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Pt. 2 Paul talks his time at Nvidia, the overlap in gaming and crypto, El Salvador - To the Moon 15 Jun 22, 2021

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In the second part of our interview with Edge CEO Paul Puey, Paul discusses his career as a software developer at Nvidia, where he sees the benefits from cryptocurrency in video games, and the recent decision in El Salvador where Bitcoin was recently made legal tender.

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Welcome to the 15th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest

developments in the crypto economy.

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Pt. 1 Edge Wallet CEO Paul Puey on why crypto, working at Nvidia, & Cali life - To the Moon - ep15 Jun 22, 2021

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This week, in part 1 of our interview, we catch up with Edge Wallet Co-founder, Paul Puey. Paul explains his humble origins in Silicon Valley, California, as an immigrant from the Philippines, how he got started in tech working for Nvidia, how he found Bitcoin, and why it resonated with him.

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Welcome to the 15th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

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developments in the crypto economy.

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Adam Ficsor of Wasabi Wallet talks Bitcoin privacy - Full Interview - To the Moon ep. 14 Jun 22, 2021

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This is the full interview on Bitcoin privacy with Wasabi Wallet's Adam Ficsor. Adam discusses a wide range of Bitcoin privacy-centric topics, ranging from software development, to privacy tool adoption, and user education on why privacy matters, as well as Bitcoin improvements like Confidential Transactions and Taproot, and the new Wasabi 2.0 which should debut later this year. Don't miss it!

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

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developments in the crypto economy.

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Pt. 5 Why privacy matters, the privacy paradox, & privacy by default - To the Moon ep 14 Jun 15, 2021

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In the final segment of the interview Adam gives his views on why privacy is important, the privacy paradox, and why the UI behind apps that include privacy by default is usually not the most user-friendly, and about what we can do to improve the UI of privacy tools.

Adam also briefly speaks about other projects, and also about the correlation between age and willingness to learn how to use new tools. It's an insightful interview you'll want to watch!

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svn2uBamBXY&t=6s

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhMwsEkheE

Part 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsE2_yYihXQ

Part 4:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwnL_8Y5YnA

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest

developments in the crypto economy.

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Pt. 4 Adam speaks KYC, back-doored encryption, & privacy tool adoption - To the Moon 14 Jun 14, 2021

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In this segment Adam discusses the regulatory burdens of AML/KYC on businesses in the industry and the vulnerability towards customer privacy this data collection enables. He also discusses the clipper chip, a proposal to provide back-doored encryption to citizens.

Lastly, Adam discusses the privacy vs. convenience trade-offs in using privacy tools, vs. more popular alternatives whichprovide no privacy. He also gives his opinion on why privacy tools are not as popular as non-private alternatives. Don't miss it!

Part 1:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svn2uBamBXY&t=6s

Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFhMwsEkheE

Part 3:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsE2_yYihXQ

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest

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Pt. 3 Adam chimes in on Lightning, Confidential Transactions & Bitcoin Fungibility - To the Moon 14 Jun 10, 2021

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In this segment, Adam Ficsor of Wasabi Wallet discusses his preconceived notions of the Lightning Network vs. the reality, Bitcoin's fungibility, places where Bitcoin can improve, and his wish to see confidential transactions in Bitcoin to improve privacy.

Adam also discusses the trade-offs for implementing confidential transactions in Bitcoin and the impact it could have on Bitcoin's provable digital scarcity. If you want to know more about Bitcoin privacy, don't miss it!

Part 1:

https://anchor.fm/bitrefill/episodes/Pt--1-Wasabi-Wallet-creator-Adam-Ficsor---how-he-started--Wasabi-2-0---Coinjoin---To-the-Moon-14-e12e118

Part 2:

https://anchor.fm/bitrefill/episodes/Pt--2-Wasabis-Adam-Ficsor-talks-Taproot--privacy--scarcity--Wasabi-1-0-vs--Wasabi-2-0---To-the-Moon-e12e44k

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

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Pt. 2 Wasabi's Adam Ficsor talks Taproot, privacy, scarcity, Wasabi 1.0 vs. Wasabi 2.0 - To the Moon Jun 09, 2021

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In part 2, Adam Ficsor, creator of Wasabi Wallet, the best privacy-centric Bitcoin wallet, delves deeper into the Bitcoin privacy vs. privacy coin debate, gives his opinion on the Taproot soft fork which will give Bitcoin additional smart contract capabilities, and discusses his wish to see confidential transactions in Bitcoin.

Adam also reveals that when he began working on bringing privacy and fungibility to Bitcoin, that he had to start from square one. He explains how he had to learn the nuances defining privacy and then figuring out how to add it to Wasabi Wallet, as well as his optimism that Bitcoin will have better privacy than any altcoin with the release of Wasabi 2.0 and the way it makes it easy for anyone to participate in a coinjoin.

Part 1:

https://anchor.fm/bitrefill/episodes/Pt--1-Wasabi-Wallet-creator-Adam-Ficsor---how-he-started--Wasabi-2-0---Coinjoin---To-the-Moon-14-e12e118

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

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Pt. 1 Wasabi Wallet creator Adam Ficsor - how he started, Wasabi 2.0, & Coinjoin - To the Moon 14 Jun 08, 2021

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In this week's episode of To the Moon, we were able to sit down with Wasabi Wallet creator, Adam Ficsor. Wasabi Wallet is the best privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet, It is user-friendly with an array of advanced features designed to break the heuristics used by blockchain analysis companies to de-anonymize users and apply financial surveillance to Bitcoin transactions.

Adam gives a quick rundown of how he got started with becoming a developer working on a Bitcoin wallet, his work in the early days with Joinmarket, and Hidden Wallet, and the new breakthroughs in the Zerolink Chaumian coinjoin framework, which will reduce friction in Wasabi 2.0 and allow for unequal If you use Bitcoin and care about privacy you won't want to miss it!

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Welcome to the 14th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host

Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a

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XMR's Fluffy Pony, China's mining crackdown, HK blockchain to fight censorship - To the Moon ep. 13 Jun 01, 2021

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In this week's episode we chat with Riccard Spagni, aka Fluffy Pony, about his continued involvement with Monero, despite stepping down as lead maintainer. We also discuss Monero's Tari sidechain, and Y.at, two of Riccardo's more recent projects, which have been designed to provide an excellent user experience and with privacy built-in by default.

We also discuss the news surrounding China's mining crackdown in the two most prominent mining regions. We also discuss Likecoin's efforts in Hong Kong to combat censorship from authoritarian regimes. Don't miss it!

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Intro:

00:10 - 02:26

China's mining crackdown:

02:27 - 09:21

Likecoin:

09:22 - 14:37

Riccardo Spagni interview:

14:38 - 56:07

Good news outro:

56:08 - 57:29

Welcome to the 13th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

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Marathon mines compliant block, Crypto coming to US banks, Kraken bows to IRS - To the Moon Ep. 11 May 19, 2021

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For this week's episode we
interview Matt Ahlborg, Bitrefill team member and founder of https://www.usefultulips.org/ a fantastic website which provides Bitcoin data for emerging economies. Matt is also Bitrefill's data scientist, and he plays a critical role in Bitrefill's presence in regions around the globe where Bitcoin and crypto are helping people find financial inclusion, and offering an alternative to the legacy financial system.

We also cover Marathon's mining of a fully compliant block, Kraken giving customer info to the IRS, and FIS & NYDIG's partnership to bring cryptocurrency services to thousands of US banks.

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https://thebiz.pro

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Intro:

00:00:10 - 00:02:13

Marathon mines fully compliant block:

00:02:14 - 00:17:53

Kraken ordered to turn over customer data to IRS:

00:17:54 - 00:26:29

Interview with Matt Ahlborg:

00:26:30 - 01:00:42

Good News Outro:

01:00:43 - 01:02:13

Articles covered in today's episode:

1.https://bitcoinmagazine.com/.amp/business/marathon-mines-clean-bitcoin-block

2.https://www.coindesk.com/irs-kraken-tax-records

3.https://blockworks.co/fis-opens-bitcoin-floodgates-for-banks/

Welcome to the 11th episode of Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The

Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins,

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