https://watch.monerotalk.live/videos/watch/0431fdce-6d54-4843-ad79-bb25e2038ef4 Growing Firo on AnonBazaar.com and more with Reuben Yap | EPI 376 47e6GvjL4in5Zy5vVHMb9PQtGXQAcFvWSCQn2fuwDYZoZRk3oFjefr51WBNDGG9EjF1YDavg7pwGDFSAVWC5K42CBcLLv5U OR DONATE HERE: https://www.monerotalk.live/donate Send your Monero based superchats during the live streams at https://xmrchat.com/monerotalk TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: This episode of Monero Talk features Reuben Yap discussing the growth and direction of Firo as a privacy-focused cryptocurrency, alongside broader developments in the privacy ecosystem such as AnonBazaar. Reuben explains Firo’s evolution, including its approach to privacy technology, decentralization, and usability, while addressing the challenges of maintaining strong privacy guarantees in a changing regulatory and technical landscape. The conversation also touches on real-world use cases, adoption hurdles, and the importance of building privacy-preserving marketplaces and tools that go beyond speculation. The episode offers a look at how projects like Firo and AnonBazaar make financial privacy more practical and censorship resistant. Quote"We're not necessarily about the coin itself; we're about people being able to live off of digital cash, peer-to-peer... If my goal is to have people from all around the world living off each other peer-to-peer, if there's somebody out there who has another digital cash coin that wants to spend that, why would I not want to bring that person into the platform?" ⏱Timestamps: (00:02:00) Guest introduction (Ruben) (00:05:30) Monero’s role among privacy coins (00:12:00) Exchange delistings & decentralization implications (00:18:30) Mining incentives, proof-of-work, and miner behavior (00:27:00) Privacy coins vs Zcash & design tradeoffs (00:34:30) Wallets, swaps, and cross-chain usability (00:42:00) XMR Bazaar / Monero-based marketplaces (00:50:30) Real-world Monero usage stories (00:58:30) Community growth & grassroots adoption (01:05:30) Future of privacy coins & ecosystem outlook (01:12:30) Conferences, Mineratopia & community events (01:18:30) Final thoughts from guest (01:34:10) Outro, support links, and closing message 🔗Links:   Purchase Cafe & tip the farmers w/ XMR! https://gratuitas.org/ Guest➡️: https://x.com/reubenyap ➡️Join XMRtopia TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia ➡️ Join XMRtopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social 🚨SPONSORS: Monero.com wallet by Cake Wallet 🍰, the first open-source Monero wallet for iOS. If you have an iphone or Android 📲, Monero Talk recommends that you use Monero.com by Cake Wallet 😉 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! Monero.com by Cake Wallet -  ONLY Monero wallet https://monero.com/ StealthEX, an instant exchange where privacy is the top concern. Go to https://stealthex.io to instantly exchange between Monero and 450 plus assets (from bitcoin to Ethereum to even Haven), without having to create an account or register, and with no limits. Making Stealthex a simple way to purchase Monero with crypto anonymously. 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://sptfy.be/myd6q STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck WEBSITE: https://www.monerotopia.com 📧CONTACT: Monerotalk@protonmail.com ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8 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/ TELEGRAM: https://t.me/monerotopia MATRIX: https://matrix.to/#/%23monerotopia%3Amonero.social Wed, 01 Jul 2026 10:26:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://watch.monerotalk.live https://watch.monerotalk.live/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://watch.monerotalk.live/videos/watch/0431fdce-6d54-4843-ad79-bb25e2038ef4 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://watch.monerotalk.live/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.