How FediMints could ease onboarding and privacy in Bitcoin w/ Eric Sirion and Matt Odell
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Chapters
2:04
Eric and Matt introduce themselves
4:48
What was it that woke you up to the need for more attainable privacy on Bitcoin?
10:14
What prompted the creation of FediMint?
19:35
What would you hope users get from using FediMint?
34:02
What are the key trade-offs with FediMint, and why do you view them as worth it?
42:09
A shoutout to Opt Out's sponsors
43:41
How does FediMint provide strong privacy to users despite being custodial?
47:12
What are your thoughts on the legal and regulatory attack surface FediMint may bring on custodians and users?
57:29
What financial incentive do FediMint custodians have, and how can they build a business model around FediMint?
1:05:03
What does user authorization/access look like? Are seed-phrases unnecessary?
1:11:20
How does FediMint pair with Lightning? How are they symbiotic?
1:21:42
How do you view the tradeoffs of FediMint vs using Monero for spending while saving in Bitcoin?
1:30:02
How can listeners help support what you're doing with FediMint?
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How FediMints could ease onboarding and privacy in Bitcoin w/ Eric Sirion and Matt Odell
Jul 10, 2022
Season 3
Episode 1
Eric Sirion and Matt Odell
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/fedimint
- FediMints Telegram room -- https://t.me/+-AsKtcH4Geo2ZTU0
- Citadel Dispatch episode feat. FediMints -- https://citadeldispatch.com/cd45/
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- 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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