Outlaw Crypto Podcast

In this episode I caught up with Richard Greaser, founder of the Bitcoin Bugle, a Bitcoin-focused satirical newsite, along the lines of the Onion, or Babylon Bee, and had a surprisingly serious conversation. Check it out!

In this episode I was able to sit down with Dave and Ron from the Canary in the Cage podcast, which is the world's first podcast available on the darknet, which accepts XMR donations and holds a weekly Monero challenge and focuses on giving actionable advice on how to opt out and pursue freedom through Libertarianism and Agorism. Check it out. https://thecanaryinthecage.com/

In this episode I chat with my Lebanese Monero friend Tony aka Car Battery LB, about Monero and crypto adoption in Lebanon, the current economic situation with the hyper-inflating Lira and the Israeli invasion and aggression. Don't miss it!

In this episode I sat down with legendary cypherpunk Harry Halpin, CEO of Nym VPN, to talk about the recent launch of the Nym VPN and anonymous mixnet, and why it's one of the most private ways to get online. This is one interview you won't want to miss.

In this episode, I sat down with Starkerz, a digital rights advocate, and Hive community member. Hive is a decentralized social media blockchain which forked from Steemit. Hive has just celebrated its 5 year anniversary and has a rich global community, amazing content, a built in P2P circular economy, and a revolutionary spirit. Check it out!

In this episode I am joined by Douglas Tuman, host of the Monero Talk and Moneroptopia podcasts, organizer of the Monerotopia conference, and founder of XMR Bazaar, XMR Chat, Gratuitas, and Nodo. We discuss Doug's forays into Monero-focused entrepreneurial pursuits, his upcoming event at this year's Porkfest and more. Don't miss it!

This is the lost interview with Ardocrat, a Grin developer and cypherpunk from Russia, whose work on the Grin GUI & Grin wallet written in Rust has been instrumental to provide infrastructure for one of the most private, fairly launched and underrated coins in all of crypto. Check it out!

This is my lost interview with Alex Romanov, a devloper for Beam, Mimblewimble-based privacy focused blockchain and smart contracting platform. Beam has been an innovator pioneering private Web3 infrastructure and usecases, with little to no fanfare and is one of the best kept secrets in crypto. Check out the interview!

This is a lost episode, which I recorded in September 2024 with Rare Passenger, a long time Bitcoiner who has lived on crypto for years and has frequently shared his experiences, using crypto as money. We had a very insightful conversation which was spot on in retrospect, as we discussed the elections, the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Stablecoins under a possible Trump or Harris administration. R...

After long break, I am back with a banger interview with Xenu, the host of the Anti Moon Boy Youtube channel which puts out high quality Monero-focused content. We had a good time shooting the breeze and discussing some of the latest topics in Monero, like Rucknium's recent OSPEAD research, Attack of the Poison Outputs, and Xenu's weekly Anti Moon Boy news shows. Check it out!

In episode 7, I am joined by freelance Bitcoin & Nostr developer Supertestnet, to discuss privacy in Bitcoin and Lightning, and whether Robosats is a bonafide Darknet Market. It was a great conversation, and lots of fun. Check it out! Supertestnet's website & projects: https://supertestnet.org/

In episode 6 of season 2, I caught up with Csilla Brimer, the CEO of Willenrimer, a Blockchain consultancy firm, and long time privacy activist, who's been active in the Monero scene. We talk about the full fledged war on privacy, and how we can opt out, with Free Open Source Software and open hardware.

In episode 5, I was able to talk to Floppy aka @1440000bytes about his work on Joinstr, the decentralized Bitcoin coinjoin implementation which takes advantage of Nostr. He breaks it down and gives a sneak peak of his Bitcoin privacy effort. https://joinstr.xyz/ https://gitlab.com/invincible-privacy/joinstr

In episode 4 of season 2, I was able to sit down and chat with Exitus, a Decred DAO contributor who gave me a sneak peak at the Bison wallet decentralized exchange being launched by the Decred community. Don't sleep on this interview! https://x.com/BisonWallet https://decred.org/

Kallisti Cash, BCH & Selene Wallet, S2E3, Outlaw Crypto Podcast After taking a week and a half for a vacation, the Outlaw Crypto Podcast is back with an interview with Kallisti Cash, lead developer of Selene wallet, a Bitcoin Cash wallet made for a user-friendly experience. Don't miss it! https://selene.cash

In episode 2 of the second season of the Outlaw Crypto Podcast, I am happy to welcome Vlad Costea, host of the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast. Vlad joined me to talk about his recent conversion to a privacy coin focused Bitcoiner. Follow Vlad on Twitter: https://x.com/TheVladCostea Listen to his podcast, Bitcoin Takeover: https://bitcoin-takeover.com/audio/

Episode description We’re back with season 2 of the Outlaw Crypto Podcast and we’re kicking it off with a bang! I’m happy to welcome Reuben Yap, Project Steward of the Firo privacy coin to the show. Reuben was kind enough to bless us with 2 hours of his time to give us the rundown on all things Firo. https://firo.org/

In the season finale for season one of the Outlaw Crypto podcast, I am honored and privileged to sit down with Aaron Day and talk about the effort underway to corral humanity into the digital tyranny of CBDCs or central bank digital currencies, social credit, financial surveillance, censorship and programmable spending conditions. The Outlaw Crypto podcast season 2 will be coming soon, thanks for...

In episode 11 Lunar Mining, a developer from the DarkFi project joins me to give us an update on all the fast paced developments taking place in the DarkFi community as they prepare to launch their newest testnet which will change the project to a Proof of Work chain that’s merge-mined with Monero. This is a must listen. Check out DarkFi: https://dark.fi/

In episode 10, I catch up with Luke Parker, the security researcher and developer behind Monero’s recent Full Chain Membership Proofs proposal, the upcoming Serai Dex, and the recently release Deanonymization of the Dero Network vulnerability report. We talk about his work on FCMP, Serai, the Dero debacle and Fully Homomorphic Encryption.

In Episode 9 of The Outlaw Crypto Podcast, my guest is Ray Youssef, the visionary CEO of Noones. Noones is a revolutionary peer-to-peer crypto trading exchange that is combating financial apartheid in the Global South. Ray is also behind the development and release of the upcoming and much anticipated Civkit P2P trading protocol.

In episode 8 of the Outlaw Crypto Podcast, I was able to have a conversation with Mr. Kwibs, head of marketing at Zano, a Cryptonote-based Web3 blockchain with privacy by default. Zano recently implemented the Zarcanum hard fork which enabled private staking and confidential assets. We had a great time discussing Zarcanum and what it means for Zano. Give it a listen!

Episode 7 of the Outlaw Crypto Podcast is my interview with Secret Name Basis, a Dero developer and community member who was kind enough to come on the show and talk to us about the Dero project. Dero is a privacy coin with full homomorphic encryption, smart contracts and private assets which is pioneering a more private web3. Follow Secret on Twitter: https://secretnamebasis.site/ Don’t forget to...

In episode 6, I was able to interview JWinterM founder & co-creator of Wownero, and many lols were shared. We discussed all things Wownero and had a very interesting chat. Check it out, and be sure to check out WOW: https://wownero.org/ https://suchwow.xyz/s/

In episode 5, I’m able to connect with Nicholas Gregory the developer behind Mercury Layer, a Statechain swap protocol and Bitcoin layer 2, which lets people trade BTC private keys. Nicholas is also one of the developer’s behind Civkit, a censorship-resistant marketplace for P2P trading of Bitcoin. Mercury Layer: https://mercurylayer.com/ Civkit: https://civkit.github.io/