PROTON WALLET: Privacy, Censorship & Building on Bitcoin - Andy Yen (THE Bitcoin Podcast)

“If Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, and the big banks decided to gang up on Proton, they can still do the same thing to us today, right? So from that moment to today, I think I've always been the advocate of how can we get this powerful concept [Bitcoin] that enabled Proton to survive 10 years ago and make it more widespread and make it more common? Because I think the future of business, democracy, freedom, it really depends on this.”

On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks with Andy Yen, the CEO and Founder of Proton. Not only does Proton offer encrypted email, VPN, file storage, and a password manager, but they recently announced they’re launching Proton Wallet, a self-custodial Bitcoin-only wallet, which is currently in beta but will soon be available to their 100 million users worldwide.
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Proton Wallet: https://proton.me/wallet
Proton: https://proton.me/
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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background
09:46 The Inception of Proton Wallet
15:58 The Choice of Bitcoin and the Vision for Proton Wallet
32:51 Bitcoin via Email: A Game-Changing User Experience
44:43 Addressing Privacy Concerns and Pushback
50:15 Aligning Interests: Proton's Ethos and Values
51:58 The Nonprofit Structure: Commitment to Privacy and Security
58:16 Independence from External Influences
01:04:55 Balancing Self-Custody and Transaction Fees
01:23:21 Optimism and Resilience: Proton's Future

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