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In this episode we discuss…
• Privacy as a prerequisite for freedom
• Why “freedom maximalist” → “privacy maximalist”
• How privacy raises the cost of coercion and violence
• The trap of “I have nothing to hide” and why that mindset is dangerous
• Free speech, surveillance, and the need for private spaces
• Chatham House–style events vs “Big Brother everywhere”
• Why both public and truly private speech are necessary for real free speech
• Bitcoin, Nostr, and building a parallel system
• The idea that the Bitcoin-based parallel system doesn’t merge with fiat—it replaces it
• How freedom tech allows a parallel economy to form before the fiat empire collapses
• Seasteading and “free territories”
• Oceans and high seas as the freest jurisdiction on Earth
• Seasteading: flags, insurance, vessel classification
• Self-sufficiency at sea: solar, desalination, food, coral-reef hulls
• Cyberspace as a new ocean for freedom
• 256-bit key space as “infinitely larger than the seas”
• Using strong cryptography to hide from attackers while still authenticating and coordinating
• Marmot, Nostr & private communication
• Public Nostr is great for broadcast—but we also need private Nostr
• Marmot protocol: combining Nostr (text), Blossom (data), and MLS (encryption)
• Goal: world-class, interoperable private messaging across Nostr clients
• Centralization risks: Signal, AWS & single points of failure
• Signal outages as a reminder of central infra vulnerability
• Why decentralized relay-based systems are more resilient
• Asymmetric technology & Bitcoin’s early distribution
• Uneven tech = one guy in plate armor vs thousands with sticks
• Early Bitcoiners getting half the supply in the first four years
• The responsibility and potential danger of huge hidden Bitcoin fortunes
• Organic redistribution & the “boring” 100k Bitcoin
• OG whales selling (e.g. the 80k BTC wallet) and spreading ownership
• Why broader distribution of sats is good for the network and culture
• Patronage, grants, and funding Freedom Tech
• Reviving Medici-style patronage for coders, artists, inventors
• OpenSats, HRF and others as modern decentralized patrons
• Value-for-value: zapping devs on Nostr, routing zaps to builders
• Business models & roles for non-devs
• Why devs should stay “in the cave” building
• Non-devs handling ops, comms, marketing, fundraising, biz models
• Finding your niche: being world-class in a small combo of skills
• Education, indoctrination, and the fiat school system
• Modern public schooling as a neo-Prussian obedience/indoctrination machine
• Homeschooling and alternative education as parallel systems for minds
• Defaults, protocol ethics & “the purpose of a system is what it does”
• “Only the defaults matter” for user privacy and behavior
• Why protocol and library designers must bake in freedom and privacy by default
• Practical freedom tech: SeedHammer & steel backups
• Open-source steel engraver for keys, QR codes, descriptors, Shamir shares
• Multi-generational, robot-engraved steel backups as serious sovereignty tools
• Final call to action
• Stop just consuming content about freedom—start building Freedom Tech
• If you’re listening to this, you have permission: pick a project and help.
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