Bitcoin should have a similar "no talk about price" rule among the community
No Price, Just Privacy | MONERO MONTHLY 13: Riccardo Spagni
Aired Jan 19, 2026 · 1h 6m · Last boosted Jan 30, 2026
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In our first live Monero Monthly, Max and Seth are joined by Riccardo “fluffypony” Spagni for a candid tour through Monero’s origin story and culture. Riccardo dives into the chaotic Bytecoin days, how a secret fork birthed Monero after a contentious merge-mining push, and why missing comments, odd code obfuscations, and a deliberately crippled miner set off everyone’s spidey senses. Riccardo shares the serendipitous formation of the Monero Research Lab—hiring Sarang and Surae via a Reddit post—and a hilarious Utah road-trip mishap that bonded early contributors. They also explore how Monero’s antifragile culture emerged from a...
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1.3k I was looking for this exact explanation on the MiCA comment and merchant adoption. Such an insidious clause and huge barrier to bitcoin adoption.👇 Note to clarify what Matyas meant about MiCA regulation: While MiCA does not directly regulate merchants, its travel rule requirements effectively forced third-party Bitcoin payment processors — e.g. Confirmo & Qerko — to treat fiat conversion as a financial service, requiring them to KYC every customer. Since they aren’t complying, these processors stopped supporting merchant Bitcoin payments, and since most merchants relied on them rather than managing self-custody, they stop accepting Bitcoin altogether.
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Great shows with Riccardo. It's good to hear stories from the early days, especially as the bitcoin mission has got lost in the wall street bs!