Maintaining Monero’s Fungibility in light of NFTs, tx_Extra & Steganography w/ Justin Ehrenhofer

TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Justin Ehrenhofer, Monero Community organizer, VP of Operations at Cake Labs The two discuss the recent drama around mordinals, the fungibility implications of having NFTs on the Monero blockchain, the pros and cons of tx_extra, how data can always be stored in the blockchain via steganography, the emerging ideas and solutions in the Monero community, prioritizing fungibility, full membership proofs, toxic outputs, achieving consensus on making sure Monero functions as digital cash first and foremost, future hard forks and much more! 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 and supporting us is easier than ever, by typing in monerotalk.crypto into your monero.com or cake wallet wallet send address field - to send us a tip ;) ⏱Timestamps: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:20 A Quick Catch-Up with Justin Ehrenhofer 00:04:15 Mordinals, Monero's Fungibility and Justin's Viewpoint on NFTs 00:10:32 What is the Issue with Having NFTs on Monero? 00:12:25 Developers' Response to Monero Ordinals 00:18:25 The Pros and Cons of Removing TX-EXTRA 00:31:35 The Encryption of TX-EXTRA Field 00:36:40 Elimination of TX-EXtra Field, Seraphis and Full Membership Proofs 00:48:35 Monero's Next Hard Fork and the Future of Mordinals 00:56:50 The Purpose of Monero's Blockchain Existence 00:59:55 Outro 🔗Links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jehrenhofer?s=21&t=Hmr2oAQv9Nd82IOU0vcEIw 🚨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 etherum 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.monerotalk.live 📧CONTACT: [email protected] ODYSEE: https://odysee.com/@MoneroTalk:8 XMRTOPIA22 CONFER VIDEOS: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfJ_JjSwYaa-dDCLHpwZaDxmT0RNHIafg 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