Escaping Financial Surveillance with Tools Like Monero! (Douglas Tuman Interview)

We're pleased to have Douglas Tuman from MoneroTalk back again to discuss Monero, private forms of payment, cryptocurrencies, and Monerotopia! Use code 'techlore' for 10% off if any of you are planning to attend Monerotopia: 🔐 Our Website: ✉️ Techlore Dispatch & Blog: 🕵 Go Incognito Course: 📹 Odysee: @techlore:3 📹 PeerTube: Connect with others in the privacy community: 💻 Our Forum: Ⓜ️ Mastodon: @techlore 👾 Discord: Support our mission to spread privacy to the masses: 💖 All Support Methods: 🧡 Patreon: 🪙 Monero: 49H4jTvUY5zaX8qLpVBstJFR7ayTMxxU3UyWpGqUoBM4UzM2zwUHA2sJ9i3AhQYdaqhFmS8PDfWKn1Tea4SKU6haMTXG8qD Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:31 What are the selling points of tools like Monero? 00:04:38 What is fungibility and why is it important? 00:07:15 Privacy implications of Monero & other cryptocurrencies 00:09:08 Are there Monero alternatives for privacy? 00:12:18 Network effect & real-world tools utiilizing Monero 00:19:14 Why are dark markets used as a gauge of effectiveness for privacy tools? 00:22:27 Numbers Go Up & Hype Culture in Cryptocurrencies... 00:33:03 Are cryptocurrencies a scam? And how's it different from Venmo? 00:46:06 Importance of privacy and privacy tools in our world 00:47:26 Is there a less-extreme option than Monero? 00:54:46 Monerotopia the conference #monero #privacy #crypto