Max Tannahill: Censoring Bitcoin

Episode 177 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Max Tannahill: Censoring Bitcoin

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill on various Bitcoin topics: the story of Liquid, Ashigaru and Samourai, Knots, Singapore, and much more.

GUEST
→ https://x.com/maxtannahill
→ t.me/maxtannahill (Telegram)
→ https://www.p2prights.org/donate.html (Samourai Wallet court case donations)

WATCHMAN PRIVACY
→ https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (Including Watchman’s Torch Newsletter)
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com (Including privacy consulting)

CRYPTO DONATIONS
→ 8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy (Monero)
→ https://btcpay0.voltageapp.io/apps/3JDQDSj2rp56KDffH5sSZL19J1Lh/pos (BTC)

TIMELINE
00:00 – Introduction
1:30 – Latest on Samourai Wallet
7:30 – Reminder of Samourai Wallet features shut down
12:10 – Update on Ashigaru Wallet
17:30 – The story of Liquid
26:05 – Thoughts on Blockstream
33:55 – Current state of transactions
35:55 – Bitcoin Knots
44:35 – Bitcoin nodes
52:00 – Apple Data Protection gone for UK
56:10 – Singapore
1:04:00 – Final thoughts

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio