Bitcoin and Near-Perfect-Privacy with Obi Nwosu (WiM241)

CEO & Co-Founder of Fedimint, Obi Nwosu, joins me for an in-depth conversation on how his protocol "Fedi" is helping Bitcoin fight against regulatory capture by creating a new protocol that allows for trust-minimized custody, privacy, and payments.

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GUEST
Obi's Twitter: https://twitter.com/obi
Fedi Website: https://www.fedi.xyz
Fedimint Website: https://fedimint.org

PODCAST
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Transcript:

Outline
00:00:00 “What is Money?” Intro Music
00:00:08 “What is Money?” Intro Message
00:00:54 Learn about Bitcoin with Swan Private at SwanPrivate.Com
00:01:48 Do More with Your Digital Assets with Ledn
00:02:33 What is Fedimint?
00:06:28 Advantages and Costs of a Fedimint Federation
00:08:50 Communal Custody and Guardianships
00:17:21 Obtaining Near-Perfect-Privacy
00:20:59 Issuance and Distribution of Fedimint Federation Tokens
00:26:42 Take Control of Your Healthcare with CrowdHealth
00:27:44 A Bitcoin Wallet with Privacy Built-In: Wasabi Wallet
00:28:20 Invest in the Fine Art Market with Masterworks
00:28:55 Hold Bitcoin is the Most Secure Custody Model with Casa
00:29:45 Auditability and Privacy within a Federation
00:34:25 Issuance of the "E-Cash" Tokens and How it is Compatible with Bitcoin
00:38:52 Selecting the Guardians within the Federation
00:41:19 Challenges with Self-Custody of Bitcoin and How Fedi Helps
00:45:52 The Game Theory of Fedimint Federations
00:53:00 The Future Vision For Fedimint
00:59:30 Sign up Times and Adoption Rate
01:03:38 Scaling of the Lightning Network
01:11:14 Where to Find Obi's Work
01:12:08 "What is Money?" Outro Music

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