Chris Blec Conversations

Chris Blec Conversations

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Seth For Privacy returns - Vitalik's Privacy Pools, "Guilty Until Proven Innocent"

Seth for Privacy (https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy) returns to discuss the controversial "Privacy Pools" idea recently launched by Vitalik Buterin, Ameen Soleimani and others on Ethereum. Thanks to our sponsor Foundation Devices! <br>Check out their Passport Bitcoin Hardware Wallet at https://foundationdevices.com Follow Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Seth For Privacy - Monero Objections, Bitcoin Privacy (Or Lack Thereof)

Seth For Privacy is an educator and privacy advocate. He works for Foundation Devices as their Head of Content, he’s been an outspoken Monero community member for 5 years and he’s worked on education & adoption of Monero along with Bitcoin and other freedom tech. We talk a lot about what holds me back from going all in on Monero and whether native privacy is in Bitcoin’s future. <br>Website: https://sethforprivacy.com <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/SethForPrivacy <br> -- <br>Thank you to our sponsors! <br>Foundation Devices https://foundationdevices.com <br>ThorSwap https://thorswap.com <br>-- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Samourai Wallet - Tornado Cash Indictment, Bitcoin Privacy, Attacks on Developers

On this episode, I speak with the pseudonymous lead dev of Samourai Wallet, the leading Bitcoin privacy wallet. We share opinions on the Tornado Cash indictment and discuss in detail what it may mean for the future of Bitcoin privacy as well as for developers who work on privacy tech. <br>Website: https://samouraiwallet.com <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet <br> -- <br>Thank you to our sponsors! <br>Foundation Devices https://foundationdevices.com <br>ThorSwap https://thorswap.com <br>-- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Alex Gluchowski - zkSync, Ethereum Layer 2s, Admin Keys, Multisigs, L2 Attack Vectors

Alex Gluchowski is the co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs, which is the company behind zkSync, which is a Layer 2 being built on top of Ethereum. This is a conversation that will really open your eyes with regard to the security around Layer 2s and who you actually have to trust when you put your money there. <br>Website: https://zksync.io <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/gluk64 <br> -- <br>Thank you to our sponsors! <br>Foundation Devices https://foundationdevices.com <br>ThorChain https://thorchain.com <br>-- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Frances Coppola - CBDC Risks, Crypto Criticism, Access to Banking

Frances Coppola is an outspoken writer and speaker on banking, finance and economics, and a well-known critic of cryptocurrency. She’s the author of a book called “The Case for People's Quantitative Easing". We’ve had some run-ins on Twitter in the past so I was really excited to get to hash a few things out in real time. <br>Website: https://coppolacomment.substack.com/ <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/Frances_Coppola <br> -- <br>Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br> -- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Bruce Fenton - Politics vs. Bitcoin, Vivek Ramaswamy campaign

Bruce Fenton is an OG Bitcoiner - he's been involved with Bitcoin for 11 years - and he’s host of the prestigious Satoshi Roundtable annual gathering. He ran in the Republican Primary for the US Senate last year in New Hampshire. He’s also been in the business of securities for 30 years as CEO of Chainstone Labs and owner of SEC registered broker Watchdog Capital. A jack of all trades! <br>Website: https://brucefenton.com <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/brucefenton <br> -- <br>Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br> -- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Lyn Alden - Transparency vs. Hypocrisy in Capitalism, Bitcoin's Opportunities & Challenges

Lyn Alden is the founder of the Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, a great blog at https://lynalden.com, and the author of the upcoming book Broken Money. <br> Website: https://lynalden.com <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/lynaldencontact <br> -- <br> Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br> -- <br> Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Gabriel Shapiro - Crypto Lawyers, Ethics, Legislation

Gabriel Shapiro (@lex_node on Twitter) is the General Counsel for Delphi Labs. He's also a member of the LexPunk Army, an open-source legal resource for DAOs & other crypto projects. We discuss crypto lawyers, crypto ethics, lawmaking & regulations and much more. <br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/lex_node <br>-- <br>Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br>-- <br>Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Jameson Lopp - The Future of Bitcoin

Jameson Lopp is the co-founder & CTO of Casa, which protects your bitcoin and ethereum with multiple keys stored in separate places for extra security. He’s also the creator of bitcoin.page, probably the best one-stop resource of info about Bitcoin that you can find on the web. Most importantly, he’s an OG cypherpunk who’s been involved with Bitcoin for nearly 10 years.<br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/lopp <br> Website: https://lopp.net <br> -- <br> Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br> -- <br> Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec

Andrew M. Bailey - Trust, Bitcoin, Philosophy

Andrew M. Bailey is an Associate Professor at Yale-NUS College in Singapore, a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute, and a co-author of the upcoming book "Resistance Money: The Philosophical Case for Bitcoin". <br> Twitter: https://twitter.com/resistancemoney <br> Website: https://resistance.money <br> -- <br> Thank you to our sponsor, Foundation Devices! https://foundationdevices.com <br> -- <br> Visit Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/chrisblec
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