Riccardo Spagni

Riccardo Spagni, longtime Monero developer and privacy advocate known as “fluffypony,” recounts Monero’s chaotic origins and the secret fork that birthed it. He narrates miner sabotage, the serendipitous formation of the Monero Research Lab, and cultural rules like no-price-talk that hardened the project. Conversation also covers delistings driving decentralised adoption, responses to network attacks, and why Tari aims for privacy-first smart contracts.