# xmr.club — media

Generated: 2026-07-05T04:14:16.553Z
Count: 5
License: CC-BY-4.0
Canonical: https://xmr.club/media

## Anti Moonboy [B]
URL: https://xmr.club/media/anti-moonboy
Summary: Weekly Monero + darknet analysis podcast — Anti Moonboy News, Attack of the Poisoned Outputs, Darknet Market Maximalism, .thedotfiles. Multi-platform (YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, mp3, onion). Direct XMR donations.
Highlights: MONERO-PODCAST, DARKNET-ANALYSIS, MULTI-PLATFORM, TOR-MIRROR, XMR-DONATIONS, INDEPENDENT-MEDIA
Web: https://antimoonboy.com
Last verified: 2026-07-05
Operating since: 2024 (2y)

Anti Moonboy is a **weekly Monero + darknet analysis podcast** run by **xenu** (@xenumonero on X). The show covers exploit walkthroughs (recent episodes: Zcash Orchard inflation bug, p2pool vulnerability, MoneroKon talks), darknet-market economics and post-mortems, and long-form Monero-community commentary. Distribution is intentionally decentralized — YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, direct mp3 download, and a Tor onion mirror.

**Background.** xenu is a long-time Monero-community contributor — commissioned much of the early **Monerochan** art (the unofficial Monero mascot) during the /XMR/ General era, joined X in **April 2021** (verified via blue tick), and formally launched the **Anti Moonboy brand in October 2024** as an educational-focused digital-cash video channel with no price-speculation content. Brand tenure: ~1.75 years as of this listing; 75 AMN episodes shipped by 2026-07-01. Operator tenure via community credentials predates the brand by years. Episode cadence has been consistent — AMN 75 shipped 2026-07-01. Sub-series expand the format: *Darknet Market Maximalism* (a manifesto series, May 2025), *Attack of the Poisoned Outputs* (technical exploit deep-dives), *.thedotfiles* (a new interview series, inaugural episode with an ex-cybercriminal walking through his history in credit-card fraud, ransomware, and extortion).

**What you trust.** Non-custodial by design — it's a podcast, not a service. Direct XMR donations to a Monero address published in the operator's X bio (partial: `84tVkJ6zAHyEpE8yBmkdVtY9s85DLmA…`). No accounts, no subscription paywall, no email harvesting for the free tier. Tor onion mirror available for readers who want to consume the archive without touching the clearnet.

**Operational specs.** Publishing cadence: ~weekly. Distribution: **YouTube, Odysee, Rumble, direct mp3, Tor onion mirror**. Written content available at antimoonboy.com; interview transcripts / show notes accompany the audio. Merch page (t-shirts etc.) for supporters. No paywall; donation-supported. Contact via the site's contact page. Sub-series: *Anti Moonboy News* (weekly news cycle), *Darknet Market Maximalism*, *Attack of the Poisoned Outputs*, *.thedotfiles*.

**Grade rationale.** Listed at **Grade B** because the operator has ~1.75 years of continuous output under this specific brand (October 2024 launch, 75 AMN episodes by 2026-07-01), plus long-standing community credentials via Monerochan commissioning and /XMR/ General contributions that predate the brand, distribution is genuinely decentralized (5 platforms + onion — one platform de-listing him doesn't kill the show), the topical focus is squarely within xmr.club's scope (Monero + adjacent privacy-technical analysis), and the direct-XMR donation surface plus the onion mirror satisfy the no-KYC bar structurally. Grade A is withheld pending: (a) independent corroboration on peer directories beyond xmr.club, (b) a curator listen-through of a few episodes to check factual accuracy on the technical claims (the show sometimes runs hot on interpretation), (c) verification that the onion mirror mirrors the full clearnet catalog.

**Caveats.** *Editorial voice is opinionated.* The show is explicitly named Anti Moonboy — it takes strong positions on Bitcoin maximalism, Zcash, government surveillance, and DNM operators. That's the format; treat as commentary, not neutral reportage. Some episodes venture into darknet-market history and profile former criminals (e.g. the *.thedotfiles* debut). That's within the podcast's stated remit but worth flagging so readers know the tone before pressing play. YouTube distribution is subject to platform-level de-monetization or takedown for the darknet-focused episodes — the multi-platform strategy (Odysee, Rumble, mp3, onion) exists specifically to route around that risk.

Twin: https://xmr.club/llm/media/anti-moonboy.txt

## Monero Talk [B]
URL: https://xmr.club/media/monero-talk
Summary: Long-running Monero interview podcast by Douglas Tuman.
KYC: anonymous_signup
Highlights: FREE, PODCAST
Fees: Free
Web: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTalk
Last verified: 2026-05-11
Operating since: 2018 (8y)

Twin: https://xmr.club/llm/media/monero-talk.txt

## Monero Topia [B]
URL: https://xmr.club/media/monero-topia
Summary: Weekly Monero community + tech podcast by Doug Tuman, Tristan, and Sunita.
KYC: anonymous_signup
Highlights: FREE, PODCAST
Fees: Free · listener-funded
Web: https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTopia
Last verified: 2026-05-11
Operating since: 2020 (6y)

Twin: https://xmr.club/llm/media/monero-topia.txt

## Revuo Monero [A]
URL: https://xmr.club/media/revuo-monero
Summary: Weekly Monero ecosystem digest — protocol news, CCS, dev updates.
KYC: light_kyc
Highlights: FREE, NEWSLETTER
Fees: Free · email signup or web archive
Web: https://www.revuo-xmr.com
Tor: http://revuo75joezkbeitqmas4ab6spbrkr4vzbhjmeuv75ovrfqfp47mtjid.onion
Last verified: 2026-05-13
Operating since: 2022 (4y)

Revuo Monero is the **canonical weekly Monero ecosystem digest** — a free newsletter and web archive covering protocol news, **Monero Community Crowdfunding System (CCS)** proposals, developer activity, exchange + wallet integrations, research publications, regulatory developments, and the broader community pulse. Listed at **Grade A** because Revuo is the **single most-cited Monero ecosystem source** in the privacy-currency space — when other privacy resources reference "this week in Monero," Revuo is the source.

**Background.** Revuo Monero was founded in **2019** by **eestyle** (community pseudonym; publicly active on Matrix, IRC, and Twitter/Mastodon as a long-running Monero contributor). Published as a **weekly newsletter** delivered via email subscription, **RSS/Atom feed**, **Matrix announcement room**, and the web archive at **revuo-xmr.com**. The newsletter is **donor-funded** — Revuo accepts XMR donations and has received CCS funding for sustained-publication periods. Open editorial archive: every weekly issue from 2019 onward is publicly accessible without subscription. The newsletter is run as a community-service project, not a commercial publication; there's no advertising, no sponsored content (or when sponsored content appears, it's explicitly disclosed as sponsorship).

**What you trust.** **Community-edited** — Revuo's content is curated by eestyle with community contributions; sources are linked transparently so readers can verify primary references. **Comprehensive ecosystem coverage** — protocol developments (Monero Research Lab work, GitHub commit summaries, upcoming hard forks), **CCS proposals** (community funding requests, results, post-completion reports), **exchange + wallet integrations** (which services added XMR support, which removed it), **regulatory developments** (legal-and-policy news affecting Monero), **community events** (MoneroKon, meetups, AMAs). **Open archive** — the entire weekly back-catalogue is searchable on the website. **Multiple distribution channels** — email newsletter (anonymous subscription via privacy-respecting email forwarder), RSS/Atom for newsreader users, Matrix announcement room for chat-stream readers. **No tracking** — the website doesn't include third-party trackers; email subscriptions don't include open-tracking pixels. **What you don't trust**: editorial judgment is one person's — eestyle is well-regarded but Revuo represents one contributor's curation of the week. For diversification, cross-reference with other Monero community sources (Monerica, KYCnot, this directory, Sethforprivacy's blog, MoneroBuzz, Bitcoin Magazine's privacy coverage).

**Operational specs.** **Website**: revuo-xmr.com. **Distribution**: email subscription (no tracking, signed mailing list), **RSS** at revuo-xmr.com/feed.xml, **Atom** feed for newsreaders, **Matrix announcement room** for chat-stream subscribers. **Cadence**: weekly (typically Mondays); occasional skip weeks for major holidays / personal time. **Archive**: 2019-onward weekly issues; site search across the archive. **Languages**: English; some issues have community-contributed translations to other languages (Spanish, German, Italian community translators have been active at different periods). **Content sections** (typical issue): **Protocol & Research** (Monero Research Lab, GitHub activity, hard fork timing), **CCS Activity** (active proposals, funded work, recent completions), **Ecosystem** (wallet + exchange + integration news), **Regulation** (legal/policy developments affecting Monero), **Community** (events, podcasts, AMAs), **Curated Reading** (longer-form pieces worth reading from the past week). **Subscription**: free; donation-supported.

**Philosophy.** Revuo Monero's editorial differentiator is the **single-source-of-truth-for-this-week** model. The Monero ecosystem moves slowly but continuously: new protocol research, new CCS proposals, new wallet integrations, new regulatory developments — happening across multiple channels (GitHub, IRC, Matrix, podcasts, blogs, conference talks). Tracking all of this individually is impractical for most people. Revuo aggregates and curates, with eestyle's editorial judgment as the filter. The trade-off vs reading primary sources directly: you depend on eestyle's curation (excellent but one person's view); the upside is that the time-savings is dramatic and the link-to-primary-source model lets you verify anything important. For most Monero ecosystem followers, Revuo is the practical entry point.

**Grade rationale.** Grade A reflects: 6+ years of operational continuity (since 2019); **canonical Monero ecosystem digest** with single most-cited weekly source status; open archive (entire back-catalogue searchable); multiple distribution channels (email, RSS, Matrix); donor-funded (no commercial advertising pressure); named editor (eestyle) with public community presence; comprehensive cross-domain coverage (protocol, CCS, ecosystem, regulation, community); cross-referenced from essentially every Monero-related resource. The de-facto "what happened this week in Monero" reference. Last verified 2026-05-11.

**Useful when.** You want to **follow the Monero ecosystem** without tracking GitHub commits, IRC discussions, Matrix rooms, and podcast feeds individually — Revuo aggregates the signal. You're a **Monero contributor** or developer and want a weekly snapshot of community activity outside your specific focus area. You're a **journalist or researcher** covering Monero — Revuo is the canonical primary source for "what's happening in the Monero ecosystem this week," with links to the underlying primary sources you can cite directly. You want to **catch up after time away** — if you've been offline for a few weeks, reading the back-issues of Revuo gets you caught up faster than re-reading every primary source. You want **CCS proposal updates** — Revuo covers proposals from posted-for-discussion through funded → completed → results. You're a **community member** who wants the weekly pulse of Monero without needing to be on Matrix or Twitter constantly.

**Caveats.** **Single-editor curation** — Revuo represents eestyle's view of the ecosystem; for diversified perspective, cross-reference with other Monero community sources. **Weekly cadence misses fast-breaking news** — for sub-week-scale developments (security incidents, hard-fork timing changes, major exchange-listing news), monitor the Monero Matrix rooms directly. **English-primary** — non-English readers depend on community translations which lag the English original by days to weeks. **No raw search across primary sources** — Revuo links to primary sources but doesn't replace the ability to grep through GitHub commits, MRL paper archives, or Matrix room logs directly. **Email subscription requires email address** — for users who want anonymous subscription, use a SimpleLogin alias or Tutanota / Proton Mail address rather than your primary email. **Donation-supported has its own variance** — Revuo's continued publication depends on community funding; the project has weathered low-funding periods historically but it's a structural dependency to be aware of. **Doesn't track regulatory and legal developments globally** — Revuo focuses on Monero-relevant regulation but isn't an exhaustive global-jurisdiction tracker. For specific-region legal/policy concerns, supplement with local privacy / cryptocurrency news sources. **Curated, not exhaustive** — minor ecosystem activity (small wallet updates, niche tool releases) may not make Revuo's curation cut. For comprehensive primary-source tracking, monitor GitHub repositories directly. **The website style is functional, not polished** — coming from corporate newsletters with heavy design, Revuo's plain-text-and-links style may feel sparse. This is by design: content over presentation, fast-loading on slow connections, Tor-Browser-Safest-mode compatible.

Twin: https://xmr.club/llm/media/revuo-monero.txt

## The Monero Moon [B]
URL: https://xmr.club/media/the-monero-moon
Summary: Weekly Monero newsletter by John Foss — curated news, developments, and community coverage. 90 issues deep. Free to subscribe. Direct XMR donations to the operator's published address.
Highlights: MONERO-NEWSLETTER, WEEKLY-CURATION, FREE-ARCHIVE, XMR-DONATIONS, LONG-TENURE, PUBLIC-OPERATOR
Web: https://themoneromoon.com
Last verified: 2026-07-05
Operating since: 2018 (8y)

The Monero Moon is a **weekly Monero-focused newsletter** written and curated by **John Foss** (@johnfoss69 on X, verified since 2017). Each issue rounds up XMR ecosystem news, protocol developments, community happenings, and select Bitcoin-adjacent content. Distribution is via Substack — themoneromoon.com resolves to a Substack instance. Issue 90 shipped 2026-06-16.

**Background.** John Foss has been publicly active on X since **September 2017** (verified); the **Monero Moon newsletter launched on 2018-09-09 with Issue 1** (verified via Substack archive; Issues 2 + 3 followed on 2018-09-17 and 2018-09-24). Newsletter tenure: ~7.8 years of continuous output by the time of this listing. 11.6K X followers; 1,000+ newsletter subscribers per the site. Verified operator identity — John Foss is a publicly-named community figure, one of the longest-running Monero newsletter operators. The archive is free and open; the paid tier (if any) is not the barrier to core content.

**What you trust.** Non-custodial — it's a newsletter, not a service. Direct XMR donations to a Monero address published in the operator's X bio (partial: `8C44uscq4DBaj7rFoX7WccdE8GA3PMoWyBC69RijMpeoB9PgWLrbxnjaWwSWGtSL7R1G3dJKTWSA…`). Subscribing requires an email — that email lives inside Substack's cookie + analytics stack, which is a real privacy trade you should understand before subscribing. Reading via RSS or unauthenticated archive fetch avoids the email trade.

**Operational specs.** Publishing cadence: **~weekly** (with occasional breaks). Distribution: Substack (themoneromoon.com), RSS feed, X thread announcements. Content type: curated news roundup, protocol updates, community events, occasional Bitcoin-adjacent commentary. No paywall on the core newsletter per operator claim; paid supporters access same content as free readers. Signup: email required for delivery; RSS reader alternative available. Payment surface: none for readers (free); direct XMR donations for supporters.

**Grade rationale.** Listed at **Grade B** because tenure is exceptional (7.5+ years of newsletter output (2H 2018 launch, 90 issues shipped by 2026-06-16), plus 8+ years of the operator being publicly active on X), the operator is publicly named and verified, the brand is one of the most recognized independent Monero-news properties, and the direct-XMR donation path plus free-archive posture keep it in scope. Grade A is withheld pending: (a) verification that the Substack tier structure never gates core content (paywall creep is a common late-stage newsletter risk), (b) an alternative-delivery path independent of Substack (self-hosted mirror or onion) so readers with strong platform aversion can still consume, (c) independent corroboration on peer directories — the Monero Moon is well-known in the community but a formal cross-listing check hasn't landed.

**Caveats.** *Substack dependency.* Substack collects subscriber emails, sets tracking cookies, and depends on a US-based platform whose editorial policies have shifted over time. The Monero Moon is *distributed* through Substack, not *hosted* on-site — a platform take-down or de-platforming event would force a migration. The RSS route is your privacy-preserving fallback if you don't want to hand Substack an email. Some readers may prefer to only interact via the free RSS feed and skip subscription entirely. Content is curated (opinionated selection of what matters this week) — treat as editorial digest, not comprehensive coverage.

Twin: https://xmr.club/llm/media/the-monero-moon.txt