94 - Max Tannahill: Core Devs vs Real Users

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Max Tannahill about Bitcoin privacy, Monero, and phone privacy. Max is a dedicated and well respected experimenter with wallets and the practical tools that the limousine crypto class would never sully themselves with. As such, Max’s views on these topics—such as Monero as the best layer 2 for Bitcoin and the damage of Taproot and Covenants—come from the thoughtful mind of a rare actual user of these digital technologies.

If you’re new to Bitcoin, watch these first (in order) → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNUKkrG_9A → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHq8YXpw9I → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OmYqq7BPSw → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSf0_To8GmE

Guest Links → https://twitter.com/maxtannahill

References → https://twitter.com/pokkst → https://twitter.com/fluffypony → https://twitter.com/reardencode → https://t.me/monerujounderground (Monero Telegram) → https://t.me/SovereignBitcoiner (Telegram group; Monero friendly) → https://foundationdevices.com/envoy/ (Envoy Wallet) → https://stackwallet.com/ (The 'if iPhone' wallet)

WATCHMAN PRIVACY → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Yes: I offer consulting) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/

CRYPTO DONATIONS →8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero) →https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

Timeline

0:00 – Introduction 0:54 – Intro to Max Tannahill and traditional financial surveillance 6:30 – Privacy problems of Singapore and global cities 9:36 – Max’s crypto-based privacy phone business Mamushi 13:00 – CalyxOS and microG 18:03 – Telegram a mistake for privacy/freedom communities? 21:05 – Fundamental problem of phones = NFC and GPS 26:30 – Traditional finance tools for freedom 29:50 – Other privacy coins 33:00 – Max’s Monero tools 36:20 – Dubai forbids Monero 39:40 – Monero as layer 2 of Bitcoin 42:20 – Monero’s big fat problem 45:05 – Monero resources 47:14 – Rapid Fire 50:45 – What value does Bitcoin have? 52:00 – What happened to SovrynBitcoin website? 52:37 – Before BIP39 how did people back up funds? 53:28 – What is Taproot? 56:21 – Core developers vs real users of Bitcoin 58:38 – What are Covenants and CTV? 1:07:00 – Wallets besides Samourai and Sparrow 1:08:38 – Atomic swaps (and Samourai Wallet) 1:13:41 – Max isn’t concerned about fee rates 1:16:00 – Final thoughts

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