FCMP Update and More with Diego Salazar of Cypher Stack | EPI 379
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April 11, 2026 · 1h 41m
About this episode
Douglas Tuman and Diego Salazar discuss the challenges and philosophy behind developing Monero, focusing on the FCMP update and its implications for privacy and security.
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People in this episode
Host: Douglas Tuman
Guest: Diego Salazar
Topics covered
- Monero development
- privacy cryptocurrencies
- FCMP update
- AI in coding
- quantum computing
- community culture
Keywords
- Monero
- FCMP
- privacy
- AI
- quantum computing
- cryptocurrency
- community
Sponsors
Cakewallet.com, Monero.com
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cypher Stack, StealthEX
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