Parallel econonomies and "ethical Veksláks" w/ Juraj Bednar

Where does privacy fit in to opting out of a broken (or breaking) economy or society? How can we build parallel economies using privacy tools? This episode, we're sitting down Juraj Bednar to chat about his own personal privacy journey, how parallel economies can (and will!) work, and what role Bitcoin plays in building up a parallel economy around us.

More about Juraj:

• Juraj's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/juraj-bednar/
• "The Second Realm", by Smuggler and XYZ -- https://anarplex.net/hosted/files/secondrealm/secondrealm.pdf

Juraj's recommended tools to Opt Out:

• Signal, an easy-to-use end-to-end encrypted messenger -- https://signal.org/
• PGP/GPG, an encryption method commonly used for email and other communications -- https://protonmail.com/blog/what-is-pgp-encryption/
• Matrix, the protocol -- https://matrix.org/
• Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client -- https://element.io
• Trezor, an open-source cryptocurrency hardware wallet -- https://trezor.io/
• Tor browser, and easy to use anonymous web browser -- https://www.torproject.org/
• Obscura Cam, a privacy-centric camera app -- https://guardianproject.info/apps/obscuracam/
• uBlock Origin, an ad and tracker blogging browser plugin -- https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

This week's project to help you Opt Out - NewPipe:

• Website -- https://newpipe.net/
• Where to get NewPipe -- https://newpipe.net/#download
• GitHub repository -- https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/
• My recommendation -- https://sethforprivacy.com/posts/switching-to-calyxos/#newpipe-for-youtube

Opt Out's Sponsors:

• Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
• LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
• IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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