Two years after our first episode on SimpleX, we’re back with an update on all they’ve been working on, including a new approach to chat relays with Dan from Flux. More about our guests Evgeny’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/evgeny-poberezkin/ Dan’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/dan-keller/ More about SimpleX Website – https://simplex.chat/ Quantum-resistant encryption blog post – https://simplex.chat/blog/20240314-simplex-chat-v5-6-quantum-resistance-signal-double-ratchet-algorithm.html “Privacy-preserving content moderation” blog post –&nb ..read more

If you're frustrated by the need for multiple hardware wallets, security keys, two-factor applications, or even phones and looking for an easier way to secure your digital life, Foundation has just what you need. Zach Herbert, co-founder and CEO of Foundation, joins me to talk through their latest product, Passport Prime, and how they're seeking to lower the barrier of entry to proper digital security with a single open-source security platform. More about Zach Zach’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/zach-herbert/ More about Foundation Foundation's website -- https://foundation ..read more

Ever wondered why your Google search results are so bad? Looking for an alternative that puts your interests first instead of an ad company’s? Today we chat with Vlad Prelovac, founder of Kagi, a new type of search engine that rethinks finding information on the internet from the ground up. More about Vlad Vlad’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/vlad-prelovac/ More about Kagi Kagi’s website – https://kagi.com/ Orion, Kagi’s fast, zero-telemetry browser for macOS and iOS – https://browser.kagi.com/ Supporting Opt Out Donations – https://optoutpod.com/donate Leave a review on yo ..read more

We get to the bottom of what ossification is, why it's harmful to Bitcoin to push for premature ossification, and why we need to improve the building blocks available to developers to enable trustless and useful layers to be built on Bitcoin. More about Jameson: Jameson's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/jameson-lopp/ More about ossification: Lopp's recent blog post: https://blog.lopp.net/on-ossification/ Lopp's debate with Jimmy Song on ossification: https://x.com/LuganoPlanB/status/1855321782581924245 Supporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donations Leave a ..read more

I sit down with Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton, to discuss the release of Proton Wallet, the decision to focus on Bitcoin despite its lack of privacy, why they don't accept Monero, and much more. More about Andy: Andy's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/andy-yen/ More about Proton Wallet: Website: https://wallet.proton.me/ Launch blog post: https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-launch Bitcoin via email primer: https://proton.me/support/wallet-bitcoin-via-email Supporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donations Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform ..read more

Welcome to Opt Out! I hope you enjoy this short intro which I’m using to introduce the podcast and go ahead and get it published across all major platforms in preparation for our first episode on 6/1. Thanks for listening, and be sure to subscribe on your favorite app or to the RSS feed at https://www.optoutpod.com! Support the show ..read more

I sit down with Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton, to discuss the release of Proton Wallet, the decision to focus on Bitcoin despite its lack of privacy, why they don't accept Monero, and much more. More about Andy: Andy's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/andy-yen/ More about Proton Wallet: Website: https://wallet.proton.me/ Launch blog post: https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-launch Bitcoin via email primer: https://proton.me/support/wallet-bitcoin-via-email Supporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donations Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform ..read more

Heard of SimpleX chat and curious what it's all about? This episode, we're sitting down with Evgeny, the founder of SimpleX Chat to talk about SimpleX, privacy, data sovereignty, and the future of computing. More about Evgeny: Evgeny's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/evgeny-poberezkin/ More about SimpleX: Website: https://simplex.chat/ Chat protocol: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/protocol/simplex-chat.md Whitepaper, including threat modeling: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.md Run your own SimpleX SMP ..read more

This episode, we're sitting down with Eric Sirion and Matt Odell to chat about FediMints, a fascinating and unusual new proposal that seeks to ease onboarding and privacy on Bitcoin with important trade-offs. More about Eric Sirion and Matt Odell: Eric Sirion's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/eric-sirion/ Matt Odell's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/odell/ More about FediMints: Website -- https://fedimint.org/ Github Organization -- https://github.com/fedimint FediMints Telegram room -- https://t.me/+-AsKtcH4Geo2ZTU0 Citadel Dispatch episode feat. FediMints -- ht ..read more

Welcome to the first ever live Q&A on Opt Out! We covered a ton of topics ranging from personal privacy, self-hosting, Bitcoin, Monero, privacy-preserving donations, future plans for the podcast, and much more. Thank you to all those who joined live, and please let me know if you have any questions or want to dive more deeply into any of the topics we touched on here! Mentioned resources: https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/how-monero-uniquely-enables-circular-economies/ https://localmonero.co/knowledge/remote-nodes-privacy https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/proposed-bitcoin-privacy-improvemen ..read more