Koe on Seraphis and Monero's Unique Fungibility

If you enjoyed the show & would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much! XMR Donations Accepted (type in MoneroTalk.crypto in your CakeWallet send address field): 49GdSCVTTE4TaDknDFn95QGc3mn3g7JZiPKX6QM7ZpuE5cscRFuGNhnjATKnjDHY7tNUQMM63n24uPYbj1AXFBk5KUPnDrL OR you can also help support the channel by purchasing a bag of delicious Guatemalan Coffee! Check out https://gratuitas.org/ to buy a bag & if you enjoy what you taste, send a Monero tip directly to the farmers that grew, harvested, prepared, and roasted your beans! Check out our new Gratutias Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJq-SzAlow TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Koe, the lead developer on the Seraphis project and primary author of Zero to Monero. The two discuss his latest work on Seraphis, what it is and how it will benefit Monero, the pros and cons of ring signatures, the similarities of Seraphis to Lelantis Spark, the challenges of developing code robust enough to last 20 years and beyond as well as why he thinks Monero is better at being digital cash than Zcash. ⏱Timestamps: 3:17 – Koe’s Monero Story 5:04- Inspiration for 'Zero to Monero' 7:33 - Becoming an expert Monero 8:49- Understanding Decentralization 11:05 - Ring Sigs and Fungibility 12:24 - Bitcoins privacy, flaws of ring sigs 15:50 - Seraphis, Ring Sig vs Membership Proofs 19:14 - Explaining how different proofs work. 20:52 - Tryptic proofs 23:43 - Lelantis Spark 24:49 - Difference between Lelantis Spark and Seraphis 26:16 - Thoughts on Firo 27:19 - Potential Benefits of Seraphis 29:37 - Going into benefits of more keys, wallet functionality 35:47 - Making atomic swaps more usable 37:43- Collaborative funding, kickstarter like functionality 39:27- Paper Monero Theory 42:50 - Potential Attacks on Monero via Reorgs 48:22 - When to Expect Seraphis 51:43- How is the Monero Developing process? 56:53 - ZCash vs Monero 1:09:09- Lightening Network and Monero 1:11:32- Will Monero need a similar solution to LN 1:13:28- Multi Sig, Readable Monero Code 1:16:51- Where to find Koe 🔗Links: Github: https://github.com/UkoeHB/Seraphis 🚨SPONSOR: Cake Wallet, the first open-source Monero (& now Bitcoin!) wallet for iOS. If you have an iphone or Android 📲, Monero Talk recommends that you use Cake ;) It has been verified by the Monero community, you control your own keys, it connects directly to the Monero blockchain, and you can even exchange between XMR, BTC, LTC & more in the app! Website: https://cakewallet.io/ iOS Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cake-wallet-for-xmr-monero/id1334702542 Android Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet&hl=en_US 🚨SPONSOR: Sweetwater Digital Asset Consulting: Connecting new money with old money since 2018. Website: https://sweetwater.consulting 🚨SPONSOR: ChangeNOW: a Limitless Crypto Exchange Website: https://changenow.io/ Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow! 🚀 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: [email protected] Get 🤓😎Social with us: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/monerotalk FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/ HOST: https://twitter.com/douglastuman INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk/