
Monero Talk
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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Latest episodes

Feb 8, 2019 • 1h 4min
OpenBazaar & Monero a shared ethos w/ Brian Hoffman and Co.
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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: We talk with Brian Hoffman and his OB1 team, Stevie Zollo & Mike Greenberg on why open marketplaces like OpenBazaar and digital cash like Monero are necessary to preserve open and free societies in this internet age.
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WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live
📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com
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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
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Feb 8, 2019 • 32min
Breaking Monero Episode 09 Poisoned Outputs (EAE Attack)
Monero's ring signatures provide plausible deniability, but they aren't perfect. We model examples where two colluding parties 'E' attempt to learn information about an individual 'A.' By sending outputs to individuals and tracing their transaction graphs, these colluding parties may perform powerful statistical tests to learn significant information, especially for repeated transactions where they would not normally occur by chance.

Feb 5, 2019 • 17min
Breaking Monero Episode 08 - Timing Attacks
Information on when users run nodes, sync wallets, and send transactions can be used to learn more about Monero users. We discuss some of the network topography concerns and offer some ways for users to mitigate their exposure to timing heuristics.

Feb 2, 2019 • 1h 21min
LIVE STREAM of NYC Meetup 2/2/19 Sponsored by Cake Wallet & Monero Talk w/ special guest Justin Ehrenhofer
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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Live Streaming of New York City Monero Enthusiasts and Doers Meetup on February 2, 2019. Sponsored by Cake Wallet & Monero Talk with special guest Justin Ehrenhofer!
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🎧PODCAST:
ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo
STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live
📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com
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TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman

Feb 1, 2019 • 1h 4min
Should Bill Gates donate to the Monero project? w/ Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation
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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: We ask Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation if we should worry about Bitcoin becoming a surveillance tool and why aren't those who laud Bitcoin for its liberating potential also focused on helping the Monero project, when it appears to be a truer form of digital cash?
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🎧PODCAST:
ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo
STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live
📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com
Get 🤓😎Social with us:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastumanLinks:Alex GladsteinHuman Rights Foundation

Jan 31, 2019 • 60min
Benjamin Earl Turner & Abteen Bagheri on their video JA RULE and Monero
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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Joining us is Benjamin Earl Turner, a very talented up and coming music artist, and his director, Abteen Bagheri who together recently released a video called "JA RULE". The music video, which is from Benjamin's EP titled "FUCK", is riddled with crypto and in particularly Monero references.
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🎧PODCAST:
ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo
STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live
📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com
Get 🤓😎Social with us:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastumanLinks:Benjamin Earl Turner "JA RULE" VideoDa Waves Hiphop websiteReddit ThreadAbteen's Website

Jan 26, 2019 • 1h 1min
Monero Coffee Chat - 2019.01.26

Jan 24, 2019 • 22min
Breaking Monero Episode 07: Remote Nodes
Remote nodes are convenient, and many wallets are configured to use them by default. Unfortunately, there are privacy and security limitations when users rely on others to provide copies of blockchain data. We discuss some of these limitations, some remote node attacks, and how to mitigate against them.
Links:Monero WorldNode-O-Matic

Jan 20, 2019 • 48min
Why Monero is the top illicitly mined coin
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TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Researchers Sergio Pastrana and Guillermo Suarez-Tangil discuss their recently published report that estimates at least 4.32 percent of the total monero in circulation has been mined with Malware. (720k xmr)
Listen & Reach out to us:
🎧PODCAST:
ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp
SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4
GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo
STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck
WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live
📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.com
Get 🤓😎Social with us:
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/
HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman
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:
49GdSCVTTE4TaDknDFn95QGc3mn3g7JZiPKX6QM7ZpuE5cscRFuGNhnjATKnjDHY7tNUQMM63n24uPYbj1AXFBk5KUPnDrLLinks:Coin Desk Crypto-Mining Malware Article"A First Look at the Crypto-Mining Malware Ecosystem: A Decade of Unrestricted Wealth" Paper

Jan 18, 2019 • 12min
Breaking Monero Episode 06: Unusual Ringsize
In this short episode, we discuss the unfortunate tradeoff when sending Monero transactions with unusual ringsizes. Some transactions were sent with ringsizes over 1000. Monero moved to consensus-mandated ringsizes in a recent update instead of minimum ringsizes. Thus, the concerns in this video serve an informative purpose, but they do not have any current relevance.