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0:00 Introduction
1:22 Trump says he will consider a pardon for Samourai Wallet devs
7:01 The actual privacy season
8:14 Why playing the game is worth it
9:54 My initial thoughts abouts the SEC Roundtable for Financial Surveillance and Privacy (LINK TO REPLAY OF ROUNDTABLE - https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1RDxlAqPkzDKL)
13:48 Opening remarks from SEC
19:55 The first “expert” ironically had her funds hacked last year
23:01 Zooko’s presentation
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0:00 Introduction
1:25 Monero Block size sanity cap
8:31 MRL Chat logs
https://x.com/MoneroResearchL/status/1996620546746810432
15:58 Ofrnxmr tweet thread summary
https://x.com/ofrnxmr/status/1996365587262427348
20:39 This week’s MRL meeting shows an agreeable concensus for Tevador’s proposal.
22:13 Monero spy nodes disappear but it looks like they have come back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7LBKOn81rc
25:10 xenu’s neighbor Tony calls and and complains about Robot
28:10 Zcash’s bad week
29:38 Zcash Foundation trademarking cringe
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0:00 Introduction
1:30 FCMPs Disccusion starts - We need more senior developers, Perfect-Daemon CCS proposal passes! https://ccs.getmonero.org/proposals/anon-10302025.html
5:21 The biggest hang up with FCMPs is technical debt
8:48 Blocksize scaling debate
https://x.com/MoneroResearchL/status/1994276627077800059
15:40 Justin Ehrenhofer called out again for working for a blockchain surveillance company
18:21 CARROT
21:00 Bullet Star https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/626
22:42 FCMP Disccussion ends – When should we expect full chain membership proofs?
25:08 Strategy announces a USD reserve https://www.strategy.com/press/strategy-announces-establishment-of-1-44-billion-usd-reserve-and-updates-fy-2025-guidance_12-1-2025
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0:00 Introduction
1:42 Samourai Wallet Sentencing, and a rant about the lack of interest about this case from cryptocurrency and “privacy coin” enthusiasts
6:30 The Rage article on sentencing of Keonne Rodriguez
12:30 A catastrophic year in many ways for cryptocurrency privacy
16:50 Keonne Rodriguez recent interview: https://rumble.com/v71ytcc-he-built-a-privacy-app-now-hes-going-to-prison-keonne-rodriguez.html
18:00 If the “privacy coin” narrative was actually real, the Samourai Wallet story would be what everybody is talking about
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0:00 Introduction
2:21 Monero’s technical debt problem explained
10:11 Perfect Daemon CCS to work on optimizing daemon code
https://repo.getmonero.org/monero-project/ccs-proposals/-/merge_requests/621
12:36 In addition to improving underlying code, we can have a change to the scaling concensus
14:14 Justin Ehrenhofers scaling proposal controversy
https://www.naxo.com/who-we-are
21:01 Another way Qubic could attack the XMR network is with spam
21:53 Simplex Vouchers controversy and various tweets from Simplex Chat
34:30 Simplex says following the laws is a strength