Gabriel and Urban debrief a recent privacy-focused Bitcoin conference in Riga, Latvia. Is there hope for Bitcoin?

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Amir Taaki, hardcore cypherpunk with a wild curriculum vitae: working on Bitcoin in the early days, developer of Dark Wallet, fighter against ISIS, and developer of DarkFi privacy-focused communication platform (among other things).

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
2:20 - What is the difference between a criminal and a forest rebel?
3:20 - How did Amir discover anarchy?
15:15 - Amir Taaki's thoughts on how Bitcoin got to where it is
27:15 - Work on Dark Wallet
41:15 - Does Amir regret creating the BIP process?
50:50 - Why did Amir Taaki go to fight ISIS?
1:03:40 - Amir Taaki gets onto The List after fighting ISIS
1:12:05 - DarkFi
1:14:00 - Final Thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Seth for Privacy about Monero, its competitors, and its many challenges.

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:30 – Update on Cake Wallet
5:50 – Challenges of developing on iPhone
11:10 – Difficulties of running a Monero company
17:30 – Do Bitcoiners at conferences secretly use Monero?
23:10 – What does price mean in Monero?
28:40 – Monero changing from ring signatures to full-chain membership proofs
32:25 – Who develops Monero?
38:20 – Ross Ulbricht huge Bitcoin donation from darknet market
44:55 – Has Bitcoin failed?
49:45 – Can Monero learn from Zcash?
56:50 – Final Thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill about many Bitcoin issues: Samourai Wallet, Ashigaru Wallet, Bitcoin Knots, terrible figures in Bitcoin, the importance of CoinJoins, Lightning thots, Ledger, and the UK.

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:30 – Update on Samourai Wallet
13:30 – Ashigaru Whirlpool
21:40 – Bitcoin Knots
30:00 – Worst person in Bitcoin since May 2025
36:30 – Why make every transactions a CoinJoin?
42:30 – A common Bitcoin genre…
51:15 – Aping in to Bitcoin
57:50 – Thoughts on Ledger
1:01:30 – Amir Taaki vs Jameson Lopp
1:06:52 – What is Max most proud of being English?
1:11:20 – Final thoughts

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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Mike of Parallel Systems. They discuss the benefits of Eastern Europe, the history of the decline of the world in corelation to gold, homesteading, and the myth of replacement fertility rate.

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:20 – Thoughts on Eastern Europe
6:40 – What happened to Europe after WWII
13:50 – The illusion of free markets
20:30 – What role does gold play in history?
33:10 – Thoughts on Goldbacks
41:00 – Cash is not property?
43:45 – How to get into homesteading
50:00 – Is replacement fertility rate really that important?
57:30 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Tom Bodrovics, the host of Palisades Gold Radio and The Competent Man Podcast and a thoughtful voice on how to think about investing from a contrary perspective. They discuss gold, uranium, modern monetary theory, the economic problems of Canada, welding, how to vet a bank, and setting up a self-sufficient trailer.

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TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:40 – Favorite guests from Palisades Gold Radio
4:00 – Views on gold
10:00 – Fundamentals of contrarian investing
17:30 – Appreciation for Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)?
28:50 – Economic problems in Canada
39:10 – Bullish case for uranium
43:50 – Shadowbanning experiences
48:00 – The craft of welding
1:00:24 – What is a competent man?
1:07:30 – How to vet a bank
1:14:00 – Setting up a self-sufficient trailer
1:18:45 – Tom Bodrovic’s top books on understanding the world
1:22:55 – Final thoughts

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