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Hey, everybody.

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Welcome to Freedom Tech Wrap.

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My name is Marks, and this is the week ending January 20.

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This is a weekly source for news and project updates

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in the freedom and independent technology space.

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We live in a highly connected world,

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and Freedom Tech lets you decide when and how you want to

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connect and where your data live.

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Freedom Tech Wrap is an independent show.

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If you want to support what we're doing,

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you can send us value through your Podcasting 2.0 app,

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and your support and your feedback

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are greatly appreciated.

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All right, so let's get on with the news.

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First up today, we have an announcement

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from the venture capital fund, Ego Death Capital.

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They have announced that they're raising $100 million

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for their fund, too.

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Now, if you aren't familiar with Ego Death Capital,

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they have names like Jeff Booth, Andy Pitt, Niko LaChuga,

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Preston Pysh, Lynn Alden, and Pablo Fernandez involved.

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In their fund, number one, they led funding

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for names like Fetty, Breeze, and others,

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companies that you've probably heard of before.

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Now, here is an excerpt from their announcement.

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They say, "In 2024, the funding market still hasn't caught up

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with the opportunity, and a significant gap

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exists in Series A funding for Bitcoin-only companies.

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This makes sense because a majority of venture capital

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still doesn't understand the transformative nature

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of the Bitcoin protocol, nor how it is emerging in layers.

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Without this key knowledge, it would

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be hard to understand the profound shift this entails

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to businesses in the future.

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This leaves Bitcoin-only entrepreneurs

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not only pitching on the value and metrics of their business,

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but in parallel trying to teach capital

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that has been burned with their crypto investments

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about a new protocol."

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So they are trying to help entrepreneurs

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who are having a difficult time convincing

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traditional venture capitalists to invest

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in Bitcoin-only companies.

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If you are a builder looking for funding,

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or if you have money that you want to deploy,

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head over to egodeath.capital and hit the Contact Us button.

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Next up is a story from Bloomberg.

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It's talking about OpenAI.

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The title is, "OpenAI is Working with US Military

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on Cybersecurity Tools."

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They say the maker of ChatGPT sees merit

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in working with the Defense Department,

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and that their company's terms of service

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prohibit using the technology for weapons.

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This is difficult because I don't

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see how they prevent this from happening logistically.

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There's not really any way that they can prevent it

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from making its way into that.

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Maybe they can try and avoid it directly.

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But if it's being used by defense contractor companies,

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it will indirectly influence the development of weapons.

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And really, eventually it'll find its way in there.

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So I think this is a good reminder for all of us

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to be judicious about our ChatGPT usage.

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You should try and find ways to use other services that

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are more conscious of your privacy, something like PlebAI.

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And also consider running your own AI service at home.

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It's a lot easier than you think.

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Next up, we have a really cool website,

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and also really kind of scary but cool,

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from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

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And this is all about street-level surveillance.

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It's a site they published that talks

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about the technologies being utilized by law enforcement

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for broad surveillance.

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A couple excerpts from the article

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says, "EFF's street-level surveillance project

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shines a light on the surveillance technologies

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that law enforcement agencies routinely deploy."

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A short excerpt from the article that says,

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"EFF's street-level surveillance project shines a light

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on the surveillance technologies that law enforcement agencies

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routinely deploy in our communities.

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These resources are designed for advocacy organizations,

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journalists, defense attorneys, policymakers,

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and members of the public who are often not getting

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the straight story from police representatives or the vendors

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marketing this equipment.

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Whether it's phone-based location tracking,

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ubiquitous video recording, biometric data collection,

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or police access to people's smart devices,

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law enforcement agencies follow closely

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behind their counterparts in the military and intelligence

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services in acquiring privacy-invasive technologies

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and getting access to consumer data.

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Just as analog surveillance historically

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has been used as a tool for oppression,

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we must understand the threat posed by emerging technologies

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to successfully defend civil liberties and civil rights

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in the digital age."

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So this website's awesome.

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It breaks down about, I don't know,

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probably like 16 different categories of technology.

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These are things like automated license plate readers,

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biometric surveillance, body cameras,

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surveillance camera networks, cell site simulators,

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drones, robots, facial recognition.

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It goes on and on.

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And each one of these, you can actually click on it.

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And it gives a moderately in-depth discussion

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about the topic.

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And then it also gives you a good jumping point

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if you want to go even deeper in your own research.

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So it's really good for us to be aware of what tools are being

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used on a daily basis around us to track us.

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And if we do encounter law enforcement for some reason,

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to know what kind of information and data

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might be used in the situation.

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Now, if you are a builder of freedom technologies,

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would like to let you know that a building competition just

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kicked off this week.

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Top Builder 2024, hosted by Plub Lab, sponsored by Wolf,

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kicked off this week.

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It runs from January 13 to March 14.

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And they will have a demo day on March 14.

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Teams participating typically already

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have a working prototype or a really strong idea.

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And then they're doing something in the freedom technology

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space, typically with Bitcoin, Lightning, and Nostr.

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The grand prize is $15,000 in Bitcoin,

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so $15,000 worth of Bitcoin.

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A few of the projects I saw on the site that

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looked interesting, first one is Alpaca.

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This is a system for running your business and point

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of sale.

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It accepts a Bitcoin and traditional credit cards.

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There's one called BitPension.

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This is for setting up a Bitcoin pension for your employees.

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Next one was CCNS.

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And this is like Reddit built on Nostr.

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And then a really interesting one was Resolver.

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This is a project that is trying to allow for dispute resolution

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outside of state-run courts, so mediation and such.

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It's really cool.

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Then the last one I thought was interesting was Shopster.

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It's an online marketplace built on top of Nostr.

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The other projects were interesting, too.

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Those are just a few that I thought I'd call out.

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Now, along those lines of building competitions,

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there is an open design challenge

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that just kicked off as well.

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And this was courtesy of Stacker News.

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Here, they are just looking for people to share ideas

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and then collaborate on those ideas,

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not actually build a product from it,

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but build up the idea, flesh it out more,

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get designs behind it, get some research behind it,

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really package it up in a way that if someone is a builder,

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they could come along, grab that idea for free,

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and start working with it.

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So this is, again, not a builder challenge.

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All ideas will be open and free,

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and anybody can take them and build with them.

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The goal is to get more fresh, developed,

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and designed ideas out there,

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typically for free, open-source projects.

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The design competition is taking place on Stacker News,

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so go check it out, because it's also a great place

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to get notice for funding.

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So if you are a builder, then go participate in this,

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and you'll get some recognition

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and potentially could line up some funding

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for yourself down the road.

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There is a new documentary that has been made,

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and it is having its theatrical debut

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this Friday in Austin, Texas.

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The film is called "Bitcoiners,"

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and it says, "Bitcoiners is an independent documentary film

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that takes an inside look at the grassroots movement

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of diehard Bitcoin devotees

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and why they think Bitcoin can save America.

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Filmed from 2021 to 2023,

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this film follows a group of Bitcoin plebs in Texas

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and includes key interviews with well-known Bitcoin voices."

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So again, the premiere is this Friday, January 26, in Austin.

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You can get your tickets at bitcoinersmovie.com,

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and they use Zapwrite for payment processing,

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which means that you can pay with Bitcoin, Lightning,

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or with a traditional credit card.

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So check it out if you're in the Texas area

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and wanna come check out a movie.

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Next up, we have a list of Nostr relays

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that have their own Tor Onion service.

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Now, why is this important?

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As you are using an open protocol like Nostr,

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every time you connect to a relay,

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your IP address is being exposed to that relay.

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And as a matter of best practice,

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you should be aware of when your IP address

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is being linked to your online activity,

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especially when it comes to social things

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that could potentially identify you.

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If you don't know what IP address is,

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an IP address is your address on the internet.

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Your home has one, your cell phone has one.

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These IP addresses rarely change,

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and so they are used to track your browsing habits,

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your communication, shopping habits, all sorts of things.

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So it really is nice to kind of be aware

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of how that is getting around online.

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Check this out if you are using Nostr

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and want to maybe bring a little more privacy

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into your Nostr communications.

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This is a list that's maintained by a few different users,

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OXTR, Semisol, Bleetube, and the same cat.

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And always, pull requests are welcome.

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So if you see more, add some to the list.

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Last news for the day

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is a Bitcoin Lightning Wallet comparison site.

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Now, the site Bitcoin Rocks has had this up for a little while

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but they just updated it this week

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to include the Mutiny Wallet.

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So they, on that website, compare Phoenix, Breeze, Mutiny,

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and Wallet of Satoshi.

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They talk about self-sovereignty, custodian,

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all that stuff, and kind of walk you through

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what are the trade-offs between the two.

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So go check that out to learn a little bit more

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about Lightning Wallets.

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Now, in between the news and the project updates,

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I'd like to read any boosts or zaps I got

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through Podcasting 2.0 or on Nostr.

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So we have a boost with 2,000 sets

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from @thewildhustle, says, "Fantastic pod."

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Thank you @thewildhustle.

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And then @joelw boosted 333 sats.

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Those both came in through Podcasting 2.0.

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And then over in the Nostr world,

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we have @rogueava zapped 21 sats and said,

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"Very cool, listening now."

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Thank you all for the boosts and the zaps,

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really appreciate it.

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And any of you who are streaming sats, you all rock.

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Thank you so much.

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If you wanna send a boost with a message,

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I will be reading boosts and zaps on every episode.

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So if you have a message you wanna get out there,

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go ahead and boost and I'll read it on air.

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Now onto the project updates.

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First up, we have SparrowWallet1.8.2.

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In their release notes, they have a few things here,

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improved transaction tree, quicker transaction tab loading,

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reduced rescans on Bitcoin Core,

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effective fee rate for CPFP,

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reduced server calls on opening a transaction tab

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by using open wallet history

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when performing spent output lookups.

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So go check that out if you're running Sparrow Wallet.

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It's a great wallet.

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Next is another wallet, this one's Lightning.

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So Plasma Core Lightning Wallet is a brand new launch.

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over Lightning using LN Socket.

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This is available on the iOS App Store.

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We have another release from Unleashed Chat.

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and this provides initial support for an API.

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The API is currently invite only,

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there's other things that they are including

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in this release.

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that is actually in initial development.

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It's not a release, but I wanted to put it on here

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to get it on your radar.

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This is NDK, which stands for Nostra Development Kit.

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NDK for Drupal.

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Do you remember Drupal?

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Drupal was one of those content management systems

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that took the world by storm like 20 years ago, maybe.

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Well, it's still around, it's still kicking,

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it's still in development.

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and integrate it in.

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So if you use Drupal and want to integrate Nostra with it,

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keep an eye on this project.

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The user is sebastix, S-E-B-A-S-T-I-X.

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Check it out.

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Next up to our Meshtastic friends who are running LoRa

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and getting these long range mesh networks out there,

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there is a new way to flash your devices.

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It's the Meshtastic Web Flasher.

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It's a new flasher for uploading firmware

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to your device via the web.

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It uses web serial technology,

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which is currently available in the Chromium browsers

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and on Edge.

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And if you're setting up

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and maintaining Meshtastic LoRa devices, check this out.

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The last project update for the day

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is also kind of a news announcement,

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but I think you'll get why I put it here.

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So Fountain, the podcast app,

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Fountain 1.0 is launching on Product Hunt.

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If you're not familiar with the Product Hunt website,

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it's a place where a lot of projects get discovered.

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Things like Slack, Notion, Robinhood, Zapier,

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some of these big products really kind of rose up

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when they were brought onto this website as an announcement.

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So Fountain is trying to get the coveted

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product of the day designation.

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And what they are saying here is,

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"We are launching on Product Hunt on Thursday,

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"the 25th of January, 2024,

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"to help raise awareness of Podcasting 2.0

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"and value for value with a global audience,

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"and we need your help.

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"Before launch day, we kindly ask you

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"to sign up on Product Hunt.

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"We launch on Thursday, the 25th of January

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"at 12.01 Pacific Standard Time,

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"and welcome you to join the discussion

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"and support us with a review if you love what we do.

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"The Fountain team will respond to each comment,

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"please taking your feedback on board.

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"The Fountain team will respond to each comment,

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"taking your feedback on board.

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"If you have ideas on what we could improve,

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"please include these in your review,

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"and we will factor your suggestions into our roadmap."

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I think this is awesome and phenomenal.

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Podcasting 2.0 started as a niche technology,

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but it has grown a ton over the last year or so,

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and it would be really sweet to see it start landing

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into some more mainstream podcasting circles,

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and I think Product Hunt is a great way

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to start pushing into that realm.

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So please check it out.

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If you don't use Fountain,

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if you use a different Podcasting 2.0 app,

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that's awesome, that's totally cool,

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but it would be great if you would go to Product Hunt

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and at least support this

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so that you can help support Podcasting 2.0,

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help support Value for Value.

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That's really what this is about.

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It's not just about Fountain, it's about the entire space.

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So that's it for news and updates this week.

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This is Frieden Tech Wrap.

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If you find this weekly source useful,

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please share it with your people.

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You can also support us through Value for Value

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and send us feedback on Noster

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to marks@nosterplebs.com.

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And always remember to live independent.

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Later.

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♪ A disaster ♪

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♪ Stumble forever after ♪

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