Privacy Scaling and Qubic's Attack on Monero: Reuben Yap of Firo

August 7, 20251h 30m

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Reuben Yap of Firo comes back on the podcast to talk about the various privacy protocols and their data loads, i.e. how well they scale, and the time latency necessary behind them. He also goes into Qubic's mining attack on Monero and the risks of ASIC-resistant mining.

Timestamps:

0:00:00 Intro
0:02:42 Comparing privacy models: Monero's RingCT
0:09:50 Full-Chain Membership Proofs (FCMP++)
0:23:06 Firo's Lelantus Spark
0:29:05 Zcash's Orchard, and upcoming Tachyon
0:51:28 How fast can private transactions be?
1:09:53 The Qubic mining attack on Monero
1:28:28 Wrap-up and shill-o'clock

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