Escape the Technocracy

220 - Max Tannahill: A Modest Bitcoin Proposal

Escape the Technocracy

Show Notes

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, one of the handful of Bitcoiners who believes in the original vision of the project, and one of the handful of people in the world who actually uses Bitcoin.

GUEST → https://x.com/maxtannahill → https://t.me/maxtannahill → https://bip47db.github.io (A Decentralised On-Chain Directory for BIP47 Payment Codes)

SAMOURAI WALLET SUPPORT → https://billandkeonne.org → https://recluso774.substack.com (TDevD writings)

WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – What was the significance of Samourai Wallet in Bitcoin? 8:05 – Upcoming Bitcoin conference – any hope? 14:40 – Latest from Bill (TdevD) 20:50 – BIP-361 25:55 – The BIP process is not Bitcoin 35:10 – BIP-110 40:05 – Worse example of a Bitcoin podcast episode or article 44:22 – Who is worse for sound money: Luke DashJr or Jerome Powell? 47:18 – Opinion on Bitcoin company Strike 50:30 – Max's BIP-47 suggestion 1:09:10 – Is flying the English flag racist? 1:12:30 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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