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The Imminent Threat of CBDCs w/ Aaron Day (MT 309)

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Aaron Day - an author, activist, and former presidential candidate. Aaron discusses the potential threat of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and the need for decentralized alternatives.

He also covers the history and motivations behind the push for CBDCs and just how close we may be to seeing them implemented. They explore the challenges faced by existing cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin in terms of scalability, privacy, and resistance to government control.

The conversation highlights the importance of privacy-focused cryptocurrencies like Monero, to create a parallel economy as an alternative to CBDCs. They also discuss strategies for onboarding people to preserve individual liberties in the face of potential digital tyranny.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/M1cy7opc6To Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/the-imminent-threat-of-cbdcs-w-aaron-day:e Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/the-imminent-threat-of-cbdcs-aaron-day-309

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: In this episode Douglas Tuman interviews Luke Parker (aka "KayabaNerve”) as part of a Monerotopia segment. Normally we don’t publish the MoneroTopia special guest segments as a MoneroTalk, but this one is not to be missed!

Luke offers some mind bending insights into the development, implementation , and implications of Full Chain Membership Proofs (FCMPs). Luke describes what he sees as being the path toward implementing them into Monero prior to the Seraphis upgrade. They cover the potential timeline for implementation, with Luke aiming to have it ready within six months, and the possibility of presenting the completed work at the next Monerotopia conference!

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/hXy6IoZjqQM Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/full-chain-membership-proofs-and-beyond:5 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-308

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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.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/oz1vMN7JSds Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/part-ii-of-the-future-of-zano-the:2 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-306-2

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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.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/kPgDU3peHa8 Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/the-future-of-zano-and-the-cryptonote:5 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-306

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Vasili, a software developer from Helsinki, who has developed an application called CryptoPoll that utilizes the ring signature concept from Monero.

The application aims to enable anonymous voting, surveys, and whistleblowing by leveraging the privacy features of ring signatures. Vasili demonstrates how it works and explores potential use cases for CryptoPoll.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/83ygMo5Ml4M Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/ring-signatures-for-secure-online-voting:9 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-305

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews defense lawyers Tor Ekeland and Mike Hassard about the recent trial and conviction of their client Roman Sterlingov for allegedly operating the Bitcoin mixing service Bitcoin Fog.

They highlight how the government relied on circumstantial blockchain tracing analysis rather than direct evidence to make its case, the lack of standards with blockchain tracing tools, threats to financial privacy rights, next steps for appealing the case & much more!

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/ky_euJ4067o Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/roman-sterlingov-guilty-of-running:4 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-304

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Sam Bent (aka DoingFedTime), an ex-darknet market vendor, about the recent shutdown of the Incognito darknet market.

They discuss the incident details, analyze common issues with these markets, and explore ideas for more decentralized marketplaces.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/prGIWqxwb4o Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/incognito-market-shutdown-with-sam-bent:0 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-303

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Blake Lovewell a researcher, writer, and privacy advocate.

The two discuss topics related to privacy, censorship resistance, decentralization, Bitcoin, Monero and the cypherpunk ideology. Blake covers his background researching macroeconomics, politics and technology. They examine increasing censorship attempts towards Monero, including recent exchange de-listings, as signs of success.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/S4iMjJKbg4w Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/monero-vs.-the-surveillance-state-w:e Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-302

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews SirJamz, Luke Parker, and Seth Estrada while they are attending the ETH Denver conference. SirJamz had spent all week onboarding eth Denver attendees to Monero and linked up with Luke and Seth for a privacy related chat.

They discuss the latest developments in the Monero ecosystem and ultimately what Monero’s privacy and efficiency roadmap is, atomic swaps, Serai DEX, full membership proof update, some respected privacy coin projects, and even touch upon the hypothetical concept of private smart contracts on Monero.

They also talk about the importance of privacy and censorship-resistance in blockchains and analyze the tradeoffs with different privacy solutions.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/GhNljgiQKp8 Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/privacy-in-focus-eth-denver-w-luke:8 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-epi-301

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW:

Douglas Tuman interviews Lando Rothbardian, CEO of online retailer ShopInBit, which accepts Bitcoin and Monero for payment.

The discussion explores Lando's background, how ShopInBit started accepting Monero, Monero privacy protections, ShopInBit product offerings, the impacts of exchange delistings, business expansion plans & much more!

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/Fw3zmIjGl5A Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/shopinbit-and-the-monero-circular:1 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/shopinbit-and-the-monero-circular-economy-w-lando-rothbardian-epi-300

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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman catches up with Dr. Kapil and CG of the BasicSwap team. Basicswap participated in last years MoneroTopia and we hope to have them again this year in Argentina.

In this episode they discuss the progress that has been made since presenting at MoneroTopia23, the latest functionality and the roadmap of the BasicSwap decentralized exchange (DEX). They provide an overview of the team, the atomic swap implementation that basic swap uses, user experience, and plans to improve accessibility.

Key metrics about usage and liquidity are shared, as well as thoughts on driving adoption into the future. Special thanks to BasicSwap for being one of the first to build the decentralized bridges Monero needs to flourish, in-spite of the delistings from centralized exchanges.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/7bhQNgVoeq8 Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/binance-delists-xmr%2C-basicswap-steps-in:f Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/monerotalk-kapil-basicswap-epi-299

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The Most Useful Tool for Freedom w/ Gabriel Custodiet (MT #298)

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews, Gabriel Custodiet, host of the Watchman Privacy Podcast.

They cover Monero's superiority in terms of privacy and utility, regulatory concerns about privacy tech like Monero and Bitcoin, CoinJoins, the philosophy behind individual freedom, the need for cultural changes rather than just relying upon freedom tools, and the role of adversarial thinking in protecting privacy.

Watch Here (YouTube) ➡️ https://youtu.be/1NyqEGwFecM Watch Here (Odysee) ➡️ https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8/the-most-useful-tool-for-freedom-w:1 Listen Here 🎧: https://www.monerotalk.live/gabriel-custodiet-epi-298

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