Aram Jivanyan's guest appearances

Aram Jivanyan

Security Weekly Podcast Network (Video)

Monero Talk

Paul's Security Weekly (Video-Only)

John McAfee

Jack Rhysider

Douglas White

Omer Yair

Elon Musk

Robert Lee

Chris Edwards

Cory Doctorow

Chris Domas

Paul Ewing

Mike Cohen

Mike Nichols

Jerry Chen

Eric Conrad

Tom Williams

OwlTail

Sarang Noether

**PLEASE NOTE: Sorry about the Audio all. We tried to improve it for the podcast version but unfortunately this was the best we could do! We apologize in advance for this episode! If you enjoyed the show &amp; would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much!XMR Donations Accepted (type in MoneroTalk.crypto in your CakeWallet send address field): 49GdSCVTTE4TaDknDFn95QGc3mn3g7JZiPKX6QM7ZpuE5cscRFuGNhnjATKnjDHY7tNUQMM63n24uPYbj1AXFBk5KUPnDrLOR you can also help support the channel by purchasing a bag of delicious Guatemalan Coffee! Check out https://gratuitas.org/ to buy a bag &amp; if you enjoy what you taste, send a Monero tip directly to the farmers that grew, harvested, prepared, and roasted your beans! Check out our new Gratutias Ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJq-SzAlowTODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Cryptographers Aram Jivanyan and  Sarang Noether about their recently published proposal of the Lelantus Spark protocol.The three discuss the development of the proposal, how it was funded by “privacy coin” project Firo and the benefit of competing cryptos trying to solve similar problems; the benefits it potentially could provide to Monero if adopted, and the general privacy coin space.⏱Timestamps:  0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Monero Talk Starts - Aram &amp; Aaron's background 4:03 - How the development  is going 5:55 - Lelantus Spark's effects on Monero 9:04 - Benefits to Monero 12:12 - More on Lelantus Spark's effects on Monero 21:01 - Ambiguity Sets and importance of 128 22:41- Will more upgrades to privacy needed after Spark is Implemented? 24:14 -  Will Firo get similar results? 28:22 - Was Lelantus Designed with Firo in mind?  35:48 - How Ongoing is the project? 37:09 - How much more innovation to expect from Lelantus Spark 39:05 - Firo's Importance 42:37- How they see Monero and Firo Communities coming together 44:06 - Multisig improvements 48:33 - Firo's long term vision. Layer 2 solutions? 49:25 - Differences between Monero and Firo 54:55 - Cryptographers desire to solve problems 55:54 - What projects do other cryptographers find exciting? 59:30 - Will Self Sovereign Identity make it into Monero or Firo 1:00:13 - Could Monero be capable of more than communicating value. 1:02:25 - What projects do other cryptographers find exciting? 1:04:30 - Will there be consolidation among privacy coins 1:07:00 - Outro, Where to find Aram &amp; Sarang🔗Links:  Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1173.pdf🚨SPONSOR: Cake Wallet, the first open-source Monero (&amp; now Bitcoin!) wallet for iOS. If you have an iphone or Android 📲, Monero Talk recommends that you use Cake ;) 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 &amp; more in the app! Website: https://cakewallet.io/ iOS Download: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cake-wallet-for-xmr-monero/id1334702542 Android Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet&amp;hl=en_US🚨SPONSOR: Sweetwater Digital Asset Consulting: Connecting new money with old money since 2018. Website: https://sweetwater.consulting🚨SPONSOR:  ChangeNOW: a Limitless Crypto Exchange Website: https://changenow.io/Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow! 🚀Listen &amp; Reach out to us: 🎧PODCAST:  ITUNES: https://apple.co/34W7FVp SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4 GOOGLE PLAY: https://bit.ly/363JYMo STITCHER: https://bit.ly/2tUcIck WEBSITE: https://www.monerotalk.live 📧CONTACT: monerotalklive@gmail.comGet 🤓😎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/

**PLEASE NOTE: Sorry about the Audio all. We tried to improve it for the podcast version but unfortunately this was the best we could do! We apologize in advance for this episode! If you enjoyed the show &amp; would like to support us, a donation of any size would be greatly appreciated and would mean so much!XMR Donations Accepted (type in MoneroTalk.crypto in your CakeWallet send address field): 49GdSCVTTE4TaDknDFn95QGc3mn3g7JZiPKX6QM7ZpuE5cscRFuGNhnjATKnjDHY7tNUQMM63n24uPYbj1AXFBk5KUPnDrLOR you can also help support the channel by purchasing a bag of delicious Guatemalan Coffee! Check out <a href="https://gratuitas.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://gratuitas.org/</a> to buy a bag &amp; if you enjoy what you taste, send a Monero tip directly to the farmers that grew, harvested, prepared, and roasted your beans! Check out our new Gratutias Ad: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJq-SzAlow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVJq-SzAlow</a>TODAY'S 🎙SHOW: Douglas Tuman interviews Cryptographers Aram Jivanyan and Sarang Noether about their recently published proposal of the Lelantus Spark protocol.The three discuss the development of the proposal, how it was funded by “privacy coin” project Firo and the benefit of competing cryptos trying to solve similar problems; the benefits it potentially could provide to Monero if adopted, and the general privacy coin space.⏱Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:44 - Monero Talk Starts - Aram &amp; Aaron's background 4:03 - How the development is going 5:55 - Lelantus Spark's effects on Monero 9:04 - Benefits to Monero 12:12 - More on Lelantus Spark's effects on Monero 21:01 - Ambiguity Sets and importance of 128 22:41- Will more upgrades to privacy needed after Spark is Implemented? 24:14 - Will Firo get similar results? 28:22 - Was Lelantus Designed with Firo in mind? 35:48 - How Ongoing is the project? 37:09 - How much more innovation to expect from Lelantus Spark 39:05 - Firo's Importance 42:37- How they see Monero and Firo Communities coming together 44:06 - Multisig improvements 48:33 - Firo's long term vision. Layer 2 solutions? 49:25 - Differences between Monero and Firo 54:55 - Cryptographers desire to solve problems 55:54 - What projects do other cryptographers find exciting? 59:30 - Will Self Sovereign Identity make it into Monero or Firo 1:00:13 - Could Monero be capable of more than communicating value. 1:02:25 - What projects do other cryptographers find exciting? 1:04:30 - Will there be consolidation among privacy coins 1:07:00 - Outro, Where to find Aram &amp; Sarang🔗Links: Paper: <a href="https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1173.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eprint.iacr.org/2021/1173.pdf</a>🚨SPONSOR: Cake Wallet, the first open-source Monero (&amp; now Bitcoin!) wallet for iOS. If you have an iphone or Android 📲, Monero Talk recommends that you use Cake ;) 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 &amp; more in the app! Website: <a href="https://cakewallet.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://cakewallet.io/</a> iOS Download: <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cake-wallet-for-xmr-monero/id1334702542" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cake-wallet-for-xmr-monero/id1334702542</a> Android Download: <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet&amp;hl=en_US" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cakewallet.cake_wallet&amp;hl=en_US</a>🚨SPONSOR: Sweetwater Digital Asset Consulting: Connecting new money with old money since 2018. Website: <a href="https://sweetwater.consulting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://sweetwater.consulting</a>🚨SPONSOR: ChangeNOW: a Limitless Crypto Exchange Website: <a href="https://changenow.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://changenow.io/</a>Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE! The more subscribers, the more we can help Monero grow! 🚀Listen &amp; Reach out to us: 🎧PODCAST: ITUNES: <a href="https://apple.co/34W7FVp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://apple.co/34W7FVp</a> SPOTIFY: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://spoti.fi/2t1y9b4</a> GOOGLE PLAY: <a href="https://bit.ly/363JYMo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/363JYMo</a> STITCHER: <a href="https://bit.ly/2tUcIck" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2tUcIck</a> WEBSITE: <a href="https://www.monerotalk.live" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.monerotalk.live</a> 📧CONTACT: <a href="mailto:monerotalklive@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">monerotalklive@gmail.com</a>Get 🤓😎Social with us: TWITTER: <a href="https://twitter.com/monerotalk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/monerotalk</a> FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/MoneroTalk/</a> HOST: <a href="https://twitter.com/douglastuman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/douglastuman</a> INSTAGRAM: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/monerotalk/</a>

Sarang Noether & Aram Jivanyan: On Improving Monero with Lelantus Spark

Aram is the Founder and CEO of BeSafe (formerly Skycryptor), an encrypted cloud company that uses proxy re-encryption techniques to protect user data. He provides a demo on his techniques to ensure user data security! Full Show Notes: https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode525 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg Security Weekly Website: http://securityweekly.com Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Aram is the Founder and CEO of BeSafe (formerly Skycryptor), an encrypted cloud company that uses proxy re-encryption techniques to protect user data. He provides a demo on his techniques to ensure user data security! Full Show Notes: <a href="https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode525" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wiki.securityweekly.com/Episode525</a> Subscribe to YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg--XBjJ50a9tUhTKXVPiqg</a> Security Weekly Website: <a href="http://securityweekly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://securityweekly.com</a> Follow us on Twitter: @securityweekly

Aram Jivanyan, BeSafe - Paul's Security Weekly #525