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

Looking to explore alternatives to Signal and heard of Session, but not sure what sets it apart? This episode, we're sitting down with Kee Jefferys, CTO of Session, to chat about their Session messenger and it's approaches to chat, encryption, and network privacy. More about Kee Jefferys: Kee's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/kee-jefferys/ More about Session: Website -- https://getsession.org/ Twitter -- https://twitter.com/session_app Github -- https://github.com/oxen-io Non-profit behind Session -- https://optf.ngo/ Running an OXEN node -- https://docs.oxen.io/using-the-oxen ..read more

Have you been struggling to find ways to get a usable and long-lasting phone number without giving up your ID or privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Silent.Link to chat about their phone number service via eSIMs. More about Silent.Link: Website -- https://silent.link/ Twitter -- https://twitter.com/silentlink1 Matrix -- matrix://@support:silent.link Email -- support@silent.link Opt Out's Sponsors: Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://op ..read more

This episode, we're taking a break from the normal structure of Opt Out to focus on a conference I'll be attending and speaking at in April, Monerotopia, and learn more about it from the creator, Douglas Tuman. More about Douglas Tuman: Douglas' guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/douglas-tuman/ More about Monerotopia: April 7th, 2022 – Miami Beach, FL Website -- https://monerotopia.com/ Buy a ticket ASAP -- https://monerotopia.com/product/majority-ticket/ Supporting Opt Out: Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donations Leave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if ..read more

Looking for a privacy-preserving and light-weight search tool that you can self-host? This episode, we’re sitting down with Ben Busby to chat about his project, Whoogle search. More about Ben Busby: Ben’s guest profile – https://optoutpod.com/guests/ben-busby/ More about Whoogle: Github – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search Installing Whoogle – https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#install My Whoogle instance – https://search.sethforprivacy.com/ Opt Out’s Sponsors: Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet – https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet LocalMonero, an ex ..read more

Have you been thinking about switching to Linux for your daily driver, or wondering what Coreboot or open-source firmware are? This episode, we're sitting down with Jeremy Soller to chat about System76, the company that makes my laptop (among others) and are behind Pop_OS!, a user-friendly Linux distribution. More about Jeremy Soller: Jeremy Soller's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/jeremy-soller/ More about System76: Website -- https://system76.com/ About System76 -- https://system76.com/about Pop_OS! -- https://pop.system76.com/ Pop_OS! chat -- https://chat.pop-os.org Sy ..read more

Wondering what mobile Monero wallet I use and recommend and why I chose to take Cake Wallet on as a sponsor? This episode, we're sitting down with Vik Sharma, owner of Cake Wallet, the newest sponsor of Opt Out. More about Vik Sharma: Vik's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/vik-sharma/ More about Cake Wallet: Website -- https://cakewallet.com Reddit -- https://www.reddit.com/r/cakewallet/ Telegram -- https://t.me/cakewallet_bot Twitter -- https://twitter.com/cakewallet Github -- https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet Opt Out's Sponsors: Cake Wallet, an easy to use Moner ..read more

What's the best way to buy and sell Monero while maintaining personal privacy? This episode, we're sitting down with Alex, co-founder of LocalMonero, the newest sponsor of Opt Out. More about Alex: Alex's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/alex-localmonero/ More about LocalMonero: LocalMonero's website -- https://localmonero.co LocalMonero onion address -- http://nehdddktmhvqklsnkjqcbpmb63htee2iznpcbs5tgzctipxykpj6yrid.onion/ LocalMonero i2p address -- http://lm.i2p/ LocalMonero Reddit --  https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalMonero LocalMonero Telegram -- https://t.me/LocalMonero ..read more