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Your Bitcoin influencer’s influencer. Post-maximalist. Now a privacy guy too! Subscribe to the Bitcoin Takeover podcast on Spotify, Apple & YouTube!

If you listen to the interview during the part where he talks about Hal Finney, you might catch a hint.

Timestamps and transcript:

https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s14-e15-phil-zimmermann-on-bitcoin-cryptography-pgp/

Phil Zimmermann is the creator of PGP and the man who fought the US government in court to normalize open source cryptography.

Without his courageous actions, Satoshi Nakamoto wouldn't have had access to all the cryptography libraries that he used (such as ECDSA) and couldn't have hidden his identity (he used PGP and Tor for his communications).

I had the honor to interview Phil Zimmermann in Prague during the Proof of Work Summit and I'm happy and proud to share the recording with you. I've asked him about Bitcoin, I've asked him about Hal Finney (who was his first employee at PGP), and we've also talked about other cryptography projects that he finds interesting. He's the kind of cypherpunk who cares about privacy much more than creating sound money, and his work definitely reflects this path.

The interview is available on YouTube, Apple Podcasts & Spotify (as well as many other podcast apps). If you want to search for it yourselves, look for Bitcoin Takeover Podcast S14 E15 with Phil Zimmermann.

Here you can find all the links, as well as time stamps and a full transcript: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/s14-e15-phil-zimmermann-on-bitcoin-cryptography-pgp/

If you like this interview, please subscribe and leave your feedback as a comment!

Phil Zimmermann on Satoshi Nakamoto: "I have enormous for the GUY who invented it.

I wouldn't care to speculate as to who it might be. But I do have a lot of respect for HIM"

Stop what you're doing and take 30 minutes to listen to S14 E15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast!

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Without Phil Zimmermann, Bitcoin couldn't exist:

– he created PGP, which Satoshi used for privacy

– he open sourced cryptography in a time when it was banned, then fought the US government in court

– he hired Hal Finney to work on PGP

Listen to him in S14 E15 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast!

https://youtu.be/dRFOtL0fbxg?si=hh8PEcMMQKGdaxkf

Found a 2005 Mazda RX-8 for $5k

Why I want it:

–I can't afford a Supra, but this is the budget experience

– RWD, manual gearbox, Japanese

– reportedly fun

Issues:

– the Wankel engine breaks after ~100k km, this one has 94k

– rebuilding the engine costs $5-7k

Thoughts?

Ethereum is a scam: 72m coins were premined, it heavily relies on political lobbying & PR, but it’s not decentralized.

However, it’s the most successful implementation of Bitcoin 2.0 proposals: surpassing Counterparty, Mastercoin/Omni & NXT in terms of users & tx volumes.

It would be pretty cool to find a way to integrate some of these cypherpunk cases into some Bitcoin layer. But which one is it gonna be: RSK, Liquid, RGB, Taproot Assets, or something else like Drivechains?

Regardless, there are hundreds of billions of dollars in investments that will come into Bitcoin if smart contracts can get deployed in a scalable and decentralized way.

Learn more by listening to S14 E9 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast – now available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts 🎧

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Will Nostr adoption cause the next bull market? 🐂

Nostr doesn’t only provide decentralized social media with tipping features – it brings more utility to Bitcoin, omboards people who otherwise wouldn’t care about BTC, and builds lots of useful applications on top (marketplaces, clones of Instagram & Tik Tok).

At scale, Nostr can completely revolutionize the attention-hungry content and make it more centered around providing value.

And at the center of this revolution, there are people like nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x who build useful tools like nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm. Listen to S14 E14 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast to find out more!

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Most important lesson I've learned in 5 years of doing interviews with bitcoiners:

it doesn't matter how many people watch/listen.

It's all about who is listening.

Quality > quantity, always!

Guys only want one thing and it's fucking disgusting #SupraCycle

Celebrate the fake ETF news pump by investing in your #Bitcoin  knowledge – so next time a co-worker or family member says that Bitcoin will get banned, you will know the right answer!

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You can download it on your computer and read it with any pdf software. That, or turn off the sound 😅

But if you want a print, you can either do it yourself or buy a copy from these places:

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Does anyone remember Zuck’s Threads?

Why is nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm such a big deal?

According to creator nostr:npub1xv8mzscll8vvy5rsdw7dcqtd2j268a6yupr6gzqh86f2ulhy9kkqmclk3x, it’s the combination of allowing every user to own a LN URL and the multiple integrations.

In many ways, Alby is Bitcoin’s version of Metamask: a customizable browser plugin that can work with anything to send & receive lightning payments ⚡️

Learn more about Alby from S14 E14 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast: now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube 🔥

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Why is Alby such a big deal?

According to creator Michael Bumann, it’s the combination of allowing every user to own a LN URL and the multiple integrations.

In many ways, Alby is Bitcoin’s version of Metamask: a customizable browser plugin that can work with anything to send & receive lightning payments ⚡️

Learn more about Alby from S14 E14 of the Bitcoin Takeover podcast: now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts & YouTube 🔥

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