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We get to the bottom of what ossification is, why it's harmful to Bitcoin to push for premature ossification, and why we need to improve the building blocks available to developers to enable trustless and useful layers to be built on Bitcoin.More about Jameson:Jameson's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/jameson-lopp/More about ossification:Lopp's recent blog post: https://blog.lopp.net/on-ossification/Lopp's debate with Jimmy Song on ossification: https://x.com/LuganoPlanB/status/1855321782581924245Supporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show

I sit down with Andy Yen, founder and CEO of Proton, to discuss the release of Proton Wallet, the decision to focus on Bitcoin despite its lack of privacy, why they don't accept Monero, and much more.More about Andy:Andy's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/andy-yen/More about Proton Wallet:Website: https://wallet.proton.me/Launch blog post: https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-launchBitcoin via email primer: https://proton.me/support/wallet-bitcoin-via-emailSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show

Heard of SimpleX chat and curious what it's all about? This episode, we're sitting down with Evgeny, the founder of SimpleX Chat to talk about SimpleX, privacy, data sovereignty, and the future of computing.More about Evgeny:Evgeny's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/evgeny-poberezkin/More about SimpleX:Website: https://simplex.chat/Chat protocol: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplex-chat/blob/stable/docs/protocol/simplex-chat.mdWhitepaper, including threat modeling: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmq/blob/stable/protocol/overview-tjr.mdRun your own SimpleX SMP server: https://github.com/simplex-chat/simplexmqOpt Out's Sponsors:Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show

This episode, we're sitting down with Eric Sirion and Matt Odell to chat about FediMints, a fascinating and unusual new proposal that seeks to ease onboarding and privacy on Bitcoin with important trade-offs.More about Eric Sirion and Matt Odell:Eric Sirion's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/eric-sirion/Matt Odell's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/odell/More about FediMints:Website -- https://fedimint.org/Github Organization -- https://github.com/fedimintFediMints Telegram room -- https://t.me/+-AsKtcH4Geo2ZTU0Citadel Dispatch episode feat. FediMints -- https://citadeldispatch.com/cd45/Opt Out's Sponsors:Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-walletLocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmoneroIVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpnSupporting Opt Out:Donations -- https://optoutpod.com/about/#donationsLeave a review on your favorite podcast platform, if possible!Share it with your friends, family, and other communities!Support the show