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Join the Wasabikas - a Bitcoin Privacy Podcast

Join the Wasabikas - a Bitcoin Privacy Podcast

By Wasabi Wallet

Listen to Max Hillebrand explore the many nuances of the Bitcoin privacy rabbit hole with infamous guests.

Learn about all of the new things Wasabi Wallet 2.0 has to offer, while getting a better understanding of the thinking behind creating this new piece of software!

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8.2 Rebuilding the Bitcoin Core Wallet with Output Script Descriptors || Andrew Chow

Join the Wasabikas - a Bitcoin Privacy PodcastMar 30, 2021

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Mar 01, 202210:03
27.0 The Starfish and The Spider || Omnifinn

27.0 The Starfish and The Spider || Omnifinn

Niko Omnifinn explains the differences between a spider, or centralized organization, and starfish, a decentralized and resilient organism. While the spider is quicks, agile and innovative, it is easy to kill with a single point of failure. But if you cut the starfish in half, then that will create two separate creatures.


Nov 06, 202101:43:29
28.7 Bull Bitcoin - Privacy Preserving Instant Delivery Bitcoin Exchange || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.7 Bull Bitcoin - Privacy Preserving Instant Delivery Bitcoin Exchange || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Bull Bitcoin is a privacy preserving instant delivery of bitcoin, a non-custodial exchange that values the sovereignty of its users. It has numerous great features, like efficient hourly transaction batching, liquid sidechain integration, and now even over the Lightning Network. This runs all on the free and open source Cyphernode infrastructure backend.


Aug 31, 202102:11
28.6 The Business of Bitcoin Education || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.6 The Business of Bitcoin Education || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Verify offers numerous services to their clients, there are hourly individual support sessions about self custody, verification and privacy. But the most popular offer is a bundle of Bitcoin related hardware, combined with the excellent consulting.


Aug 30, 202102:24
28.5 Lure Them Into the Rabbit Hole || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.5 Lure Them Into the Rabbit Hole || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Verifi helps their clients to understand both the why and the how of Bitcoin. Nowadays so many people are close to understanding the problem that Bitcoin fixes. Even though it might take a couple attempts, eventually most will naturally migrate to this new monetary standard.


Aug 29, 202102:02
28.4 Teaching the Teachers || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.4 Teaching the Teachers || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Most people out there don’t yet understand the reason why Bitcoin is a useful tool that solves a massive problem. But the ongoing educational efforts are proliferating, with the earlier students now teaching the next generation.


Aug 28, 202101:48
28.3 Growing Bitcoin || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.3 Growing Bitcoin || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Gustavo always had new people coming with good questions about Bitcoin, yet many people still first fall into the trap of shitcoin distractions. But Verifi has continuously grown their staff and clients, proliferating self custody and privacy. These principles were celebrated at the Bitcoin Montreal Summer Conference.


Aug 27, 202101:59
28.2 Came for the Gains, Stayed for the Freedom || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.2 Came for the Gains, Stayed for the Freedom || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Gustavo discovered Bitcoin at a young age of 15, at first with the goal of making more fiat through speculation, but he stayed to fight the good fight with Verifi, a Bitcoin company for educating about individual sovereignty, self custody and privacy.


Aug 26, 202101:30
28.1 Building with The Bitcoin Tribe || Gustavo J. Flores E.

28.1 Building with The Bitcoin Tribe || Gustavo J. Flores E.

Gustavo is so motivated to work on Bitcoin self sovereignty and privacy software, mainly because the group of individuals building these tools is so dedicated, principled and passionate. Particularly in these days of lockdown and social distancing, finally meeting the Bitcoin tribe again is staggering. 


Aug 25, 202101:44
27.6 Starfish Organizations Keep Getting Better || Omnifinn

27.6 Starfish Organizations Keep Getting Better || Omnifinn

Niko explains one of the benefits of starfish organizations is that everyone learns more, when one additional node enters the venture. Niko is not micromanaging and planning the nuances, rather he is confident in the incentives of the venture he crafted. The hard work is paying off.


Aug 21, 202101:42
27.5 Konsensus Network Starfish Organization || Omnifinn

27.5 Konsensus Network Starfish Organization || Omnifinn

Niko has built a great starfish organization to translate and publish important Bitcoin books. He focused on getting dedicated and motivated peers involved, to have a great ethic and throughput in the venture. Everyone has skin in the game, and natural incentives leading to the overall best outcome. 


Aug 20, 202102:02
27.4 You’re Not the customer of the post || Omnifinn

27.4 You’re Not the customer of the post || Omnifinn

Niko explains how centralized systems can work with service providers, but because of monopoly privileges and no skin in the game, these merchants are not responsible for their actions and provide a worse service. Again, state intervention is suboptimal. 


Aug 19, 202101:26
27.3 How Centralized Systems Fail || Omnifinn

27.3 How Centralized Systems Fail || Omnifinn

Niko explains that centralized systems work great, until they stop working. They are well equipped to scale quickly and innovate rapidly, but they are prone to die completely from a small shock. 


Aug 18, 202101:22
27.2 The Cause of the Calamity || Omnifinn

27.2 The Cause of the Calamity || Omnifinn

Why do societies fall apart? Because they try to hide from the responsibilities of their actions. The current calamity is yet again backed and supported by the “expert” who think they are the good guys. The solution is easy - carry your own burden.


Aug 17, 202101:29
27.1 The Nihilism of Today || Omnifinn

27.1 The Nihilism of Today || Omnifinn

The older you get, the more you are attached to being plugged into the matrix. You tend to invest a lot in your carriere, family, and lifestyle. This is often a very nihilistic outlook, that basically everything is yet another joke. 


Aug 16, 202101:33
26.0 Sovereign Jets || Roger Proctor

26.0 Sovereign Jets || Roger Proctor

Roger has vast experience in private aircraft travel. He explains in detail the process of acquiring your own private jet, the everyday operational tasks, as well as the numerous benefits. Every Bitcoin citadel ought to have a private jet to ensure secure travel to the other citadels. AeroOne.org is the place to buy exactly that.

Aug 15, 202101:21:27
26.7 Privacy with Private Jets || Roger Protoc

26.7 Privacy with Private Jets || Roger Protoc

Roger explains that each flight does have to have a manifesto with the people on board. However, for a private owner flight, these do not have to be leaked to authorities, thus all they know is that a plane flew, but not who was in it. This is of course vastly superior to the numerous harassment and inefficiencies of commercial airline travel.


Aug 15, 202101:59
26.6 Nuances of Private Jet Ownership || Roger Protoc

26.6 Nuances of Private Jet Ownership || Roger Protoc

Roger explains that there are some ever-changing restrictions when it comes to border crossings of for example Canada to the USA. However, once inside the USA, there is barely any harassment when traveling across states. America also has a vast network of small airports with affordable fees and gas prices.


Aug 14, 202102:20
26.5 Artificial Limitations in Air Travel || Roger Proctor

26.5 Artificial Limitations in Air Travel || Roger Proctor

Roger explains the unnecessary and convoluted Cabotage Rules. It is not permitted for an aircraft to have both origin and destination in the same foreign country, or to have multiple countries as destinations in the same trip. However, with private jet ownership, this rule does no longer apply.


Aug 13, 202101:40
26.4 Private Flights vs. Charter || Roger Proctor

26.4 Private Flights vs. Charter || Roger Proctor

Roger explains that the aircraft offered by AeroOne.org is registered for both private owner flights, as well as on-demand charter services. The difference is, that all the interior has to be fire and destruction tested, and the crew needs to have special training and experience. 


Aug 12, 202101:59
26.3 The Problem of Commercial Air Lines || Roger Proctor

26.3 The Problem of Commercial Air Lines || Roger Proctor

RyanAir or other commercial air lines are a great solution to provide cheap flights at short distances often. But especially with the incentive models of frequent flyer miles, you are incentivized to travel more than you otherwise would have.


Aug 10, 202101:15
26.2 What’s Airplane Chartering? || Roger Proctor

26.2 What’s Airplane Chartering? || Roger Proctor

Air-plane charter business is a very innovative and ever changing industry. But it is all about hiring a plane and crew, to take you from any origin to any destination. The major benefit is speed, as you can drive your car up to the airplane, it takes off immediately, and at landing your car is already waiting for you. 


Aug 10, 202101:52
26.1 From Private Jet Expert to Bitcoiner || Roger Proctor

26.1 From Private Jet Expert to Bitcoiner || Roger Proctor

Roger flew millions of miles for his work in the private air travel industry, where he also consulted clients on the right choice of plane. Later he pivoted and created his own company in the financial services industry. Through his objectivist philosophy, he got interested in Bitcoin and is now eager to provide his services to Bitcoiners.


Aug 09, 202101:03
25.0 Overcoming Fiat Censorship || Ruben Waterman

25.0 Overcoming Fiat Censorship || Ruben Waterman

Ruben is an entrepreneur who wants to provide his clients an easy way to purchase bitcoin at regular intervals directly into their own wallet. Bittr is a non-custodial Bitcoin exchange that was victim of heavy censorship of their fiat bank accounts and overbearing KYC regulation. But now it is up and running again in a swiss company ready to serve clients.


Aug 05, 202101:27:58
25.7 Bittr, a Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange || Ruben Waterman

25.7 Bittr, a Non-Custodial Bitcoin Exchange || Ruben Waterman

Bittr is a non-custodial Bitcoin exchange, where as soon as you send fiat to the company's bank account, they send sats to your own address. They use hourly batched payments to save on block space usage and fees.


Aug 04, 202101:17
25.6 Fiat Banks are the Point of Censorship || Ruben Waterman

25.6 Fiat Banks are the Point of Censorship || Ruben Waterman

Censorship is not applied on the state registration of a company, but rather at the financial service provider level, mainly banks. Ruben explains his struggles with getting a swiss bank account for his Bitcoin exchange company Bittr. 


Aug 03, 202101:20
25.5 Banking a Bitcoin Company || Ruben Waterman

25.5 Banking a Bitcoin Company || Ruben Waterman

Ruben initially used Bunk as the bank for the Bittr Bitcoin exchange. This is a software company which happens to be a bank. This comes with a great API to enable applications being built on top. This is much superior to German banks, which are all stuck at last gen technology.


Aug 02, 202101:50
25.4 Fostering the Bittr Community || Ruben Waterman

25.4 Fostering the Bittr Community || Ruben Waterman

Free software projects benefit from a great community of enthusiast users who give feature requests and bug reports, as well as dedicated developers who help to implement them and improve the software. But sharing your code in the public, especially when it is ugly, is a scary task. But publishing your software for free use, helps to find and fix bugs early, reducing the potential harm they could have done. 


Jul 29, 202101:55
25.3 Alternative Ways of Building Software || Ruben Waterman

25.3 Alternative Ways of Building Software || Ruben Waterman

Ruben went with a specialist firm to build his software, which provided him with a group of dedicated high quality devs that were in it for the long run. But he also considered Bitcoin focused freelancer platforms, which turned out to be too risky without long term incentives. 


Jul 28, 202101:38
25.2 From Founder to Coder of Bittr || Ruben Waterman

25.2 From Founder to Coder of Bittr || Ruben Waterman

When Ruben started to work on Bittr, he had no software development experience at all. So he teamed up with a specialist firm to build their very first Bitcoin application. Ever since, this company is busy with building cryptocurrency software for many clients. At the same time, regulatory burdens in the Netherlands led to the temporary closure of Bittr. Ruben used that time to learn how to code.


Jul 27, 202102:19
25.1 Reinventing Fiat FinTech || Ruben Waterman

25.1 Reinventing Fiat FinTech || Ruben Waterman

While studying his masters degree in digital currencies at University Nicosia, Ruben thought of ways to bring existing fiat tech applications into Bitcoin. Acorn is an app that allows you to invest regular small amounts into stocks and funds. So he set out to build the ultimate tool for stacking sats!


Jul 27, 202100:48
24.0 Cypherpunks Don’t Trust Third Parties || Aviv Milner

24.0 Cypherpunks Don’t Trust Third Parties || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner shares his tales of coming to love the Cypherpunk ethos, and why freedom of speech and movement is essential for a healthy individual. Trusted third parties, in any case whatsoever, are a serious security hole that can be taken down by hostile actors. This is a collection of multiple cases in communication networks and bitcoin service providers. 


Jul 25, 202102:15:18
24.7 Responsible use of Caffeine || Aviv Milner

24.7 Responsible use of Caffeine || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner is talking about the book Drug Use for Grownups, Chasing Liberty in the Land of Fear. Even heroin can be used in a responsible and recreational manner. No third party can prescribe what a “responsible” use of any substance is. 


Jul 25, 202100:51
24.6 Don’t Trust Third Parties || Aviv Milner

24.6 Don’t Trust Third Parties || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner recollects that the FBI created a phone and operating system ANOM, which claimed to provide secure and encrypted communication services. This scam was used to target drug dealers to use the technology for coordinating their criminal activities. 


Jul 24, 202101:54
24.5 The Bitcoin Fork Wars || Aviv Milner

24.5 The Bitcoin Fork Wars || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner recollects the fork wars of 2017, where a minority of users insisted to change the Bitcoin rule set in a backwards incompatible way. Most Bitcoin users prefer to stay in consensus though, only upgrading with non-contentious softforks. Hardforking a monetary network will lead to continuous fracturing.


Jul 23, 202101:40
24.4 Bitcoin - Money Without Trusted Third Parties || Aviv Milner

24.4 Bitcoin - Money Without Trusted Third Parties || Aviv Milner

In the long history of attempting to create digital money, all failed because of a single trusted third party essential for the operation of the system. One example is Liberty Reserve, a gold backed eCash company, which let it’s users transact gold certificates among themselves privately, got shut down in 2013.


Jul 22, 202101:18
23.3 LNURL makes Bleskomat possible || Chill from Bleskomat

23.3 LNURL makes Bleskomat possible || Chill from Bleskomat

Chill is explaining the basics of LNURL, a genius trick to avoid the end user having to scan the actual lightning invoice. Instead, the user visits a website domain, and that server then responds with the final lightning invoice, which the user can then pay. This enables many cool tricks.


Jul 21, 202100:48
24.3 What will bring Cypherpunk Mainstream || Aviv Milner

24.3 What will bring Cypherpunk Mainstream || Aviv Milner

What’s missing for mass adoption of cypherpunk privacy technology? Aviv Milner thinks it’s the will of the people, and better trade-offs. People give in to non-private solution because they get more likes and perceived engagement. The UX and security best practice defaults of a software needs to become flawless.


Jul 21, 202101:06
23.2 Hacking the Lightning || Chill from Bleskomat

23.2 Hacking the Lightning || Chill from Bleskomat

In the basement of Paralelni Polis, a group of hackers met frequently to talk about the latest cutting edge software and hardware. This is when Chill first discovered the Bitcoin lightning network, and he understood the layered scaling solution, and the importance of SegWit for it’s deployment. 


Jul 20, 202102:27
24.2 The Cypherpunks Prophecy || Aviv Milner

24.2 The Cypherpunks Prophecy || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner explains why PGP never really took off. Even though the concern of cypherpunks of a surveillance panopticon future was a spot on prediction. Personal information is public for anyone to see, which is a ripe target for totalitarian governments.


Jul 20, 202101:22
24.1 Cypherpunks long for Freedom || Aviv Milner

24.1 Cypherpunks long for Freedom || Aviv Milner

Aviv Milner grew up with parents escaping communism from Soviet Russia to the United States. This longing for freedom of speech and movement was the kernel of his love for the Cypherpunk ethos. 


Jul 19, 202101:19
23.7 The Evolution of Bleskomat || Chill

23.7 The Evolution of Bleskomat || Chill

Initially the Bleskomat was an application for the phone, then Chill built a plywood box with open cables and the coins falling openly. Now there are hand-crafter steel boxes, with separate coin and bill security boxes, and a custom PCB to avoid the cable clutter. 


Jul 18, 202101:39
23.6 Bleskomat - The Bitcoin Onboarding Machine Gun || Chill

23.6 Bleskomat - The Bitcoin Onboarding Machine Gun || Chill

Chill’s philosophy while building the Bleskomat was to reduce the things that could go wrong. The UX is trivial: toss in coins, scan a QR code, and magically you receive sats! The sats that the user receives, can be instantly and cheaply spent somewhere else. With this simple machine, hundreds of future-coiners can be onboarded every hour!


Jul 17, 202102:31
23.5 Bleskomat, the offline Bitcoin Lightning Network ATM || Chill from Bleskomat

23.5 Bleskomat, the offline Bitcoin Lightning Network ATM || Chill from Bleskomat

The Bleskomat is an easy to use Bitcoin ATM, working with the latest cutting edge Lightning technologies. But the key is, it is completely offline, not knowing about the bitcoin exchange rate, and without access to the blockchain! It only counts the bills & coins, signs the amount, and then displays this signature to the user in a lnurl link.


Jul 16, 202102:38
23.4 Lightning in Gaming || Chill from Bleskomat

23.4 Lightning in Gaming || Chill from Bleskomat

Chill explains how LNURL withdrawal can be used as a very basic custodial wallet, as it gives anyone who visits a website the right to withdraw some sats from the server. This is great for video games, to get paid without needing to provide an invoice.


Jul 15, 202101:27
23.1 Building the Underlying Technology of Bitcoin Talk Forum || Chill from Bleskomat

23.1 Building the Underlying Technology of Bitcoin Talk Forum || Chill from Bleskomat

Chill started to work on free software, by contributing to SimpleMachinesForum, which is still used by the BitcoinTalk forum. He was always fascinated by sharing his code with others, for them to enjoy it’s use, to provide feedback, and to even write the code to improve it. 


Jul 12, 202101:03
22.0 Sapio, Next Generation Bitcoin Smart Contracts || Jeremy Rubin

22.0 Sapio, Next Generation Bitcoin Smart Contracts || Jeremy Rubin

Jeremy Rubin is working on advancing Bitcoin in the aspects of decentralization, privacy, self custody and scalability. Sapio is his attempt to move Bitcoin's smart contract infrastructure technology to the next generation. OP_CheckTemplateVerify is script code which, if enabled, would allow a vast new number of use cases for Bitcoin.

Jul 11, 202101:44:34
22.7 The Difference Between Liquid and Sapio || Jeremy Rubin

22.7 The Difference Between Liquid and Sapio || Jeremy Rubin

Jeremy Rubin explains how the original sidechain research was to find a trustless two-way peg never succeeded, and the trust assumptions of the Liquid federated two-way peg. On the other hand, Sapio is a type of oracle server which ensures the execution of novel Bitcoin functionality which is not yet in the consensus protocol.


Jul 11, 202101:30