A full introduction to the privacy cryptocurrency Monero, which is one of the greatest tools for financial privacy in human history. Gabriel Custodiet speaks to Seth for Privacy about the origins, features, and future of Monero. This is the definitive resource for beginners to Monero

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Services and Resources Mentioned → Cake Wallet (Android/iOS) → https://monero.com/ → https://www.getmonero.org/downloads → https://stackwallet.com → https://localmonero.co/ → https://agoradesk.com/ → https://bisq.network/ → https://trocador.app/en/ → https://coincards.com/us/ → https://cakepay.com/ → https://anonshop.app/ → https://proxysto.re/en/index.html → https://www.getmonero.org/ → https://www.monerotalk.live/

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Timeline

0:00 – Introduction 2:43 – The origins of Monero 6:26 – Where has Monero ranked in market cap and popularity? 8:24 – Monero has huge amounts of developers 9:57 – Monero basic privacy features 16:10 – Problem with Monero's large transaction size? 19:18 – Monero's money supply: can we audit? 23:45 – How confident that transactions with Monero will never be unraveled? 26:10 – Other differences from Bitcoin 28:15 – Reasons Monero does not allow ASIC mining 30:53 – Two-minute block settling and consequences 32:08 – Full node essential for Monero? 34:02 – Monero hardforking a danger? 38:45 – What does Seth see in Bitcoin? 43:28 – Monero wallets for beginners 45:12 – Monero hardware wallets 46:46 – Monero delistings from exchanges and discrimination 49:12 – How to buy non-KYC Monero 56:24 – What can we spend Monero on? 1:01:45 – Monero resources 1:03:22 – How does Seth handle online hate?

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