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Episode 222 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Psychopath Duology
 
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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about Nostr: a censorship-resistant social media protocol.
 
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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
4:15 – Max Hillebrand's nomad lifestyle
7:35 – Current status of Germany
8:50 – Overview of Nostr
12:30 – Problems with traditional social media
16:10 – Shadow banning and opaque rules distort reality
18:55 – Where did Mastodon go wrong?
20:05 – Which is the biggest thing Nostr has achieved so far?
22:45 – How to run Nostr
27:55 – What are you responsible for as a Nostr user?
31:20 – How do we follow people on Nostr
32:40 – Where does content get hosted?
35:00 – Balance between user-friendly and sovereign
36:45 – Hardcore privacy on Nostr
39:50 – Is Nostr full of only Bitcoin talk?
44:05 – Ongoing maintenance of Nostr
46:30 – Do you have to be in Lightning to use Nostr
49:50 – Quality of life problems
54:00 – Other interesting aspects of Nostr
57:00 – What does censorship-resistance mean?
1:01:20 – Final thoughts

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, one of the handful of Bitcoiners who believes in the original vision of the project, and one of the handful of people in the world who actually uses Bitcoin.

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
2:05 – What was the significance of Samourai Wallet in Bitcoin?
8:05 – Upcoming Bitcoin conference – any hope?
14:40 – Latest from Bill (TdevD)
20:50 – BIP-361
25:55 – The BIP process is not Bitcoin
35:10 – BIP-110
40:05 – Worse example of a Bitcoin podcast episode or article
44:22 – Who is worse for sound money: Luke DashJr or Jerome Powell?
47:18 – Opinion on Bitcoin company Strike
50:30 – Max's BIP-47 suggestion
1:09:10 – Is flying the English flag racist?
1:12:30 – Final thoughts

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with former Suriname presidential candidate Maya Parbhoe. They discuss this small South American country and Maya's radical ideas to completely transform it, her backstory, recent controversy related to her presidential run, and where Bitcoin fits in to her ideas.
 
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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
2:00 – Suriname
8:00 – About Maya Parhoe
20:55 – Running for president of Suriname
32:20 – How to transform a country like Suriname
51:40 – Maya Parbhoe recent controversy
1:06:20 – Future endeavors for Maya Parbhoe
1:13:15 – Final thoughts
 
Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio