow!
XMRtopia TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia
XMRtopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social
ODYSEE: https://bit.ly/3bMaFtE
WEBSITE: monerotopia.com
CONTACT: [email protected]
MASTADON: @[email protected]
MONERO.TOWN https://monero.town/u/monerotopia
Get Social with us:
X: https://twitter.com/monerotopia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotopia
DOUGLAS: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
SUNITA: https://twitter.com/sunchakr
TUX: https://twitter.com/tuxpizza
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1:28:57
Exploring Monero’s Future with full time Dev Justin Berman. FCMP++ Integration and more. | EPI 337
Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Justin Berman, a full-time Monero developer. Justin discusses his work on full-chain membership proofs++, which he's been developing for over six months. He explains that this upgrade, along with Carrot (being developed by Jeff Row), represents significant improvements to Monero's privacy and security features.
Justin expresses optimism about implementing these changes before the end of 2025, with code potentially ready for testing within 1-2 months. The conversation also covers the current state of cryptocurrency, including Trump's involvement with meme coins, quantum resistance in cryptocurrencies, and various technical improvements being made to Monero. Justin details how wallet sync times could improve by 60-70% with upcoming changes, and discusses the growing developer community, particularly around the Cuprate project (a Rust implementation of Monero).
TIMESTAMPS:
(00:01:03) Discussion on Trump Coin and the Cryptocurrency Ecosystem
(00:15:58) Justin Berman's Role and Current Work in Monero
(00:22:13) When Will FMCP++ Be Ready?
(01:15:09) Developer Community Growth and Cuprate Initiative
(01:20:46) Persistent Development Challenges and Future Events
LINKS:
https://x.com/justinberman95
Purchase Cafe & tip the farmers w/ XMR! https://gratuitas.org/
Purchase a plug & play Monero node at https://moneronodo.com
SPONSORS:
Cakewallet.com, the first open-source Monero wallet for iOS. You can even exchange between XMR, BTC, LTC & more in the app! Monero.com by Cake Wallet - ONLY Monero wallet (https://monero.com/)
StealthEX, an instant exchange. Go to (https://stealthex.io) to instantly exchange between Monero and 450 plus assets, w/o having to create an account or register & with no limits.
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotopia.com
CONTACT: [email protected]
ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk
TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia
MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social
MASTODON: @[email protected]
MONERO.TOWN: https://monero.town/u/monerotalk
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1:32:02
MoneroTopia Episode 198 - Price, News & MUCH More!
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OR DONATE HERE: https://www.monerotalk.live/donate
LINKS:
TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction.
(00:39:23) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(01:28:08) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tux.
(01:28:33) Bitcoin Freedom Act in Oklahoma.
(01:32:04) Chainalysis attributed the wrong volume of hacked funds.
(01:33:30) Coinbase Developer Platform.
(01:34:50) Bitcoin value cannot be denied by US.
(01:35:55) Coinbase relaunches Bitcoin backed loans.
(01:37:50) Vlad Costea.
(01:43:30) Monerotopia Viewers on Stage Segment.
(01:44:15) Monerotopia Guest Segment w/ Shortwavesurfer.
(03:39:12) Monerotopia Finalization.
NEWS SEGMENT LINKS:
https://x.com/l0lal33tz/status/1878843940729933994?s=46
https://x.com/coinbasedev/status/1879604464476148206?s=46
https://x.com/senlummis/status/1879893968768659575?s=46
https://x.com/scottmelker/status/1880221524877062625?s=46
https://x.com/thevladcostea/status/1880376426245025921s=46&t=WeY1AyuT6Ir1FNBKKq_Beg
SPONSORS:
PRICE REPORT: https://exolix.com/
GUEST SEGMENT: https://cakewallet.com & https://monero.com
NEWS SEGMENT: https://www.wizardswap.io
Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow!
XMRtopia TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia
XMRtopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social
ODYSEE: https://bit.ly/3bMaFtE
WEBSITE: monerotopia.com
CONTACT: [email protected]
MASTADON: @[email protected]
MONERO.TOWN https://monero.town/u/monerotopia
Get Social with us:
X: https://twitter.com/monerotopia
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotopia
DOUGLAS: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
SUNITA: https://twitter.com/sunchakr
TUX: https://twitter.com/tuxpizza
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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