Shows
Ungovernable MisfitsRUN A NODE | MONERO MONTHLY 11A monthly show where Max and Seth take a trip down memory lane to see what happened in the last 4 weeks of Monero.GeneralObscura VPN adds Monero supporthttps://x.com/obscuravpn/status/1985363499208368134Absolutely fantastic VPN with a novel, dual-entity modelMyMonero shutting down, handing over the reigns to Cake Wallethttps://monero.observer/mymonero-to-shut-down-january-6-2026/Jan 6 2026: MyMonero service completely offlineFeb 6 2026: All MyMonero data permanently destroyedMonerotopia happening in Mexico City, Feb 12-15thhttps://monerotopia.com/Monerokon folks release XMRposhttps://github.com/MoneroKon/XMRposA new PoS-focused Monero app, making it...
2025-11-1058 min
MoneroKon Podcastjeffro256 - Planned and speculative block changes in Monero (MoneroKon 2025)There are a few planned changes to Monero’s consensus protocol revolving around the block format. A tweak to the PoW algorithm, RandomX, would allow for stability against DoS attacks with significant improvements to negative testing speed in the average case. On the FCMP++ side, to allow for wallets to check FCMP trees provided by nodes, a field called the “FCMP tree root” will be added to the block data. I will also discuss a more speculative change to the p2p protocol which would allow for header-only sync in Monero, and what has already been done to get that s...
2025-10-3028 min
MoneroKon PodcastAaron Feickert - Rings and trees: how to prove coin ownership (MoneroKon 2025)The current Monero protocol uses linkable ring signatures to prove coin ownership in a way that doesn’t leak the specific coin. But other designs do things differently! In this talk, we’ll look at different approaches to proving ownership in digital asset protocols: Monero (today and tomorrow!), Firo, and Zcash. Each offers a unique and interesting look at how we can use different cryptographic techniques toward the same goal.
About the Speaker:
Aaron Feickert is a cryptographer, mathematician, and physicist whose current research focuses on privacy-preserving signature and proof constructions.
2025-10-0927 min
MoneroKon PodcastAnhdres - Hooks & Loops (MoneroKon 2025)This talk begins with a dissection of life’s winding paths, exploring the choices and paths that brought each of us to MoneroKon. We’ll look at how well-known members of the Monero community first discovered Monero, pinpointing the specific moments or details that made it stick to them.
Then we’ll explore nature’s design: the hooks and loops that help burrs spread their seeds far and wide, and how that mirrors human attitudes. Some of us are mostly hooks, creating tiny signals and events that invite others in. Others are mostly loops, passive consumers of media an...
2025-10-0953 min
Ungovernable MisfitsStressnet Begins | MONERO MONTHLY 10A monthly show where Max and Seth take a trip down memory lane to see what happened in the last 4 weeks of Monero.General18-block re-orghttps://rucknium.me/posts/monero-18-block-reorg/https://github.com/WeebDataHoarder/Monero-Timeline-Sep14Share or Perish (selfish mining mitigation)https://github.com/monero-project/research-lab/issues/146FCMP++ stressnet begins October 3rd!https://x.com/monero/status/1972735143673795024https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/releases/tag/v0.19.0.0-alpha.1Monerokon cancelledhttps://monero.observer/monerokon-2026-cancelled/Software updatesCake Wallet v5.4.0-2https://blog.cakewallet.com/cake-wallet-releases-pay-anything-making-crypto-work-the-way-you-think-it-should...
2025-10-0948 min
Anti Moonboy on OdyseeMonerokon 2025 Day Three Recap (Clip from AMN Episode 35)A recap of the final day of Monerokon 2025!Timestamps: 0:00 Juraj - Fellow Monerites, are we lost?7:42 Robert Blinov - The Value of p2p networks10:41 deki - How ayn rand's ideas connect to privacy and crypto13:08 Joseph the parrot - Beyond the FGC916:15 Sarang - Mnemonic Seeds for Risky Situations19:28 Sockstrace - Jeremy Rand, Robert Mindo24:06 Rucknium and Boog - Defeating Spy Nodes. moneronet.info27:23 Martin Arness - Monero After DAC830:32 Luke Szarmowski - Cypherstack...
2025-07-1733 min
Anti Moonboy on OdyseeMonerokon 2025 Day Two Recap (Clip from AMN Episode 34)Day two of Monerokon was packed with great content. In this recap, I cover topics such as cyber dystopia, zero knowledge proofs, eclipse attacks, and Monero's fees. Timestamps:0:00 Dormouse presents his thoughts on today's Cyberpunk Dystopia6:21 Afungible - spam attack11:35 Yu - Eclipse attack and Monero supernodes16:35 ArticMine - FCMP++ FeesI 21:00 hbs - Ethereum Atomic Swaps24:57 CJ and Sean Coughlin - Grease Payment Channel27:26 Alex Szepieniec - Post Quantum Anonymity without signatures30:04 Harry Halpin - Nym VPNMerch: antimoonboy...
2025-07-1133 min
Monero TalkWhat Would Ayn Rand Think About Monero? w/ Deki Zedd | EPI 355Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, host Douglas Tuman speaks with guest Deki, an engineer and philosopher, about the intersection of Ayn Rand’s Objectivism and cryptocurrency—particularly Monero. Deki, who recently presented on this topic at MoneroKon, outlines Rand’s key philosophical pillars—objective reality, reason, rational self-interest, free market capitalism, and privacy—and argues that these values closely align with the principles...
2025-07-041h 02
Anti Moonboy on OdyseeMonerokon 2025 Day One Recap (Clip from AMN Episode 33)Missed Monerokon 2025 but interested in an overview? Check out my summary of the day one presentations, featuring Rucknium, Anhdres, Justin Ehrenhofer, and others!Merch: antimoonboy.com/merchXMR Donation Address: 84tVkJ6zAHyEpE8yBmkdVtY9s85DLmAwqX4uAdDsswHn4aRw7HpdEabfWigs8Y5QQRarqLj1TLZha38mjHTYJABUHEzgPTA Superchats (will be read at the start of Anti Moonboy News each week): xmrchat.com/xenuWhere to follow: twitter.com/xenumoneroOdysee: https://odysee.com/@anti_moonboy:7 Rumble: https://rumble.com/user/AntiMoonboy
2025-07-0326 min
Monero TalkDoes Monero need a L2? Sean Coughlin presents Grease: a payment channel implementation for Monero | EPI 354Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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TODAY'S SHOW: In this episode of Monero Talk, Douglas Tuman speaks with cryptographic engineer Sean Coughlin about "Grease," his proposed layer 2 payment channel protocol for Monero.
They delve into its technical design, how it compares to Bitcoin’s Lightning Network, and its potential to streamline Monero transactions by enabling off-chain payments without routing complexities. Sean shares insights from MoneroKon, discusses Monero’s resilience desp...
2025-06-281h 26
AlexAnarchoMoneroKon 2025 ImpressionenShownotesWebsite: MoneroKon
Website: Second Culture
YouTube Channel: Monero Community Workgroup
Twitter: Der ikonische Monero Sticker
Twitter: Bilder der MoneroKon
Video: Interview mit HugBunter über Darknet Market Takedowns
Twitter: MoneroKon vs BTC Prague
Video: Defeating Spy Nodes on the Monero Network
Video: OSPEAD Optimal Ring Signatures
Website: Monero Garden
Website: CakeWallet
Website: Trocador
Website: Firo
Website: Edge Wallet
Website: DarkFi
Website: SethForPrivacy
Video: FCMP Divisors: T...
2025-06-261h 27
MoneroKon PodcastRucknium - OSPEAD: Optimal Ring Signatures (MoneroKon 2025)OSPEAD estimates the age distribution of the real spend in Monero’s ring signatures. Monero’s decoy selection algorithm could be changed to closely mimic the real spend age distribution, yet an anti-privacy adversary can also use the real spend distribution to execute the MAP Decoder attack on past ring signature data. The attack raises the probability of correctly guessing the real spend in a 16-member ring from 6.25% to 23.5%, on average.
Multiple nonstandard decoy distributions are modeled as repeated measurements drawn from unknown distributions components, then estimated by the method of Bonhomme, Jochmans, & Robin (2016). The age distribution of r...
2025-06-2619 min
MoneroKon PodcastJustin Ehrenhofer - Overview of the Last Year of Audits, Reviews, and Proofs (MoneroKon 2025)This presentation gives an overview of Monero reviews and audits related to FCMP++ and Serai. Justin from MAGIC Grants will discuss the importance of these reviews, how the vendors were selected, what their outcomes were, and what is next.
Founder of Moonstone Research, senior director at NAXO, Justin Ehrenhofer is Board Member and President of MAGIC Grants, a 501(c)(3) public charity that provides scholarships for students interested in cryptocurrencies and privacy, supports public cryptocurrency infrastructure, and promotes privacy.
magicgrants.org
2025-06-2621 min
MoneroKon PodcastRucknium, Boog900, xenu - Defeating Spy Nodes on the Monero Network (MoneroKon 2025)According to recent analysis by the Monero Research Lab, one or more anti-privacy adversaries have set up many spy nodes on the Monero network, composing up to 40 percent of reachable node addresses. Connections to these spy nodes would make up an estimated 15 percent of the privacy-sensitive outbound connections established by honest nodes that use the default configuration. This talk will quantitatively estimate the privacy impact of spy nodes even when Monero’s Dandelion++ protocol is used. The following countermeasures will be evaluated: opt-in IP address ban lists, anonymity networks like Tor and I2P, a Dandelion++ alternative called Clover, su...
2025-06-2625 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke Szramowski - FCMP Divisors: The Inside Scoop (MoneroKon 2025)Luke Szramowski from Cypher Stack talks about some of the difficulties regarding the research into divisors.
Luke Szramowski is a mathematical researcher, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and two Master’s Degrees, one in Math, with a focus in Number Theory and another in Math with a focus in Coding Theory. In his free time, Luke works on a litany of different math problems, mainly regarding Number Theoretic conjectures and playing all different types of games.
2025-06-2629 min
Monero TalkLIVE at MoneroTopia Tent at PorcFest25! | EPI 219 Part 147e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction (Live from Porcfest with UlyXYZ).
(00:13:51) Porcfest Atendee 1.
(00:30:02) Porcfest Atendee 2.
(00:35:45) Porcfest Atendee 3.
(00:44:07) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(01:34:00) Ross Ulbricht's talk on the Porcfest25 Stage.
NEWS SEGMENT LINKS:
House in Argentina for xmr: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monero/s/wSBXWZ7QPy
Monerokon speeches: https://www...
2025-06-221h 56
Monero TalkLIVE at MoneroTopia Tent at PorcFest25! | EPI 219 Part 247e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Doug XMR Workshop at Porcfest.
(00:59:50) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tony.
(01:00:29) House in Argentina for XMR.
(01:02:00) MoneroKon.
(01:05:20) Doug strong like XMR.
(01:06:57) Monero Community Fundraiser.
(01:08:11) Coinmarketcap has been hacked.
(01:08:55) A new payment channel concept for Monero.
(01:09:35) Privacy, Banks and the Digital Euro Threat.
(01:15:25) Saylor couldn’t sleep when he fo...
2025-06-222h 04
Monero Talk3D Printed Gun Designer Joseph The Parrot on Shaping the Next Steps of True Liberty | EPI 346Any donation is greatly appreciated!
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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...
2025-04-051h 18
MoneroKon PodcastMoneromooo, narrated by Syksy - Townforge (Remote)An overview of the aspects of Townforge
Video link:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=1i6EgP8_AEU
2024-11-0239 min
MoneroKon PodcastSowle & Koe - Zarcanum: A Proof-of-Stake Scheme for Confidential Transactions with Hidden AmountsZarcanum (ZPoS) is a first ever secure and private blockchain consensus scheme that enhances traditional Proof of Stake with untraceability and hidden amounts.
2024-09-2919 min
MoneroKon PodcastAndriy Khavryuchenko - Practicing AnarchismAn introduction to practicing anarchism from ab initio to real life. What is necessary to live free and why. How to build it and challenges in doing so.
2024-09-2916 min
2024-07-2823 min
MoneroKon PodcastDominique Schröder PayMo： Verifiable Timed Linkable Ring Signatures For Scalable Payments For MoneroUnleash the power of privacy with Monero’s scalable payments! Explore Verifiable Timed Linkable Ring Signatures for secure, anonymous transactions
2024-07-2819 min
MoneroKon Podcastanhdres - Welcome to the GardenDiscover a serene Monero oasis in the Welcome to the Monero Garden! Explore secure, private crypto transactions in an engaging community setting
2024-07-2823 min
MoneroKon Podcastandrea - Regulating Monero： A Libertarian, Strategic AnalysisExplore the balance of freedom & regulation in our strategic analysis of Monero: the libertarian’s choice for privacy-focused cryptocurrency
2024-07-2823 min
MoneroKon PodcastAram Jivanyan - Lelantus Spark： State of the Art and Future ImprovementsExplore Lelantus Spark’s cutting-edge privacy features & upcoming advancements - Secure and Flexible Private
Transactions
https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1173.pdf
2024-07-2815 min
MoneroKon PodcastCayle Sharrock - TariScript： Non-interactive protocols for MimblewimbleTariScript - Bringing dynamic scripting to
Mimblewimble
https://www.tari.com/assets/updates/docs/tariscript.pdf
2024-07-2821 min
MoneroKon PodcastJuraj Bednár - Analysing Monero Merchants‘ Traffic Using Simple ChainanalysisUnlock Monero merchant insights with easy chain analysis! Boost your traffic & stay ahead in privacy-focused crypto transactions
2024-07-2823 min
MoneroKon PodcastAlfredo Rial - Anonymous Credentials with Threshold IssuanceSecure your digital identity with Anonymous Credentials and Threshold Issuance – privacy meets convenience in one innovative solution. We analyze its security properties. To this end, we define an ideal functionality for attribute-based access control with threshold issuance.
2024-07-2826 min
MoneroKon PodcastAmir Taaki - Anonymous Set Proofs for Infinite Ring SizeUnlock privacy in cryptocurrency with Anonymous Set Proofs for infinite ring size! Enhance security without limits
2024-07-2831 min
MoneroKon PodcastJustin Berman - Monero Light Wallets： Today and in the FutureJustin Berman discusses current light wallet functions and security and proposed future light wallets.
2024-07-2827 min
MoneroKon Podcastkoe - Seamless Escrowed Markets with Monero MultisigSecure anonymous trading awaits! Explore seamless Monero multisig escrow markets for safe, private transactions
2024-07-2836 min
MoneroKon PodcastMartin Gundinger - Economics of PrivacyUnlock the value of privacy with our expert insights into the Economics of Privacy. Safeguard your data & optimize strategies for growth
2024-07-2117 min
MoneroKon PodcastFrançois-Xavier Wicht - A Formal Evaluation of Privacy in MoneroExplore our in-depth analysis of Monero’s privacy features – Unveil how it secures anonymity in the crypto world
2024-07-2119 min
MoneroKon PodcastArticMine - Overview Security, Spam, Scaling & Fee Markets in Monero & Bitcoin Like CryptocurrenciesUnlock crypto security insights on Monero & Bitcoin focusing on anti-spam, scalability & fee markets to safeguard your digital assets. Master crypto tech
2024-07-2149 min
MoneroKon PodcastSuyash Bagad - MProve+： Privacy Enhancing Proof of Reserves for MoneroUnlock next-level Monero privacy with MProve+ Proof of Reserves – safeguard your crypto with cutting-edge confidentiality
MoneroKon 2023 - slides: https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/e72b5e19bdd0fc73ba48f902717f0eeada327f29/slides/2023/slides-mproveplus-monerokon-2023.html
2024-07-2131 min
MoneroKon PodcastAaron Feickert - Spats: User-defined Confidential Assets and TokensDiscover the future of privacy & personalization with User-defined Confidential Assets & Tokens. Secure, private, bespoke
MoneroKon 2023 - slides: github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/498a67d210e214f5be9f4c6c7c0cab723c994a6c/slides/2023/feickert-spats.pdf
2024-07-2123 min
MoneroKon PodcastPiyush Sharma - On the Anonymity of Peer-To-Peer Network Anonymity Schemes Used by CryptocurrenciesExplore top P2P crypto anonymity schemes! Learn how cryptocurrencies secure your identity & transactions with cutting-edge privacy networks.
MoneroKon 2023 - slides: https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/77fe63260f0c80ad0b11707a7b112abd8010e5f5/slides/2023/Monerokon_2023_p2p_anonymity.pdf
2024-07-2126 min
MoneroKon Podcastmidipoet - Identity vs Anonymity： Battleground for the Future of FinanceExplore the epic showdown: Identity vs Anonymity in finance
2024-07-2111 min
MoneroKon PodcastBen Biedermann - Pseudonymity Is Not Enough： Why Monero ‘misses out’ on Decentralised IdentityExplore why Monero’s focus on pseudonymity falls short in the decentralized identity sphere. Learn the vital distinction for true privacy in our deep dive.
MoneroKon 2023 - slides: https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/61fd7c2caabd30d3bb4d1bbd4ca631e6e01196dd/slides/2023/ben.pdf
2024-07-2122 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke Parker - Full Chain Membership Proofs: Solving One of Monero’s Last Privacy HurdlesUnlock Monero’s ultimate privacy with Full Chain Membership Proofs—your key to anonymous transactions without compromise.
MoneroKon 2023 - slides: https://github.com/MoneroKon/meta/blob/61fd7c2caabd30d3bb4d1bbd4ca631e6e01196dd/slides/2023/Luke%20Parker%20Full%20Chain%20Membership%20Proofs%20MoneroKon%202023.pdf
2024-07-2118 min
MoneroKon PodcastPavol Lupták Monero & Cryptocurrencies as the Most Powerful Liberalizing Tool of Global OpportunismUnlock global opportunities with cryptocurrencies—the ultimate tool for financial freedom and empowerment. Dive into the revolution of wealth liberation.
2024-07-1326 min
Monero TalkLIVE from Monero Square at Porcfest! | Price, News & MUCH More! EPI 17147e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction.
(00:07:18) Monerotopia Guest Segment part 1 w/ Brandom.
(00:32:03) Monerotopia Price Report Segment. w/ bawdyanarchist.
(01:01:35) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tony.
(01:02:43) Crypto enthusiast robbed.
(01:04:11) Face to face monero transactions.
(01:05:33) Copa Monero.
(01:07:37) MoneroKon podcast presentation.
(01:08:41) Meredith Whittaker on the draft law to protect against online child sexual abuse.
(01:12:02) Monerotopia Guest Segment part 2 w/ Denny.
2024-06-233h 38
MoneroKon PodcastRyan - Monerica - A Directory for a Monero Circular EconomyMonero is the ideal cryptocurrency for building out circular and parallel economies which allow one to transact without a bank account or government ID. Monerica was created to answer the most important question one should ask about a cryptocurrency: what can I do with it? A discussion of Monerica can address why Monero is the best for real economic activity in a digital world, how one can practically live off Monero, and what attention this project has received since its inception in January 2022.
2024-06-1915 min
2024-06-1917 min
MoneroKon PodcastDimi "m2049r" Divak - SideKick!Following last year’s PocketChange, there’s a new Monerujo feature for the hardcore monerians to battle test, live!
SideKick allows users to initiate transactions on their regular phone and then sign them on another spare phone that’s kept offline. It works as a hardware wallet, minus the closed source and the data leaks.
This talk delves into the technical aspects of SideKick, explaining how it works and the reasoning behind some of the team’s design decisions and challenges.
2024-06-1910 min
MoneroKon PodcastAnhdres - The Monero CountryWe build all our systems under the assumption of opting-out of current countries, but if they are everywhere, covering every inch of available land, then where are we opting-out to?
Let’s take a sincere look at what we already have and all the tools we’re still missing. Then embrace the unavoidable advantages of economies of scale while setting up better private foundations, built new systems on top of them, and become the founding fathers and mothers of a better future.
2024-06-1922 min
MoneroKon PodcastAaron Feickert - Aura: Using Privacy-Respecting Technology to Build Secure VotingElectronic voting is hard. Really hard! Existing approaches to this problem make many tradeoffs, like leaking voter information or trusting voting authorities not to cheat. What we want is a way to conduct a vote electronically that respects voter privacy, allows anyone to verify the results are correct, and minimizes trust in voting and tallying authorities.
This talk will introduce Aura, a voting protocol that meets these goals. Aura uses several privacy-respecting techniques (including some from private transaction protocols!) to do this. We’ll provide a high-level overview of how it works and why it’s useful.
2024-06-1917 min
MoneroKon PodcastSowle - Implementing Confidential Assets in PoW/PoS Private Blockchain: The Zano ExperienceIn the presentation, we detail the integration of confidential assets within the Zano blockchain. This initiative enables anonymous asset transfers and asset swaps (referred to as ‘Ionic swaps’) involving multiple asset types within a single transaction. Additionally, we will discuss how Confidential Assets are combined with Zarcanum, a Proof-of-Stake scheme, to facilitate egalitarian and anonymous staking with hidden amounts.
2024-06-1825 min
MoneroKon PodcastBrian, Adrian Truszczyński - Whispers in the Ether - Harnessing Decentralisation for Anonymous ChatIn an era where privacy concerns loom large and centralized platforms often fall short, the emergence of decentralized, secure chat systems offers a compelling alternative. We will explore how these technologies empower users to engage in confidential conversations without compromising their privacy. Through examples, we highlight the advantages and challenges of leveraging and adapting the decentralized Tari infrastructure to create a secure chat system.
2024-06-1819 min
MoneroKon PodcastEvgeny Poberezkin - SimpleX Chat: 1st Messaging Platform Bridging Between Privacy & Mass-market AppsSimpleX Chat (simplex.chat) is the messaging network based on the novel protocol design where users are not assigned any identities, not even random numbers.
It allows users to communicate, privately and anonymously, over messaging relays. Unlike federated networks, where servers host users’ accounts, messaging relays are “dumb” - they use anonymous client generated credentials to provide disposable messaging queues, without knowing any users of the network. Unlike mix- and onion-routing networks, SimpleX relays don’t communicate directly with each other and don’t know about each other existence - clients’ themselves form a network. This unique design may p...
2024-06-1819 min
MoneroKon PodcastMatthias Tarasiewicz - Nurturing Decentralization in the Age of Digital CommonsDecentralization has been a pivotal term behind significant technological shifts, yet its essence and potential have often been obscured by its transformation into a buzzword. Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision with Bitcoin—to bypass traditional intermediaries—highlighted a path toward decentralization but did not fully avoid the emergence of new middlemen, underscoring the need for continuous engagement with decentralization’s principles.
This presentation examines decentralization as a driver for participatory technology across networked commons, including hardware, web3, and geopolitics. It underscores the promise of fostering equitable and sustainable collaborations, juxtaposed against considerable challenges. The principle that “convenience always beats secu...
2024-06-1634 min
MoneroKon PodcastAndrea - Privacy as a Kantian-Misesian A Priori Condition for the Preservation of Property RightsThis presentation analyzes the relation between the philosophical notion of privacy, its practical implementation in the domain of cryptocurrencies, and the Western regulatory financial environment. A libertarian (anarcho-capitalist, agorist) perspective is adopted.
The ability of governments to extract resources from the economy depends on their ability to surveil it: property that is not seen by authorities cannot be taxed. Privacy-preserving cryptocurrencies such as Monero pose a special danger to the state because they allow buyers and sellers to interact directly without relying on regulated financial institutions, thus bolstering black (free) markets. It comes as no surprise, then, that regulators...
2024-06-1622 min
MoneroKon PodcastBasicSwap: An Atomic Swap DEX for MoneroAn overview of the different moving parts at work behind the BasicSwap DEX protocol, the vision for the project, and exploring how BasicSwap can power a better and more resilient future for XMR, free of central points of failure.
2024-06-1622 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke 'Kayaba' Parker - Serai: Decentralizing Exchanges for MoneroThis talk will be an introduction and overview for Serai, a decentralized exchange which will support Monero at launch.
2024-06-1612 min
MoneroKon PodcastMark Simkin - OCash: Fully Anonymous Payments between Blockchain Light ClientsWe study blockchain-based provably anonymous payment systems between light clients. Such clients interact with the blockchain through full nodes, who can see what the light clients read and write. The goal of our work is to enable light clients to perform anonymous payments, while maintaining privacy even against the full nodes through which they interact with the blockchain.
We formalize the problem in the universal composability model and present a provably secure solution to it. In comparison to existing works, we are the first ones that simultaneously provide strong anonymity guarantees, provable security, and anonymity with respect to the...
2024-06-1618 min
MoneroKon PodcastJeffro256 - Filter-Assist Keys and Flexible View-Tags: More Private and Adjustable Light WalletsNew updates to the Jamtis addressing protocol would allow for a tier of light wallets with even greater privacy guarantees and scaling benefits. Before these changes, light wallet servers could tell a client received funds if those funds were sent twice to the same Jamtis address. They could also tell if a client received funds if those funds were sent to a Jamtis address known to the light wallet server. Finally, a light wallet server could identify churning and pocket-change style transactions of the client with high probability. Recent developments to Jamtis fix all those privacy issues, hopefully paving...
2024-06-1615 min
MoneroKon PodcastMykola Siusko - Web3Privacy Now: Advocating for Privacy 24/7/365How does privacy advocacy work in crypto?
Web3Privacy Now core team will share a complex overview on
key challenges facing privacy advocacy
broad range of market actors contributing to privacy
share insights on how enthusiasts, projects, and ecosystem players could scale privacy advocacy & empower critical knowledge infra
provide W3PN ecosystem outlook from privacy-focused community building to data-driven Explorer project scoring 600+ privacy services
2024-06-1628 min
MoneroKon PodcastAlexis Roussel - Pushing Back Against Regulatory Overreach: The Case of Bity vs. FINMABity.com is one of the oldest crypto brokers in Switzerland (selling XMR on its ATMs). In front of the Federal Administrative Tribunal, it is suing the Swiss regulator FINMA for a claimed illegal implementation of two FATF rules, the identification limit of 1000 CHF per month (1) and the Travel Rule (2).
In both cases, FINMA went beyond what FATF requested, and implemented this through a soft power mechanism that removes the need for the parliament to intervene.
The talk will describe how FINMA operates and what is the status of the cases.
This case...
2024-06-1618 min
MoneroKon PodcastSasha - P2P Networking: Permissionless Approach with Robust Rate LimitingThis presentation explores innovative strategies for developing permissionless peer-to-peer networks that prioritize privacy. It delves into mechanisms for preserving user anonymity while implementing effective rate limiting solutions to ensure network efficiency and security.
2024-06-1620 min
MoneroKon PodcastMike (Stringhandler) - Achieving Various Levels of Confidentiality in TariTari allows smart contract developers to choose a level of confidentiality for their use case, ranging from none to strong. In this talk we’ll go through each of the levels and what the trade-offs are.
2024-06-1619 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke 'Kayaba' Parker - Private Smart Contracts: A Way to Bring Programmability to MoneroSmart contracts are a frequent request for Monero, yet have significant questions about privacy, efficiency, and complexity. Any VM would have several pages for its specification, with opcodes debatable for years. The denial of service risk would threaten Monero’s stability, and the lack of privacy seen with most VMs would be unacceptable.
This talk will establish and go over a potential evolution for the protocol, where smart contracts are expressed in algebraic terms (creating a pure specification) and evaluated in constant time (being without a denial of service risk) while maintaining privacy of the contract code, in...
2024-06-1615 min
MoneroKon PodcastSterlin Lujan - A Return to Cypherpunk ValuesGoing to provide a talk on returning to cypher punk values and discarding the crypto casino mentality. I will explain what “cypherpunk” means and why the crypto casino does not align with those anti-establishment and anti-authoritarian values. In the second part of the talk, I will discuss the importance of developing a “dark forest” infrastructure, a la Dark Fi, and how to protect ourselves as we push forward for greater and greater freedom, both online and in the meat space. In the final part of the talk, I will discuss what the unification of all “punk” values could look like and why...
2024-06-1619 min
MoneroKon PodcastPavol Luptak - Will New Rich & Powerful Libertarians & Cryptoanarchists Save the World from DystopiaAs far as the political spectrum is concerned, the libertarians and (crypto)anarchists, who have believed in crypto as non-state money from the beginning, are currently the ones who are (and will be) the richest thanks.
Rich people can change society the most thanks to capital.
Does the fact that crypto is going to the moon mean that there will be many rich and influential libertarians (like never before) and society will become more free because of it?
Will the new rich and powerful libertarians and (crypto)anarchists save the world from dystopia?
2024-06-1623 min
MoneroKon PodcastFrancisco 'ArticMine' Cabanas - Scaling Monero in Response to Blockchain SurveillanceThe current regulatory environment provides serious challenges to the privacy offered by Monero. This can range from Blockchain Surveillance companies making false accusations to the risk of Flood XMR attacks in an attempt to de-anonimize Monero’s ring signatures. The ultimate goal is to remove even the illusion of Blockchain Surveillance. This will require full membership proofs together with a sizable growth in organic Monero adoption. The larger the organic growth the stronger the anonymity set.
We will provide a comprehensive set of scaling and fee algorithms that will support a reference transaction size of up to 8000 bytes. This wi...
2024-06-1652 min
MoneroKon PodcastAriel Gabizon - FFT's on the projective line and circle-STARKsWe’ll review recent progress on FFT’s from these papers that enables
fast FFT’s over Fp when a large power of two divides p+1.
There is recent excitment about this because it enables using very convenient Mersenne prime fields of order 2^k-1
2024-06-1620 min
MoneroKon PodcastJohn Winter Murphy - Monero is Free and Open Source SoftwareThis talk will give a brief history of what free and open source software (FOSS) really means and how the term(s) originated. After covering the high level milestones in the history of this nascent movement, I will try to cover how Monero fits in to this landscape in terms of the ways that Monero software is licensed as well as contributions it has made back to the wider ecosystem.
2024-06-1620 min
MoneroKon PodcastJeremy Rand - Human-Meaningful, Trustless, Anonymous Monero Addresses with NamecoinMonero addresses are already long and unwieldy, and they’re about to get longer with Jamtis. Namecoin is a DNS-like naming system implemented as the first project forked from Bitcoin, predating Monero by 3 years to the day. This talk will cover using Namecoin as a human-meaningful naming layer for Monero addresses, recent anonymity advances that make Namecoin’s privacy more suitable for this use case, how OpenAlias fits in, and how Namecoin compares to the MoneroDNS approach of creating a Monero sidechain for this purpose.
2024-06-1618 min
MoneroKon PodcastAmir Taaki - Manifesto for a Dark Renaissance: Anonymity as Hard Offensive PowerOverview of DarkFi:
The coming war on crypto, and how it will undermine states
Breakthroughs in cryptography and anonymous smart contracts.
DarkFi’s plan to merge mine on Monero
Overview of the ecosystem
2024-06-1623 min
MoneroKon PodcastStefanos Chaliasos - SoK: What don't we know? Understanding Security Vulnerabilities in SNARKsZero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) have evolved from being a theoretical concept providing privacy and verifiability to having practical, real-world implementations, with SNARKs (Succinct Non-Interactive Argument of Knowledge) emerging as one of the most significant innovations. Prior work has mainly focused on designing more efficient SNARK systems and providing security proofs for them. Many think of SNARKs as “just math,” implying that what is proven to be correct and secure is correct in practice. In contrast, this paper focuses on assessing end-to-end security properties of real-life SNARK implementations. We start by building foundations with a system model and by establishing threat mode...
2024-06-1620 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke 'Kayaba' Parker - Unorthodox Cryptography to Scale MoneroMonero is expected to evolve to Seraphis, adopt JAMTIS as our new address scheme, and even adopt Full Chain Membership Proofs for complete sender privacy. All of these rely on Elliptic Curve Cryptography, with the most notable construction being the curve cycle (an elliptic curve whose scalar field embeds the field of an elliptic curve whose scalar field is the original curve’s field) proposed.
This talk will go over alternate cryptographic schemes which can offer a more performant membership proof, decrease the storage requirements of Monero, eliminate the need to iteratively scan transactions for near-instant scan ti...
2024-06-1620 min
MoneroKon PodcastCompunero, PhD - A Primer on Elliptic Curve Cryptography and Its Application in MoneroThis talk is an introduction to Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC). Attendees are expected to have a basic to intermediate understanding of the field.
To begin, we will cover the basic principles of asymmetric cryptography. We then discuss ECC curves and security, along with a comparison of asymmetric non-ECC with ECC. Finally, we will cover the mathematical principles behind ECC, including the fundamental mathematical operations, and how elliptic curves are applied in Monero’s cryptographic mechanisms.
Email for questions: compunerophd@proton.me
2024-06-1623 min
MoneroKon PodcastAaron Feickert - How Do We Design Secure Protocols?When we look at cryptographic protocols like CLSAG and Bulletproofs and Triptych and Seraphis, we often talk about things like security models and proofs. But what does this mean?
In this talk, we’ll take a brief look at what it means to build a secure cryptographic protocol and analyze it. Taking a Monero-centric approach, we’ll introduce the idea of a security model and use examples from the Monero ecosystem to show why it’s an important part of analyzing these constructions.
This talk will be accessible to everyone, and will provide a broad look a...
2024-06-1619 min
MoneroKon PodcastJan Jílek & Tomáš Elbert - Self-custody Inheritance and Its RisksFor many of us, self-custody is “the way” of securing our crypto-assets. “True hodlers” keep their crypto stack for the long run, on their own. But one day, when you are “at rest” your crypto will pass to your family or closed ones. Would they know how to get your crypto? In our talk, we will examine potential challenges and risks that can affect self-custody holders and their loved ones who may like to inherit their stack in the future. How can I pass on my heritage securely? And what is important to keep in mind?
Let´s find out!
2024-06-1618 min
MoneroKon PodcastLuke 'Kayaba' Parker - Full-chain Membership Proofs++This talk will go over the newly discussed Full Chain Membership Proofs++ protocol, evolving Full Chain Membership Proofs into an upgrade independent of Seraphis and its associated migration.
2024-06-1614 min
MoneroKon PodcastLiam Eagen - Bulletproofs++Bulletproofs++ is a new transparent confidential transaction protocol based on the Bulletproofs inner product argument. It features shorter proof sizes and much faster verification complexity. It also supports efficient multi-asset confidential transactions. This is all made possible by a novel “reciprocal argument” (also known as log derivative lookup).
2024-06-1617 min
MoneroKon PodcastJuraj Bednar - Cypherpunk: Past, Present, and FutureCypherpunks were creating a parallel universe of liberty. They were using anonymous communication, encryption, to gain a new territory of liberty. With Bitcoin switching partly to NgU narrative, is Monero taking over the helm of the ship of liberty? And where are we going? Did we solve the technical challenges, or do we have to develop further?
And of course …what do we do about the normies? Can they come in?
Join me in this cypherpunk/lunarpunk journey.
2024-06-1618 min
Monero TalkLIVE at MoneroKon 2024 & Copa Monero Pre-Show, News & MUCH More! | EPI 16947e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U
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(00:27:30) Luke joins the conversation.
(01:03:30) Monerotopia Guest Segment.
(01:09:42) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tony.
(01:11:09) Monero Garden.
(01:11:20) Cake Wallet Windows Beta.
(01:11:28) Trump says he will commute Ross Ulbricht if elected.
(01:12:08) Monero’s 1st hackathon in Prague
(01:26:50) Monerotopia Copa Monero finalization.
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2024-06-101h 27
Monero TalkBinance Delisting Party! - Monero Price Report, News & More! | EPI #15588MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(00:47:00) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tony.
(00:48:00) Bye bye xmr on binance.
(00:48:06) Binance is manipulating XMR till the last moment.
(00:48:23) Monero boating accidents.
(00:48:38) Withdraw your binance xmr into cake.
(00:49:13) Vtnerd has been funded.
(00:49:36) Monerokon hackathon.
(00:50:39) Countries that have joined the farmers’ protest.
(00:51:18) First pic of Sam Ba...
2024-02-213h 14
Monero TalkMoneroTopia EPI #154 - Monero Price Report, News & More!88MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(00:58:16) Binance delists Monero.
(00:58:40) 15% off for Monerokon due to binance delisting.
(01:00:20) Privacy is not a crime says Kraken.
(01:02:22) Obama speaking indirectly of Monero.
(01:04:32) Ransomware payments exceed $1 billion in 2023.
(01:07:09) BTC and CBDC can coexist in Lugano?
(01:08:44) Threatened with bank closure for holding...
2024-02-113h 32
Monero TalkMoneroTopia EPI #153 - Monero Price Report, News & More!88MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(01:01:03) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tuxsudo.
(01:01:29) Cake Wallet Updates.
(01:01:38) Monero Vegas is back.
(01:01:57) MoneroKon tickets available and looking for sponsors.
(01:03:08) MAGIC Monero Funding for vtnerd.
(01:04:46) Open Proposal for Boog900 work.
(01:05:25) Funding for hinto-janai full time work.
(01:06:30) The largest amount of Bitcoin in the country to date...
2024-02-043h 47
Monero TalkMoneroTopia New Years Celebration! Holiday Special EPI #14888MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(00:10:42) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(00:50:27) Viewers on Stage and News Segment.
(00:52:28) Binance delisting Monero for non compliance.
(00:57:48) Samurai swaps.
(01:00:41) The “Kingdom” darknet market was shut down.
(01:01:24) Canada will have a universal basic income.
(01:18:39) Donate to Tail via Monero.
(01:21:36) Donate for a good cause.
(01:23:49) Nigeria and the crypto ban.
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2023-12-303h 13
Monero TalkMoneroKon 2024 Campaign w/ recanman! - MoneroTopia EPI #14388MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(00:05:38) Monerotopia Price Report w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(00:46:18) Monerotopia Guest Segment w/ Recanman.
(00:49:25) The start of Monerokon Association.
(01:04:11) Monerotopia Viewers on Stage Segment on Twitter Spaces.
(01:41:57) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tuxsudo.
(01:42:19) Binance CEO to step down.
(01:43:48) US SEC Sues Kraken for unregistered securities trading.
(01:54:52) Governments and Monero.
(01:57:32) Six OFAC-sanctioned...
2023-11-252h 20
Monero TalkLIVE from Monero Soccer Stadium in Formosa, Argentina w/ LIBERTAD, Escuelitabtc & Mkfs | EPI #14288MWhce9wToCCENbRgfZ6X54Dx8HF4bYY79YkYN9nXeqCDmykzXuq48HWe6k9eZDkA4iYpLbTsvpXPnAGCALHTTMLUp8cWi
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(00:00:00) Monerotopia Introduction | Live from Monero Soccer Stadium in Formosa, Argentina.
(00:01:51) Alessandro and Kapu introduction.
(00:19:00) Alessandro and the Copa Monero.
(00:40:34) Monerotopia Price Report Segment w/ Bawdyanarchist.
(01:01:26) Monerotopia Viewers on Stage Segment w/ Twitter Spaces.
(01:24:14) Monerotopia News Segment w/ Tuxsudo and Doug.
2023-11-181h 44