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We're all concerned about having freedom of discussion on important issues shut down by politicians and Big Tech. Max Hillebrand joins us to discuss the technology that can make that impossible (yes, this is a good news episode). Sponsors: Bank on Yourself & Franbassador Guest's Website: nostr.com Show notes for Ep. 2641
At Bitcoin Oasis 2025, we discussed Bitcoin tools & innovation, bitcoin cycles, financialization of bitcoin, adoption in the MENA region and India's first bitcoin treasury company.Timestamps:(00:00) - Intro(00:57) - Preston Pysh(12:47) - Sponsors(15:03) - Sooly Kobayashi(21:49) - Max Hillebrand(28:46) - Sponsors(29:43) - Siddarth Bharwani(40:07) - Lara EggimanLinks: https://bitcoin-oasis.com/ https://x.com/BTCArabiaLtd https://x.com/PrestonPyshhttps://primal.net/sooly https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqst0mtgkp3du662ztj3l4fgts0purksu5fgek5n4vgmg9gt2hkn9lqv6g2cl https://x.com/sidbharwani https://x.com/SwissAlice1 Sponsors:Bold BitcoinCoinKite.com (code LIVERA)Lana by GaloyStephan Livera links:Follow me on X: @stephanliveraSubscribe to the podcastSubscribe to Substack
Privacy has had a couple of rough years: companies & protocols shut down, developers got arrested, governments issued new regulations... regardless, Rockstar Dev & Max Hillebrand join the show to discuss privacy & open source tools for sovereignty.
In this thought-provoking episode, we're joined by Max Hillebrand, an advocate for Bitcoin and Austrian economics. Together, we dive into the foundational principles of Praxeology, examining human action and decision-making. From there, we explore economics as a science, emphasizing the social nature of human beings and their interaction within markets.The conversation takes a critical turn as we discuss government, taxes, and the concept of theft, providing a unique perspective on state authority and individual sovereignty. Max also shares his insights on psychology and empiricism, bridging the gap between human behavior and logical deduction.We then tackle the age-old question: What is money? Our deep dive compares fiat currency, gold, and Bitcoin, highlighting the benefits of sound money and the flaws in current monetary systems. Finally, we focus on a topic central to Max's philosophy: privacy. From financial freedom to private personal property and security, we discuss why privacy matters and how it can be preserved in the digital age.We hope you enjoy the episode!Keep up with me (socials)https://www.instagram.com/beyond.terrain/https://linktr.ee/beyondterrainOur vision at Beyond Terrain is best supported by sharing our work!To go above and beyond:BCH: bitcoincash:qq7eq276ylanluc5e39unrqshkvs9xsemg07yxezf7ETH: beyondterrain.ethBTC: bc1qqwc470ktgj3l4myqxr5hq67rnlqys0qm98u6f0Learn more from and support our esteemed guest, Mr. Max Hillebrandhttps://pay.towardsliberty.com/apps/213Mf5Nf92sRka8M2GZx3gyK4qZu/pos
In der heutigen Folge geht es wieder um Privatsphäre. Chris spricht mit Max Hillebrand darüber, dass Mobiltelefone Metadaten mögen. Zusätzlich gibt es eine deutschsprachige Lesung des “A Cypherpunk's Manifesto” von Eric Hughes, Hughes, Hughes … Von und mit: [[Chris]]Produziert und geschnitten: ChrisHier könnt ihr uns eine Spende über Lightning da lassen: ⚡️nodesignal@getalby.comWenn euch unsere Arbeit gefällt, könnt ihr unsere Folgen auch auf Podcasting 2.0 Plattformen, wie Fountain, PodcastGuru, Castamatic, Breez oder Podverse hören und uns so eine kleine Aufmerksamkeit da lassen. Danke an alle, die die Bitcoin Community mit ihren Spenden unterstützen! Mit diesen Spenden wird unter anderem unser Bounty Programm verwirklicht, in dem ihr euch für die Mitarbeit an einem Projekt eine Belohnung sichern könnt.Für Feedback und weitergehenden Diskussionen kommt gerne in die Telegramgruppe von Nodesignal und bewertet uns bei Spotify und Apple Podcasts. Folgt uns auch gerne bei Nostr:npub1n0devk3h2l3rx6vmt24a3lz4hsxp7j8rn3x44jkx6daj7j8jzc0q2u02cy und Twitter.Blockzeit: 876493 A Cypherpunk's Manifesto (Eric Hughes, 1993) https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/manifesto.html übersetzt von Chris_SHA256 Kontakt Max: nostr: npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vtmail: max@towardsliberty.comgithub: @maxhillebrandMusik (used with permission/open license): The long ascent - Cooper CannellEast West - John PatitucciTimestamps:(00:00:00) Intro(00:00:22) Das Cypherpunk Manifest Lesung(00:09:00) Intro Folge Chris(00:13:55) V4V(00:14:46) Begrüßung Max(00:15:25) Warum Beschäftigung mit Privacy?(00:16:52) Privacy macht Spaß(00:18:20) Warum sind Mobiltelefone bezüglich Privacy relevant?(00:20:50) Wer trackt einen auf dem Smartphone?(00:24:25) Was sind Meta-Daten?(00:27:30) Wo werden auf dem Mobiltelefon Meta-Daten erhoben?(00:31:48) Wie erfolgt das Tracking über das Telefonnetz?(00:36:49) Wie erfolgt das Tracking über das mobile Betriebssystem?(00:43:13) Wie erfolgt das Tracking in Apps?(00:50:10) Was rät Max, wenn man mit mehr Privacy starten möchte?(00:54:07) Max Einschätzung zu einem Zitat...(00:59:14) Max Schlussworte(01:00:26) Focus on the signal, signal, signal
NostrTalk #15 - Blockzeit 868401 - von und mit Quillie, Dennis, Lassmiranda und Max Links Wegweiser für nostr Neulinge Jam: an interface for JoinMarket HAVEN Blossom Datenspeicher Citrine App Buch: Atlas Shrugged Hörbuch: A Lodging of Wayfaring Men Outro Weitere Links: Komm in die NostrTalk Chatgruppe! Höre diesen Podcast via Lightning-Netzwerk mit Fountain oder Breeze
Max Hillebrand joined us for the 3rd time (but first on the rebranded show!) live from Nostriga in Riga, and we ended up talking about Bitcoin, praxeology, The Lodging of Wayfaring Men, and much more! Connect with Max: https://primal.net/p/npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt Connect with Us: https://www.bitcoininfinityshow.com/ https://bitcoininfinitystore.com https://primal.net/freedom https://primal.net/knut https://primal.net/luke https://twitter.com/BtcInfinityShow https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm https://twitter.com/lukedewolf Thanks to our sponsors - check out their websites for info: BitBox: https://bitbox.swiss/infinity StampSeed: https://www.stampseed.com/shop/21m-titanium-seed-plate.html Bitcoin Adviser: https://content.thebitcoinadviser.com/freedom ShopInBit: https://shopinbit.com/ - Use code INFINITY for a €5 discount! The Bitcoin Infinity Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.
NostrTalk #12 - Blockzeit 859867 - von und mit Quillie und Max Themen Blockzeit & Blockhash Nostriga Rückblick Geheimtrick Saunieren Baustellen gibt es genug Wie kann man mitwirken? Wo steht nostr im Moment? Offenheit ist ein Killerfeature nostr ist Chaos Basar vs. Kathedrale nostr & DMs: it's complicated Erste Testrunde mit Wegwerf-Npub Reputationsmanagement mit nostr ecash & nostr nostr ist was Du draus machst nostr ist der Marktplatz Anreize, Anreize, Anreize Bug Report ist gut, Pull Request ist besser Buchtipp: A Lodging of Wayfaring Men Links Intro & Outro: Man Like Kweks - No Algo Nostriga Unconference Blog Post: Nostriga Rückblick Nostriga: Liste an Vorträgen, Tutorials und Workshops Nostriga Vortrag: Nostr Past, Present, and Future Nostriga Vortrag: Saving Private Nostr Nostriga Vortrag: nostr already got a killer feature, openness Nostriga Vortrag: nostr & cashu Data Vending Machines NIPs Talk von Jeff zu nostr Privatnachrichten zap.store: Nostr-based Permissionless App Store Nutsack: A Wallet That Lives in Nostr NIP 104: E2EE Messaging using the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) Protocol Coinjoins & nostr Noogle: Search the Nostr with Data Vending Machines Hörbuch: A Lodging of Wayfaring Men Weitere Links: Höre diesen Podcast via Lightning-Netzwerk mit Fountain oder Breeze
Max Hillebrand is a Bitcoin builder, educator, and privacy advocate. Max has contributed to open-source Bitcoin projects including BISQ, JoinMarket, and Wasabi Wallet, while also talking about individual freedom and self-sovereignty. We dive straight into the concept of The Second Realm, which is focussed on building parallel economic systems in which sovereign individuals are empowered to pursue life, liberty and happiness without the harassment of the State. Along the way we discuss anarchy, agorism, praxeology, and natural law. Max is a wealth of knowledge and I enjoyed this conversation with him, I hope you do too. --- Connect with The Transformation of Value X: https://x.com/TTOVpodcast Nostr at: npub1uth29ygt090fe640skhc8l34d9s7xlwj4frxs2esezt7n6d64nwsqcmmmu Or send an email to hello@thetransformationofvalue.com and I will get back to you! --- Support The Transformation of Value: Bitcoin tip address: bc1qlfcr2v73tntt6wvyp2yu064egvyeery6xtwy8t Lightning tip address: codyellingham@getalby.com If you send a tip please email or DM me so I can thank you! --- Links: Max's Website: Towards Liberty - https://towardsliberty.com/ Max Hillebrand Nostr Npub - max@towardsliberty.com The Second Realm - https://web.archive.org/web/20191211023206/https://anarplex.net/hosted/files/secondrealm/secondrealm.pdf Anarplex - https://anarplex.sirion.io/files/ Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin Erik Cason - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/196801730-cryptosovereignty A Lodging of Wayfaring Men by Paul Rosenberg - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2619003-a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men City on Fire: The Fight for Hong Kong Antony Dapiran - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50783598-city-on-fire
In this episode of our Risk Management Show, we delve into the intricate world of Bitcoin with Max Hillebrand, CEO of zksnacks.com and a contributor to Bitcoin. We discussed the ethical and economical aspects of Bitcoin, shedding light on its creation, its impact on the global economy, and the challenges it faces for broader acceptance. Max shares his journey from being an early student of economic science to operating at the forefront of monetary computer science and privacy-focused cryptocurrency wallets. Max demystifies the common misconceptions about Bitcoin and explains the role of miners, the history of digital currencies, and the technological advancements that make Bitcoin a revolutionary digital asset. He also highlights the significant role Bitcoin can play in risk management, cybersecurity, and sustainability. If you want to be our guest or suggest a guest, please send your email to info@globalriskconsult.com with the subject line “Risk Management Show Guest.” Join us to explore how Bitcoin is shaping the future of finance and what risk managers must know to navigate this evolving landscape.
Max Hillebrand is one of these people who make an immediate impact on your life. After a few short minutes of chatting with Max we were diving into Austrian economics, the problem of centrally controlled money, Bitcoin as possible resistance and the consequences of malinvestment. He's an absolutely fascinating guy and on this episode of The Your Life! Your Terms! Show we dive into all of the above. You can learn more about Max via his website TowardsLiberty.com and you can follow him on X @HillebrandMax
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"Even if you might not consciously be aware of how you're hurting yourself in the act of using fiat, once you stop doing it, you realize quite quickly of how devastating this actually was."On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Max HillebrandSupport THE Bitcoin Podcast on HIGHLIGHTER*****THE Bitcoin Podcast Partners -- use promo code WALKER for...bitbox.swiss/walker -- 5% off the Bitcoin-only Bitbox02 hardware wallet.Cloaked Wireless: 25% OFF eSIM or physical SIM cards and protect yourself from SIM swap attacks.*****MAX'S LINKSNostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1klkk3vrzme455yh9rl2jshq7rc8dpegj3ndf82c3ks2sk40dxt7qulx3vt X: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax Website: https://towardsliberty.com/*****If you enjoy THE Bitcoin Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Subscribe to THE Bitcoin Podcast (and leave a review) on Fountain | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Rumble | Google Podcasts | PodLink (to all platforms)Follow me (Walker) on Twitter Personal (@WalkerAmerica) | Twitter Podcast (@TitcoinPodcast) | Nostr Personal (walker) | Nostr Podcast (Titcoin)If you're interested in sponsoring THE Bitcoin Podcast, head to the website or DM me on social media.
Dive deep into Bitcoin's evolution with expert Max Hillebrand. We unravel Mises' action axiom, Hoppe's private property origins, and Rothbard's economic theories. Discover Wasabi Wallet's role in privacy, the potential of Ocean mining, and strategies for Bitcoiners to enhance anonymity. Max also shares his take on Bitcoin's path to ossification and how institutions can shield assets against regulatory overreach. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: 00:00 - Intro 04:54 - The principles of Ludwig von Mises' economic dualism and the axiom of action. 06:23 - Hermann Hoppe's theory on private property as a natural emergence. 10:11 - The significance of Murray Rothbard's "Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Markets." 12:59 - An inside look at Bisq and the passion driving decentralized finance platforms. 27:29 - The role of covenants in Bitcoin and their potential to enhance transaction privacy. 34:26 - Innovations in Bitcoin mining pools and the impact of Ocean Bitcoin mining. 38:59 - Strategies beyond CoinJoin for improving privacy for Bitcoin transactions. 01:00:46 - How institutions can use Bitcoin technology to protect their financial sovereignty and self-custody assets. Disclaimer: Slight discrepancies in the timestamps may occur due to podcast platform differences. BOOKS AND RESOURCES Max Hillebrand on X (Twitter). Max's website with links to his projects. Check out all the books mentioned and discussed in our podcast episodes here. Enjoy ad-free episodes when you subscribe to our Premium Feed. NEW TO THE SHOW? Follow our official social media accounts: X (Twitter) | LinkedIn | | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok. Check out our Bitcoin Fundamentals Starter Packs. Browse through all our episodes (complete with transcripts) here. Try our tool for picking stock winners and managing our portfolios: TIP Finance Tool. Enjoy exclusive perks from our favorite Apps and Services. Stay up-to-date on financial markets and investing strategies through our daily newsletter, We Study Markets. Learn how to better start, manage, and grow your business with the best business podcasts. SPONSORS Support our free podcast by supporting our sponsors: River Toyota CI Financial AT&T Yahoo! Finance Long Angle iFlex Stretch Studios Public American Express USPS NerdWallet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://theinvestorspodcastnetwork.supportingcast.fm
“Bitcoin is how life should always have been, the cheatcode is fiat money printing…if you print money you get wealthier while other the others who use the money get poorer; but with Bitcoin nobody can print money anymore, and that means the cheatcode is finally gone, and what feels like a cheatcode right now is actually just human life.”— Max HillebrandLyn Alden is a macroeconomist, Preston Pysh is a founder of The Investor Podcast Network, Allen Farrington is the author of Bitcoin Is Venice & Max Hillebrand is an economist & entrepreneur. In this interview, they discuss Bitcoin vs fiat, inflation and why Bitcoin is the best money.- - - - This episode's sponsors:IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with SwanBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletCasa - Take control of your digital wealth-----WBD803 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
Lyn Alden is a macroeconomist, Preston Pysh is a founder of The Investor Podcast Network, Allen Farrington is the author of Bitcoin Is Venice & Max Hillebrand is an economist & entrepreneur. In this interview, they discuss Bitcoin vs fiat, inflation and why Bitcoin is the best money. – Show notes: https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/the-economics-of-bitcoin This episode's sponsors: IREN - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably. Swan Bitcoin - Invest in Bitcoin with Swan Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware wallet Bitcasino - The Future of Gaming is here Casa - Take control of your digital wealth
Max Hillebrand joins me for a series of conversations covering various works on crypto-anarchism. In this episode, we discuss the essay titled “A Declaration of Separation”.Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur and a cypherpunk. Essay: http://tinyurl.com/declarationseparation // GUEST // Website: https://towardsliberty.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/NetSuite: https://netsuite.com/whatismoneyiCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/Mind Lab Pro: https://mindlabpro.com/breedloveCrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveBitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/// OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:22 - Intro 00:01:55 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:02:41 - Introducing Max Hillebrand 00:03:51 - Declaration of Separation 00:16:30 - Free and Unashamed 00:18:30 - Separation of Principles 00:20:58 - The Right to Exist 00:22:28 - Nature of Social Institutions and the Ruleset of Bitcoin 00:29:35 - The Massive Power of Governments 00:32:45 - Double-Edged Sword of Technology 00:35:41 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite 00:36:46 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:37:56 - Atlas Shrugged and Declaration of Separation 00:42:15 - Separation Through Cryptography 00:45:08 - Creating a New Ruleset Instead of Tearing Down an Old 00:49:37 - The Line Between Good and Evil 00:53:04 - Belief and Action 00:56:54 - Importance of Consensual Interactions 01:00:56 - Capacity of Evil 01:08:01 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro 01:09:08 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 01:10:15 - Equality of Justice 01:14:28 - Equality and Integrity in Bitcoin 01:18:49 - How to Define “Right Thing” 01:21:07 - The Principle of Not Stealing 01:26:25 - Existing in Two Realms 01:30:22 - Free and Unashamed Can't be Ruled 01:32:51 - Producing Tools of Freedom 01:35:14 - Latest Tool from Wasabi// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowRumble: https://rumble.com/c/BreedloveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22
In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit dem Free Software Entrepreneur Max Hillebrand von Wasabi Wallet über Bitcoin und Privatsphäre. Gemeinsam schauen wir uns an, weshalb der Privatsphäre bei Bitcoin eine bedeutende Rolle zukommt und warum es so wichtig ist, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen. In diesem Zusammenhang möchten wir von Max wissen, welche Fehler man vermeiden sollte und wie man das eigene Level an Anonymität einfach erhöhen kann. Daneben kommen wir auch auf mögliche Gefahren zu sprechen, die sich ggfs. aus unterlassenen Privatsphärevorkehrungen ergeben könnten. Ihr möchtet unseren Podcast unterstützen? Hier findet ihr alle Möglichkeiten inklusive unserer Lightning-Spendenadresse & den Value 4 Value Links: bitcoinverstehen.info/unterstuetzen/
In dieser Folge sprechen wir mit dem Free Software Entrepreneur Max Hillebrand von Wasabi Wallet über Bitcoin und Privatsphäre. Gemeinsam schauen wir uns an, weshalb der Privatsphäre bei Bitcoin eine bedeutende Rolle zukommt und warum es so wichtig ist, sich damit auseinanderzusetzen. In diesem Zusammenhang möchten wir von Max wissen, welche Fehler man vermeiden sollte und wie man das eigene Level an Anonymität einfach erhöhen kann. Daneben kommen wir auch auf mögliche Gefahren zu sprechen, die sich ggfs. aus unterlassenen Privatsphärevorkehrungen ergeben könnten. Ihr möchtet unseren Podcast unterstützen? Hier findet ihr alle Möglichkeiten inklusive unserer Lightning-Spendenadresse & den Value 4 Value Links: bitcoinverstehen.info/unterstuetzen/
Max Hillebrand joins me for a series of conversations covering various works on crypto-anarchism. In this episode, we discuss "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" written by John Perry Barlow. Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur building tools to empower individual sovereignty. Paper: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/dltr/vol18/iss1/2/ // GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/NetSuite: https://netsuite.com/whatismoneyiCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/Mind Lab Pro: https://mindlabpro.com/breedloveCrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveBitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/// OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:00:27 - Intro 00:02:00 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:02:46 - Introducing Max Hillebrand 00:03:22 - A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace 00:10:07 - Background of John Perry Barlow 00:11:27 - Internet & Cyberspace: The New Frontier 00:14:28 - Significance of Internet 00:19:37 - Supremacy of the Human Mind 00:25:20 - The Ability to Say ‘No' 00:26:57 - Run Your Business from Anywhere with NetSuite 00:28:02 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with the iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:29:11 - Shifting the Power of Authority 00:32:53 - Where Physical Coercion Doesn't Work 00:34:38 - Government Attempts to Control Cyberspace 00:39:03 - The Diffusion and Development of Knowledge 00:45:14 - The Fight Against Internet Domestication 00:47:03 - Sophisticated Tool Using Creatures 00:50:00 - Two Great Axioms of Praxeology 00:53:11 - Codes, Ethics, and Culture 00:54:50 - Social Contract in Cyberspace 01:00:43 - A Realm of Transactions 01:02:43 - Equality in the Eyes of the Law 01:05:49 - The Power of Anonymity 01:08:06 - Enhance Your Brain Power with Mind Lab Pro 01:09:12 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 01:10:18 - The Ethics of Bitcoin 01:15:43 - The Telecommunications Act of 1996 01:19:03 - The Terrifying Potential of Bitcoin 01:23:31 - The Line of Good and Evil 01:26:08 - From Broad-Casting to Narrow-Casting 01:31:16 - The Ridiculous Claim To Own Speech 01:32:18 - Responsibility and Consequence for Actions// PODCAST // Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-what-is-money-show/id1541404400Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8EewBGyfQQ1abIsE?RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedlove// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/// SOCIAL // Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowRumble: https://rumble.com/c/BreedloveInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22
Wasabi Wallet now offers a "Buy Anything" button that lets you buy physical items with greater privacy?! How does that even work? ZK Snacks CEO Max Hillebrand & ShopInBit CEO Lando Rothbardian join the show to explain everything about this integration.
Welcome to the latest episode of the Freedom Footprint Show, the Bitcoin podcast that explores the intersection of bitcoin, freedom, and sovereignty.
Max Hillebrand is the CEO of ckSNACKs - the company that sponsors the development of the Wasabi Wallet. He describes himself as a "free software entrepreneur building Bitcoin weapons." On this episode we explore exactly what that means; where philosophy and ethics meet entrepreneurship; the state of bitcoin privacy; and what's left to build on Bitcoin. Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad music is "Easy's First Tiger" by Bossfight
Max Hillebrand is a 'free software entrepreneur', the CEO of ckSNACKS (The company leading the development of Wasabi Wallet), a strong proponent of individual liberty, bitcoin educator, and a long-time friend of mine. Max was one of the first guests on this show back in 2019, and I thought, given all the work he has done since then, and the controversy surrounding some of it, as well as all the other development which has occurred in the bitcoin space, it was time to have him back on to discuss it all. It seems we had a lot to catch up on, as this show unintentionally went on for 4hrs. Enjoy! -- More from Max: TWITTER: @HillebrandMax WEBSITE: https://towardsliberty.com WASABI WALLET: https://wasabiwallet.io More from me: TWITTER: http://bit.ly/2P7PUjA YOUTUBE: https://bit.ly/3aBbZxg MEDIUM: http://bit.ly/2Zk0Dex SUBSTACK: Money Messiah VIDA: https://vida.page/johnkvallis NOSTR: npub1cqm6dztalp4l6n04f9k20c333xftgangjla337736dr6faz9na0qf2hjec To buy Bitcoin in the US with zero-fees, purchase hosted mining rigs, and access their Lightning Services platform for developers, visit River.com If you're in Canada, use this link (https://t.co/npfGxWKO26) to buy bitcoin with Bull Bitcoin, and receive $20 free when you first fund your account with $50 or more (and buy bitcoin with it). Once you buy bitcoin, taking custody of it is extremely important, if you want to maximize the benefit of this unique asset. The Coldcard hardware wallet is one of the most popular and trusted devices for doing just that. Buy one, and learn more about the great features of this wallet, as well as all their other awesome products, at https://bit.ly/3Zd60Ym & use the PROMO CODE 'VALLIS' for 5% off.
Max Hillebrand joins me for a series of conversations covering the work on crypto-anarchism. In this episode, we discuss "A Cypherpunk's Manifesto" written by Eric Hughes. Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur building tools to empower individual sovereignty.// GUEST // Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax A Cypherpunk's Manifesto: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/static/docs/cypherpunk-manifesto.txt// SPONSORS // In Wolf's Clothing: https://wolfnyc.com/iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/CrowdHealth: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet: https://wasabiwallet.io/Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://b.tc/conference/Casa (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Bitcoin Apparel (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/ Feel Free Tonics (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comCarnivore Bar (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://carnivorebar.com/// OUTLINE // 00:00:00 - Coming up 00:01:09 - Intro 00:02:42 - Helping Lightning Startups with In Wolf's Clothing 00:03:29 - Introducing Max Hilbert 00:03:51 - A Cypherpunk Manifesto 00:10:27 - A Strong Case for Privacy 00:14:39 - The Relationship Between Taxation and Privacy 00:19:06 - An Option to Reveal or Conceal One's Privacy 00:23:55 - Governments and their Privacy 00:28:06 - Can you Steal Information? 00:31:19 - Bitcoin and the Legal System 00:34:50 - The Staggering Effects of The Global Communication Engine 00:41:28 - Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:42:25 - Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 00:43:26 - A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 00:44:01 - A Blurry Line Between Interactions and Transactions 00:48:18 - Selectively Revealing The Information 00:54:33 - “I Must Always Reveal Myself” 00:56:13 - Privacy in an Open Society Requires Anonymous Transaction System 00:58:11 - Monero vs. Bitcoin Argument 01:03:13 - Is Monero a Shitcoin? 01:05:09 - Why It'll Take Years to Use Bitcoin Properly 01:08:12 - Transacting without Revealing One's Identity 01:10:26 - Zero-Knowledge Proof and Cryptographic Signatures 01:15:32 - How Facebook Owns Your Data 01:17:58 - “Information Understands Less than Rumor” 01:19:47 - "Information Longs to be Free" 01:22:58 - A Chance to Win Discounted Tickets to the Bitcoin 2023 Conference and 10M SATS 01:23:53 - Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 01:24:41 - The Only Way Out of the No Privacy Problem 01:30:44 - The Reason Behind the Movement 01:37:45 - A Stance Against Stateism Through Cryptography 01:40:56 - "Cryptography will Ineluctably Spread over the Whole Globe" 01:42:40 - The Incentives are a Ground Stand of Human Action 01:45:41 - An Open Source Ethos with Emphasis on Humility and Human Action 01:52:26 - Breaking down the word 'Cypherpunk' 01:53:07 - Human Flourishing or Global Totalitarianism 01:55:11 - What Motivates Max to Improve the Privacy of Humanity 02:00:51 - What Work Should Max and Robert Cover Next?// PODCAST //Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYI// SUPPORT THIS CHANNEL // Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBreedloveDollars via Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/Robert-Breedlove-2The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=32843101// WRITTEN WORK // Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/ Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/ // SOCIAL // Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22
Max Hillebrand is an economist and open-source entrepreneur who runs Agora Towards Liberty. In this interview, we discuss fiat money's fundamental weaknesses, the teachings of Austrian Economics, the importance of privacy, and how nano cameras mean privacy technology will need to keep evolving. - - - - Whilst the Bitcoin innovation was primarily predicated on the technical needs for enabling permissionless and uncensorable digital peer-to-peer transactions, its development was heavily influenced by the Austrian school of economics. At its root, Bitcoin is tied to the ethics of money production, where money production should be decentralized and not subject to the whims of a central authority. The long-held fear of Austrian economists was that centralized control of money production would result in monetary inflation: governments would be unable to resist the temptation to print money as quick fixes to crises. This obviously impacts the value of the money being inflated, violating one of the core principles of money to be a reliable store of value. The problem for governments, as we're seeing, is that the power to print money becomes an uncontrollable force. Despite the inevitable fragility of fiat currencies, an alternative sound monetary system can hasten the collapse of fiat currencies during periods of loose monetary policy. This incentivises governments to constrain or ban access to such alternatives. See Executive Order 6102. This means that privacy for such alternatives is paramount. This is why Bitcoin privacy is vital. Because, when fiat currencies collapse, governments will come for people's Bitcoin.
“That meatspace layer between the computer and your brain is unencrypted…if this last mile is not encrypted, then all of the securities that we can gain in cyberspace are null and void. Now, because you type in your 24 words, and the camera picks it up, all of a sudden, your super awesome anonymous money is no longer anonymous nor secure. And that's a really, really big issue. ”— Max HillebrandMax Hillebrand is an economist and open-source entrepreneur who runs Agora Towards Liberty. In this interview, we discuss fiat money's fundamental weaknesses, the teachings of Austrian Economics, the importance of privacy, and how nano cameras mean privacy technology will need to keep evolving. - - - - Whilst the Bitcoin innovation was primarily predicated on the technical needs for enabling permissionless and uncensorable digital peer-to-peer transactions, its development was heavily influenced by the Austrian school of economics. At its root, Bitcoin is tied to the ethics of money production, where money production should be decentralized and not subject to the whims of a central authority. The long-held fear of Austrian economists was that centralized control of money production would result in monetary inflation: governments would be unable to resist the temptation to print money as quick fixes to crises. This obviously impacts the value of the money being inflated, violating one of the core principles of money to be a reliable store of value. The problem for governments, as we're seeing, is that the power to print money becomes an uncontrollable force. Despite the inevitable fragility of fiat currencies, an alternative sound monetary system can hasten the collapse of fiat currencies during periods of loose monetary policy. This incentivises governments to constrain or ban access to such alternatives. See Executive Order 6102. This means that privacy for such alternatives is paramount. This is why Bitcoin privacy is vital. Because, when fiat currencies collapse, governments will come for people's Bitcoin.- - - - This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyIris Energy - Bitcoin Mining. Done Sustainably Ledn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is hereLedger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletFortris - Digital asset treasury operationsWasabi Wallet - Privacy by default-----WBD636 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur building tools to empower individual sovereignty. He joins me for a series of conversations covering the work on crypto-anarchism. In this episode, we discuss the "Crypto Anarchist Manifesto" written by Timothy C. May.GUEST: Max's Twitter: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMaxPODCAST: Podcast Website: https://whatismoneypodcast.com/Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/25LPvm8...RSS Feed: https://feeds.simplecast.com/MLdpYXYIOutline: 00:00:00 Coming up 00:00:51 “What is Money?” Intro Music 00:00:59 “What is Money?” Intro Message 00:02:25 Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn 00:03:09 Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet 00:04:32 Introducing Max Hillebrand 00:04:45 Crypto Anarchist Manifesto 00:10:52 Understanding The Crypto Anarchy 00:15:57 Implications of Cryptographic Technology 00:24:36 Private Public Key Encryption 00:27:45 The Value of Reputation 00:32:54 Altering the Nature of Trust and Reputation 00:36:31 Cryptographic Social and Economic Revolution 00:45:53 Advantages of Zero Knowledge Interactive Proof Systems 00:51:05 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth 00:52:07 A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet 00:52:42 A Chance To Win Discounted Tickets to The Bitcoin 2023 Conference and 10M SATS 00:53:39 Replenish Your Body's Electrolytes with LMNT 00:54:29 Hold Bitcoin in the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa 00:55:18 The Transition from Theoretical to Practical in Cryptography and Bitcoin 01:02:33 Prediction of Today's Technology in 1988 01:08:40 Resistance from the State Regarding Crypto Anarchy 01:17:46 Centralized vs Decentralized Power Examples 01:25:45 Effects of Decentralized Technologies 01:33:40 Cryptography "Clips the Fences" of Intellectual Property 01:38:58 "Nothing is More Powerful than an Idea Whose Time has Come" 01:43:49 "What is Money?" Outro SOCIAL: Breedlove Twitter: https://twitter.com/Breedlove22WiM? Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhatisMoneyShowLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breedlove22/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breedlove_22/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breedlove22?l...All My Current Work: https://vida.page/breedlove22WRITTEN WORK: Medium: https://breedlove22.medium.com/Substack: https://breedlove22.substack.com/WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE: Bitcoin: 3D1gfxKZKMtfWaD1bkwiR6JsDzu6e9bZQ7 Sats via Strike: https://strike.me/breedlove22Sats via Tippin.me: https://tippin.me/@Breedlove22Dollars via Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/RBree...Dollars via Venmo: https://venmo.com/code?user_id=178435...The "What is Money?" Show Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=328431...RECOMMENDED BUSINESSES: Ledn lets you do more with your digital assets: https://www.ledn.io/Secure Your Bitcoin Stash with The iCoin Hardware Wallet (use discount code BITCOIN23): https://www.icointechnology.com/CrowdHealth offers an innovative health insurance model based on Bitcoin and community: https://www.joincrowdhealth.com/breedloveWasabi Wallet is a Bitcoin wallet with privacy built-in by default: https://wasabiwallet.io/Join Me At Bitcoin 2023 in Miami, and use discount code BREEDLOVE for a chance to win 10M sats: https://b.tc/conferenceReplenish Your Body's Electrolytes with LMNT: https://drinklmnt.com/breedloveCasa is the most secure way to custody your Bitcoin (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://keys.casa/Buy High Quality Bitcoin Apparel Here (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://thebitcoinclothingcompany.com/?sca_ref=2744763.jDn5JzDZxSTry Feel Free Tonics, a Great Alternative to Alcohol and Caffeine (use discount code BREEDLOVE): https://botanictonics.comThe Only Snack Bar I Will Eat—The Carnivore Bar: https://the-carnivore-bar.myshopify.com/?sca_ref=3135331.u66L01muXY
After Wasabi 2.0 launched, what's next for Bitcoin privacy? Max Hillebrand, CEO of ZK Snacks (the company which develops Wasabi) tells us why the Wabisabi protocol is such a big deal, what kind of challenges lie ahead & what is on the development roadmap.
For this conversation, I am joined by Max Hillebrand. We talk about totalitarianism, CBDCs, privacy, Bitcoin, Austrian vs Keynesian economics and time preference. ~Nothing in this episode should be taken as financial advice~ You can find/follow Max: Twitter Website Books mentioned in this conversation: The Anatomy of the State by Murray Rothbard Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Man, Economy, and State with Power and Market by Murray N. Rothbard The Ethics of Money Production by Jorg Guido Hulsmann Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Human Action by Ludwig von Mises Cryptoeconomics by Eric Voskuil Lodging of Wayfaring Men by Paul Rosenberg The Second Realm: on Strategy by Smuggler XYZ Privacy tools mentioned: Wasabi Wallet (I use this) Proton (Cal, Email, Drive & VPN) (I use this) Signal (I use this) Bitwarden (I use this) QUBES Nextcloud GrapheneOS CalyxOS Tor Matrix Silent Link ________Giving________ Patreon (monthly giving) PayPal (one-time gift) Bitcoin (one-time gift) As always - a massive ‘Thank You' to all the supporters of When Belief Dies! Without you, this wouldn't be possible. ________Social________ Twitter Website Email: whenbeliefdies@gmail.com ________Gear________ Camera (Sony A6400) Lens (Sigma 16mm F1.4) HDMI Adapter (Cam Link 4K) Microphone (RØDE PodMic) Audio Interface (Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 3rd gen) Microphone Amplifier (Cloudlifter CL-1) Recording & Interview Software (Riverside FM) #bitcoin #hardmoney #economics
Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur and sound money philosopher. Max joins the Freedom Footprint show to deep dive into praxeology, the theory of human action underpinning Austrian economics, and to explore the connection to Bitcoin. You can find Max on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax Max's website is https://towardsliberty.com/ And check out Wasabi Wallet at https://wasabiwallet.io/ 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:02 - Max Hillebrand joins the Freedom Footprint show 00:03:48 - Praxeology book recommendations 00:05:57 - Introduction to Praxeology 00:16:14 - The definition of property, and action as purposeful behavior 00:24:20 - What prices really are - ordinal values vs cardinal prices 00:28:49 - Scarcity, abundance, time, and technology 00:37:44 - The true scarcity of Bitcoin 00:43:29 - Privacy and protecting Bitcoin - the guy with the gun scenario 00:50:49 - What is time preference? 00:55:55 - Theory on Capitalism and Socialism in Austrian economics 01:03:08 - Gresham's law and Bitcoin 01:10:04 - Bitcoin optimism - how Bitcoin supports the goodness of humanity 01:15:23 - The problems of inflation and how Bitcoin fixes it 01:22:17 - Saving vs Hodling, and the cost of moving and storing Bitcoin 01:31:47 - Bitcoin and the concept of property 01:35:36 - Why praxeology is important and useful to know about 01:41:06 - The rules of praxeology and Knut's alternatives 01:45:27 - Political implications of praxeology 01:49:54 - Bitcoin and praxeology as universal ethics 01:54:32 - What Bitcoin does to Bitcoiners 02:01:23 - Wrapping up - where to find Max Referenced Books: The Ethics of Liberty - Murray Rothbard Economic Science and the Austrian Method - Hans-Hermann Hoppe The Last Knight of Liberalism - Ludwig Von Mises A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism - Hans-Hermann Hoppe The Freedom Footprint Show is hosted by Knut Svanholm and BTCPseudoFinn. We are concerned about your Freedom Footprint! Join us as we talk to #bitcoin philosophers about how #bitcoin can expand your Freedom Footprint and much more! The Freedom Footprint Show is produced by Konsensus Network, the first #bitcoin only publishing house. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FootprintShow https://twitter.com/knutsvanholm https://twitter.com/BtcPseudoFinn https://twitter.com/KonsensusN Visit our websites for more info: https://konsensus.network/ https://bitcoinbook.shop/ https://www.knutsvanholm.com/
Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about the philosophy behind Bitcoin, as well as proper techniques for using it as it was intended. Along the way they discuss Monero, Max's appreciation for German economist-philosopher Ludwig von Mises, and Max's interest in Qubes OS. This conversation at times gets into the depths of Bitcoin, tackling the nature of UTXOs, Bitcoin taint, coin control, privacy holes in the Lightning Network, crossing borders with Bitcoin, and the Wasabi Wallet controversy. Guest Links → https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax → https://towardsliberty.com (Max's website) → https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters → https://bitcoinaudible.com Watchman Privacy → https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2 Bitcoin Privacy Course → https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin Monero Donation Address (If you can't see the whole string, double click in the middle to select all) →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you! Timeline 0:00 – Beginning 7:27 – Why not use Monero? 10:14 – Underlying world view of Max Hillebrand 13:22 – How does Bitcoin solve the world's problems? 16:03 – Naming the enemies of Bitcoin privacy 24:03 – Erasing Bitcoin taint 27:59 – What is a UTXO? 31:20 – How confident can we be in CoinJoin? 37:44 – How to accumulate large amounts of Bitcoin privately 41:57 – Lighting Network for privacy? 45:21 – Rapid fire digital privacy tools 52:04 – Max's favorite Bitcoin resources 52:50 – Crossing borders with Bitcoin 56:46 – Wasabi Wallet controversy response by Max Hillebrand 1:04:39 – Gabriel thoughts on “aiding evil people with privacy” 1:11:17 – Final thoughts
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Max Hillebrand guides us through the nuances of Bitcoin and how ti works and how it can be improved upon in the future.
Max Hillebrand is a free software entrepreneur building numerous tools to define, verify and enforce individual property rights. In this episode, we discuss Bitcoin and numerous issues surrounding its use.
“It's seriously a matter of life and death. Humanity cannot survive under tyranny, it just dwindles away and dies. It's a really important fight, if we lose this one, we're screwed - the future is going to be substantially different, substantially different, and not in a good way at all.”— Max HillebrandMax Hillebrand is an economist and open-source entrepreneur who runs Agora Towards Liberty. In this interview, we discuss the release of Wasabi Wallet 2.0 that he has been contributing to, the importance of CoinJoin, providing easy privacy for everyone, and why the personal risks of facilitating privacy are worth it.- - - - Every year increasing volumes of personal digital data are being leaked. As the general public doesn't perceive the impacts to be immediately damaging, there is insufficient consideration for the risks posed by this creeping encroachment on privacy. But, it is the replacement of cash by digital currencies that is causing privacy advocates real cause for concern. Removing people's ability to transact is perhaps the most potent means of control outside of internment. Monitoring and censoring personal transactions by both private institutions and the state is becoming increasingly common. As we saw in Canada, the temptation to use such draconian measures can be too much for governments of all persuasions to resist. Bitcoin's censorship resistance is therefore the right tool at the right time. However, maximising the privacy utility of Bitcoin requires certain practices to be adopted by the user, and the application of the right tools. CoinJoin is one such practice, which re-establishes Bitcoin's fungibility by breaking the traceability of UTXOs. The issue to date has been that such a technique requires reasonably advanced technical skills. This is where Wasabi Wallet 2.0 seeks to help. It comes with CoinJoin as an automatic built-in function. Privacy as standard. This is a potential game-changer: privacy is obviously easier to maintain when more people are able to remain private.- - - - This episode's sponsors:Gemini - Buy Bitcoin instantlyLedn - Financial services for Bitcoin hodlersBitcasino - The Future of Gaming is herePacific Bitcoin - Bitcoin‑only event, Nov 10 & 11, 2022Ledger - State of the art Bitcoin hardware walletWasabi Wallet - Privacy by defaultTexas Blockchain Summit - Nov 17-18, 2022 | Austin, TexasBCB Group - Global digital financial Services-----WBD548 - Show Notes-----If you enjoy The What Bitcoin Did Podcast you can help support the show by doing the following:Become a Patron and get access to shows early or help contributeMake a tip:Bitcoin: 3FiC6w7eb3dkcaNHMAnj39ANTAkv8Ufi2SQR Codes: BitcoinIf you do send a tip then please email me so that I can say thank youSubscribe on iTunes | Spotify | Stitcher | SoundCloud | YouTube | Deezer | TuneIn | RSS FeedLeave a review on iTunesShare the show and episodes with your friends and familySubscribe to the newsletter on my websiteFollow me on Twitter Personal | Twitter Podcast | Instagram | Medium | YouTubeIf you are interested in sponsoring the show, you can read more about that here or please feel free to drop me an email to discuss options.
Max Hillebrand is an economist and open-source entrepreneur who runs Agora Towards Liberty. In this interview, we discuss the release of Wasabi Wallet 2.0 that he has been contributing to, the importance of CoinJoin, providing easy privacy for everyone, and why the personal risks of facilitating privacy are worth it. - - - - Every year increasing volumes of personal digital data are being leaked. As the general public doesn't perceive the impacts to be immediately damaging, there is insufficient consideration for the risks posed by this creeping encroachment on privacy. But, it is the replacement of cash by digital currencies that is causing privacy advocates real cause for concern. Removing people's ability to transact is perhaps the most potent means of control outside of internment. Monitoring and censoring personal transactions by both private institutions and the state is becoming increasingly common. As we saw in Canada, the temptation to use such draconian measures can be too much for governments of all persuasions to resist. Bitcoin's censorship resistance is therefore the right tool at the right time. However, maximising the privacy utility of Bitcoin requires certain practices to be adopted by the user, and the application of the right tools. CoinJoin is one such practice, which re-establishes Bitcoin's fungibility by breaking the traceability of UTXOs. The issue to date has been that such a technique requires reasonably advanced technical skills. This is where Wasabi Wallet 2.0 seeks to help. It comes with CoinJoin as an automatic built-in function. Privacy as standard. This is a potential game-changer: privacy is obviously easier to maintain when more people are able to remain private.
Show support appreciated: donations.cryptovoices.com Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Matthew, Alec, and Michel interview Max Hillebrand, Bitcoin and open-source entrepreneur. Max provides a full download on Wasabi 2.0. What went wrong with the first version, what went right, what they learned, what they struggled with, and how they are trying to improve and innovate the ease of use with and protection of one's UTXOs moving forward. Max goes around the horn and fields some good questions from the group. We finish with a review of Matthew's Q2 2022 update on the global monetary base, and as always, why it's fairly important to understand that stuff and how it relates to Bitcoin. Listen on to learn more. Links for more info: https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax https://wasabiwallet.io/ https://towardsliberty.com/btcpay/apps/27jLc1qpN8UXcQanHgeAsaEgLAio/pos Show Sponsor: hodlhodl.com/join/cryptovoices Hosts: Matthew Mežinskis, Michel, Alec Harris Music: New Friend Music newfriendmusic.com/ Site: cryptovoices.com/ Podcast & information Bitcoin, privacy, cryptoeconomics & liberty Thanks for listening! Show content is not investment advice in any way.
Max Hillebrand, a bitcoin and privacy educator, also working at ZKSnacks (the company behind Wasabi Wallet) rejoins me to talk about why ZKSnacks is implementing blacklisting, and working with chain surveillance firms. We disagree a lot in this one! But we chat: Wasabi Wallet default coordinator implementing censorship Coinjoin coordinator models comparison The contradiction between being anti surveillance firms and working with them Is there a regulatory capture angle here? Address re use in Wasabi Wallet Wasabi Wallet 2 / wabisabi Links: ZKSnacks Blog Post: zkSNACKs' Blacklisting Update Max Twitter: @HillebrandMax Max Website: Towardsliberty.com Previous episodes: SLP96 Max Hillebrand – Bitcoin Hardware Wallets for Newbies Sponsors: Swan Bitcoin Hodl Hodl Lend Compass Mining Braiins.com Unchained Capital (code LIVERA) CoinKite.com(code LIVERA) Stephan Livera links: Show notes and website Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Patreon @stephanlivera
"As with freedom and oppression, Bitcoin and State money may exist in a perpetual tug of war between ideals. Where State money relies on compulsory participation, Bitcoin offers completely voluntary entry and exit and thus represents the antithesis of State money. In this essay I will explore the mechanisms in which Bitcoin may resist State attack." - SGBarbour Today we explore the feasibility and the correcting mechanisms in the Bitcoin system for resisting sustained censorship of the network. This is a must listen for those who want to dig into the game theory of Bitcoin, and its struggles with the most powerful external adversaries it will face. Link to the original article by Steve Barbour: https://sgbarbour.medium.com/the-state-vs-bitcoin-dbc044f23ea6 The full audiobook of Eric Voskuil's CryptoEconomics read by Max Hillebrand: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y6oTLWiId7JmUp6pTjPOS Check out the Fountain app to test out the value-for-value system and listen to Bitcoin Audible for 1,000 free sats! Fountain.fm For the best products and services to get you started in Bitcoin, our sponsors are literally a handful of those that I use most in this space: • Get Bitcoin rewards on literally everything you buy with the Fold Card (guyswann.com/fold). Get 20% off with discount code BITCOINAUDIBLE. • Buy Bitcoin automatically and painlessly with SwanBitcoin (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Keep your Bitcoin keys safe on the secure, open source BitBox02 (guyswann.com/bitbox). Discount code GUY gets you 5% off. • Get tickets to the biggest & most exciting Bitcoin conference in the universe! Bitcoin 2022 (guyswann.com/2022). 10% discount if you use code GUYSWANN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"As with freedom and oppression, Bitcoin and State money may exist in a perpetual tug of war between ideals. Where State money relies on compulsory participation, Bitcoin offers completely voluntary entry and exit and thus represents the antithesis of State money. In this essay I will explore the mechanisms in which Bitcoin may resist State attack." - SGBarbour Today we explore the feasibility and the correcting mechanisms in the Bitcoin system for resisting sustained censorship of the network. This is a must listen for those who want to dig into the game theory of Bitcoin, and its struggles with the most powerful external adversaries it will face. Link to the original article by Steve Barbour: https://sgbarbour.medium.com/the-state-vs-bitcoin-dbc044f23ea6 The full audiobook of Eric Voskuil's CryptoEconomics read by Max Hillebrand: https://open.spotify.com/show/2y6oTLWiId7JmUp6pTjPOS Check out the Fountain app to test out the value-for-value system and listen to Bitcoin Audible for 1,000 free sats! Fountain.fm For the best products and services to get you started in Bitcoin, our sponsors are literally a handful of those that I use most in this space: • Get Bitcoin rewards on literally everything you buy with the Fold Card (guyswann.com/fold). Get 20% off with discount code BITCOINAUDIBLE. • Buy Bitcoin automatically and painlessly with SwanBitcoin (swanbitcoin.com/guy) • Keep your Bitcoin keys safe on the secure, open source BitBox02 (guyswann.com/bitbox). Discount code GUY gets you 5% off. • Get tickets to the biggest & most exciting Bitcoin conference in the universe! Bitcoin 2022 (guyswann.com/2022). 10% discount if you use code GUYSWANN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bitcoinaudible/message
Entrepreneurs are developing a new world of innovative business models far from regulated markets, crony capitalism, and corporate control. It's a new world of cyber security, free software, value-for-value exchange, integrated with bitcoin. Max Hillebrand operates in this new world, and he shares both his vision and his expertise on the Economics For Business podcast. Key Takeaways and Actionable Insights The praxeology of cyberspace. Praxeology is timeless, with equal application in this era of cyberspace and the internet as in any other era. Individuals are in a state of unease, and they can perceive a better future in which their unease is relieved. They allocate resources to achieve that end. Those resources can be scarce or non-scarce. Non-scarce goods are non-rivalrous; I can share them with you and not give them up for myself. Information goods are non-scarce. They are patterns of words and symbols that can be shared. This is the world of free software. It's also the world of cyber security. Cryptography is just a math formula. If I wish to express myself freely to one other person or a small group of people, I can enable my non-scarce expression for only that small group, giving them the private key to decrypt the message. The value of free software: scratch your own itch. A growing cadre and movement of internet entrepreneurs is engaged in the preparation and distribution of free software. Free doesn't mean it's not valuable. New technologies and new free software are created to solve customer problems more efficiently and more effectively. One of the beautiful attributes of free software is that it is open to user contribution — anyone who can read the software can change the software and publish those changes, so that future users can enjoy an even better experience. Everyone in the free software community — producers and consumers — is incentivized to ensure that the tools that they all use are running at their best. This is sometimes referred to as the “scratch your own itch” ethos. The creators of the software are also the users of the software. Customers know the problems that they want to have solved, and give the ultimate feedback of fixing it themselves. Free software in business. Producers of free software create the highest quality technology tools. Entrepreneurs looking for the best technology have an incentive to seek out these producers and their products. There is no lack of demand. How do the producers get paid for their development efforts? One way is via a service exchange. Users of free software often like to add customization, personalization and locally specific integration features to free software that they use. Producers can be contracted and compensated for these customization services. Red Hat followed this business model of servicing Linux users all the way to a $US34 billion valuation in an acquisition transaction with IBM. Value-for-value exchange: a new business model? The second way to get revenue from free software production is via donations — users recognize the value of the experience of using the product and voluntarily send payment to the producer, even though no “price” was asked. This emergent concept of voluntary payments made for freely distributed valuable content and products is beginning to bloom into a new form of exchange, which has been given the name of the value-for-value (VFV) model. It's especially prevalent on the blockchain and on bitcoin networks. Take a freely distributed podcast as an example. The producer can put a Bitcoin lightning network public key in the RSS feed and listeners can voluntarily send any amount of bitcoin back for every minute they are listening to the podcast. This happens automatically in the background when the listener hits Play and stops when he or she hits Pause or Stop. One-time payments can be made as well, if preferred. Payment can be boosted if the listener here's something they deem especially valuable to them and wish to extend an extra reward. It's the ultimate market feedback mechanism. Bitcoin as free software Bitcoin is another tool of cyberspace, engineered and designed to solve the problem of money. Many innovators over time have made attempts to create digital money to make internet transactions fast, infinitely cheap, stable and private. But none of the attempt, until bitcoin, were able to solve the problem of verification of transactions and enforcement of rules without a trusted third party. Bitcoin solves the important problems, not just of verification but of “who verifies?” Verification is always and ultimately human. Bitcoin entrains entrepreneurs who download the bitcoin software and confirm they are running the agreed monetary rules on their own hardware. When another entrepreneur connects and asks for rules-based verifications of valid transactions, bitcoin merchants on the network are running the software and checking the transactions of others. They are entrepreneurs producing verification according to established and agreed rules. It's an entrepreneurial merchant network. Get paid in bitcoin, hold bitcoin, invest with bitcoin. Max emphasizes 3 aspects of the bitcoin enabled life that can insulate and protect entrepreneurs from the inflationary fiat future. Get paid in bitcoin To get paid in bitcoin means to have a “censorship resistant” method of receiving payment from customers. People who do not have access to a bank account can become entrepreneurs. People whose bank accounts might get shut down can remain entrepreneurs. Anyone who fears for the future of the fiat system can insulate themselves against future payment system uncertainty. Hold cash reserves in bitcoin Saving should mean holding an asset without counterparty risk. Bitcoin serves that purpose — it's counterparty risk-free money. Holding a reserve without counterparty risk frees the individual to make a trade with an entrepreneur at any time in the future. There I no risk of inflation. Your saving can't be diluted. Denominate your contracts in bitcoin When more and more entrepreneurs denominate their contracts in bitcoin, a stable monetary asset that cannot be inflated, the detrimental cycles identified by Austrian Business Cycle Theory can be eliminated. This is the exciting long term prospect of bitcoin. It may be a long path, and it will take time and courage to complete the journey, but it is possible. There are entrepreneurs today (Max is one) who get paid exclusively in bitcoin and hold their cash reserve in bitcoin. Additional Resources Max's website: TowardsLiberty.com Some examples of free software tools: btcpayserver.orgwasabiwallet.iovalue4value.io Professor Mohammad Keyhani's Entrepreneur Tools: Mises.org/E4B_136_Tools Cryptoeconomics: Fundamental Principles of Bitcoin by Eric Voskuil: Mises.org/E4B_136_Book
Well, this turned into a massive loaded episode, with the two one hour segments getting melted together because all the guests remained and kept on with going with the topics, hah. Anyway big party discussion it was! Guests were: BTChap as co-host, Gekyyy, OB.Hodl, Max Hillebrand, the whole Bitcoin Kindergarten with Nikcantmine and optimistprime, NICO aka bitvolt7, Tobias "DeFi" Kaiser and Coinicarus. LOADED. Totally loaded. The best ever recorded, toxicity off the charts on this episode people! Check it out! Can also be listened to on YouTube. This was recorded on the 4th of October, 2020 during Hacker's Congress Paralelna Polis. Two episodes accidentally combined due to circumstances!
Modus Operandi is a bitcoiner and active participant in the crypto community in England, this episode is from the live stream TV of Hacker's Congress Paralelní Polis in Pargue. This was the first discussion of the day at Hacker's Congress on the live stream. Max Hillebrand also appeared for a few seconds in the episode, haha. For more check out hccp.tv on youtube! This live episode aired on the 2nd of October, 2020.
Max Hillebrand is more than a freedom-loving student of Austrian economics. If you ever used open-source software in the Bitcoin space, you have likely benefitted in some degree from his work. Max and I go way back- In 2018 we both saw privacy in Bitcoin as a fundamental problem and a concern that is worth addressing. By no coincidence, he and I crossed paths at an open-source project that claimed to offer an unfair amount of user privacy in Bitcoin transactions (Wasabi Wallet). From there, we quickly became friends and even had the uncommon pleasure of meeting in person in Amsterdam and Taiwan. This episode I change things up a bit. A lot of proponents of Bitcoin don't feel comfortable, for perhaps obvious reasons, to discuss the systemic risk of Tether. The discussion is typically classified as 'FUD' and the conversation stops before it has even started. Well not with Max! Max walks valiantly down this path to discuss his thoughts on Tether and how he personally interprets both events from the past and his expectations of the future. He does what a lot of his peers are not able to do, but what he is best at - discussing systemic risks and attack vectors to the Bitcoin ecosystem. For more on Max Hillebrand: https://towardsliberty.com https://twitter.com/HillebrandMax https://github.com/MaxHillebrand Follow me on twitter for more episodes! https://twitter.com/milner_aviv And as always, this wouldn't be possible without my producer and editor - Gordon Dolven. Check him out on twitter! https://twitter.com/gordolven --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/when-the-music-stops/message
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 337 (May 23, 2021).This is my appearance on Join the Wasabikas: A Bitcoin Privacy Podcast, Ep. 15.0, with Max Hillebrand. Transcript below. From the shownotes: Stephan Kinsella is an incredible scholar of the Austrian school of praxeology, his major contribution is the advancement of the arguments in favor of property of scarce goods, and against intellectual property of non-scarce goods. He applies his in depth wisdom to how Bitcoin can be explained in this view. We discussed a variety of topics related to bitcoin, property rights, Austrian economics, and so on. Shownotes for the full episode: Stephan Kinsella is an incredible scholar of the Austrian school of praxeology, his major contribution is the advancement of the arguments in favor of property of scarce goods, and against intellectual property of non-scarce goods. He applies his in depth wisdom to how Bitcoin can be explained in this view. Watch all Highlights Watch all full episodes Website: https://WasabiWallet.io Blog: https://blog.WasabiWallet.io Documentation: https://docs.WasabiWallet.io GitHub: https://github.com/zkSNACKs/WalletWasabi Podcast: https://anchor.fm/Wasabikas YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/WasabiWallet Full episode on Youtube: My version (with professionally prepared captions): Wassabikas version: Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction. / Scarce vs non-scarce goods. 02:38 Stephan's background. / What property rights should be. / Intellectual property. 06:50 Why do we need property rights for scarce resources? / Praxeology: the logic of human action (Mises). / Assignment of an owner to anything that could be contested. / You own your body. / Homesteading. / Patents and copyright. 13:43 The purpose of law. 14:46 The definition of scarcity. / How much is the abundance of a good tied to its actual scarcity? / Superabundance. / Rivalrous or conflictable resources. / Production. / Dispute. 19:48 How to behave towards the aggressor. / Rules that promote peace. / Appeal to norms. 22:57 Retribution of the victim. / Empathy and evolution. / Being part of a community. / Crime is impossible to eradicate. 26:24 Entropy. / Creation is more difficult than destruction. / Defence is easier than offence. 27:48 What is the qualitative difference between retribution and pre-emptive defence? / Non-aggression principle. / Punishing people is expensive. / Restitution. 31:36 Juristic/legal ownership vs economic ownership. / Right to use vs ability to use. / Self-enforcing systems. / Ownership vs control. 33:48 Why don't you own the private key? / You can't own information. / Information is always the impatterning of a substrate. / Information is a feature of the owned thing. / Ownership can only be applied on physical things. 39:26 Craig Wright wants a property right over other people's computers. 40:41 Non-scarcity in cyberspace. 42:21 Using cryptography to enforce access rights. / Money is rivalrous. / Money has a network effect. / Bitcoin mimics real-world scarcity. / The purpose of money. / Non-coincidence of wants. / Economic calculation. / Any amount of money will do. 47:38 Absolute scarcity in the monetary medium. / Sacrifice. / Low supply. Low stock-to-flow ratio. / Gold vs Bitcoin. 50:11 Permissionless write-access to a central ledger. 53:43 What defines the absolute scarcity of gold? / Why did gold become money? 56:31 You verify that a transaction is valid based on the rules to which you opt in. / Verify the sacrifice of someone else. / Everyone is verifying according to the same rules. 58:54 Divisibility of bitcoin and sidechains. / Consensus. 01:02:22 The way users will act in the context of hard-fork. 01:03:03 Is the "digital gold" metaphor misleading. 01:04:47 A system bordering on chaos but thriving. 01:05:31 Being one of the founding fathers' of America.
In this episode, I sit down with Max Hillebrand, the Rothbardian Crypto Anarchist, Sound Money Agorist, Free software entrepreneur building Bitcoin defensive weapons of war at Wasabi Wallet to discuss: - What the State Is Not - What the State Is - How the State Preserves Itself - Is Science the New God of the State - How the State Transcends Its Limits - The Use of Intellectuals by the State - What the State Fears - How States Relate to One Another - History as a Race Between State & Social Power
Location: Squadcast Date: Wednesday 12th August Company: Wasabi Wallet Role: Contributor Many newcomers to Bitcoin mistakenly think of it as private, but the truth is far more complicated than that. While it is possible to use Bitcoin with a high level of privacy, it has been complicated by the growth in regulations. Exchanges must enforce KYC in most jurisdictions to allow them to retain their banking services, while chain analysis is increasingly used to flag transactions deemed illicit. While privately utilising Bitcoin is becoming harder, there are many tools available for Bitcoiners to reclaim their privacy. One of them is Wasabi wallet, best known for CoinJoin, a method which allows users to increase their Bitcoin anonymity. In this interview, I talk to Wasabi wallet contributor Max Hillebrand. We discuss remaining anonymous while using Bitcoin, Wasabi wallet & CoinJoin, custodian solutions and living a Bitcoin-only life.
Kinsella on Liberty Podcast, Episode 249. My appearance on Max Hillebrand's World Crypto Network show yesterday. Other notes: See other links at KOL191 | The Economy with Albert Lu: Can You Own Bitcoin? (1/3) My facebook post discussing ownership of Bitcoin Tom Bell: Copyright Erodes Property? Bitcoin Is Officially a Commodity, According to U.S. Regulator sd
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