Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Douglas Tuman of Monero fame. They discuss all of his Monero projects—Monero Talk, XMR Bazaar, XMR Chat, Monerotopia—as well as practical topics on how to live on Monero, as well as thoughts on figures in the community and banned accounts.

GUEST: DOUGLAS TUMAN
→ https://x.com/DouglasTuman

MONERO TALK
→ https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTalk
→ https://x.com/MoneroTalk

XMR BAZAAR
→ https://xmrbazaar.com/
→ https://x.com/xmrbazaar (Account permanently banned: spread the word)

MONEROTOPIA
→ https://monerotopia.com
→ https://x.com/MoneroTopia

XMR CHAT
→ https://xmrchat.com/
→ https://x.com/xmr_chat

MONERONODO
→ https://moneronodo.com/
→ https://x.com/moneronodo

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:25 – Why did Douglas Tuman devote his life to Monero?
3:05 – Has their been a hijacking of Bitcoin?
4:35 – Monero Talk
8:00 – Douglas running for Congress
11:50 – Is being public important for Monero?
15:40 – Struggles of running Monerotopia
18:25 – Other Monero events
21:10 – Does Doug have troubles being publicly connected to Monero?
21:45 – XMR Bazaar
29:10 – Living off of Monero
30:55 – Why don't privacy influencers talk about Monero?
32:55 – Moneronodo
34:50 – Banned Monero Twitter account
36:05 – Thoughts on Monero Maverick
39:05 – Anti-Jewish sentiment in Monero
41:00 – Medium of exchange vs store of value
44:30 – Should Monero users be more interested in price?
48:00 – Did Doug lose faith in Monero mining after Qubic attack?
50:40 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Paul Rosenberg for a fifth time. They discuss the moral, anarchic, and technological questions that continue to define our world.

GUEST
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→ https://freemansperspective.com/
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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:45 – Clone thought experiment
3:40 – Digital ID
8:30 – Samourai Wallet
12:40 – Judges the biggest part of the problem of government?
16:30 – The Simple Web
20:50 – Wikipedia a decentralist failure?
25:00 – Laissez Faire city failure
32:00 – Quantum Computing
34:05 – Anarchy has no ways to fight off evil
42:50 – Are "defense stocks" immoral
48:50 – VPNs
55:00 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Episode 222 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Psychopath Duology

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