
About this episode
SW, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, joins Chris Blec for an honest chat about running one of the most popular Bitcoin privacy wallets available.
Some of the topics covered:
- benefits of developers staying anonymous in the Bitcoin space
- importance of having strong principles as a Bitcoin/DeFi developer
- the negative influence that venture capital can have
- how Samourai Wallet was developed and grown
- SW's thoughts on future regulation that may affect privacy
- how Samourai Wallet would react to oppressive legislation
- how Whirlpool and Ricochet work and how they remain non-custodial
- whether Whirlpool users should be worried about getting mixed up with criminals
- the recent AOPP controversy and Samourai Wallet's take on it
- MUCH more
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CHRIS BLEC HAS A PAYNYM!
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Learn more about Samourai Wallet & download at https://samouraiwallet.com
Follow Samourai Wallet on Twitter at https://twitter.com/samouraiwallet
Follow Chris Blec on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ChrisBlec
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LINKS MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST:
https://medium.com/samourai-wallet/diving-head-first-into-whirlpool-anonymity-sets-4156a54b0bc7
https://twitter.com/sethforprivacy
https://twitter.com/techloreistaken
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