# 224 - Douglas Tuman: Leading the Monero Charge

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Podcast: [Escape the Technocracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/watchman-privacy-4507961)
Published: 2026-06-22T10:21:00+00:00
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## Resource

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Douglas Tuman of Monero fame. They discuss all of his Monero projects—Monero Talk, XMR Bazaar, XMR Chat, Monerotopia—as well as practical topics on how to live on Monero, as well as thoughts on figures in the community and banned accounts. GUEST: DOUGLAS TUMAN → https://x.com/DouglasTuman MONERO TALK → https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTalk → https://x.com/MoneroTalk XMR BAZAAR → https://xmrbazaar.com/ → https://x.com/xmrbazaar (Account permanently banned: spread the word) MONEROTOPIA → https://monerotopia.com → https://x.com/MoneroTopia XMR CHAT → https://xmrchat.com/ → https://x.com/xmr_chat MONERONODO → https://moneronodo.com/ → https://x.com/moneronodo WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 1:25 – Why did Douglas Tuman devote his life to Monero? 3:05 – Has their been a hijacking of Bitcoin? 4:35 – Monero Talk 8:00 – Douglas running for Congress 11:50 – Is being public important for Monero? 15:40 – Struggles of running Monerotopia 18:25 – Other Monero events 21:10 – Does Doug have troubles being publicly connected to Monero? 21:45 – XMR Bazaar 29:10 – Living off of Monero 30:55 – Why don't privacy influencers talk about Monero? 32:55 – Moneronodo 34:50 – Banned Monero Twitter account 36:05 – Thoughts on Monero Maverick 39:05 – Anti-Jewish sentiment in Monero 41:00 – Medium of exchange vs store of value 44:30 – Should Monero users be more interested in price? 48:00 –…

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