Towards Liberty Podcast

### News - **0:00 Intro** This episode follows Nostr Compass #27 across signer work, P2P trade protocols, flagship client releases, merged NIPs, and deep dives on NIP-77 and NIP-61. - **0:19 Amethyst v1.12.0 – Cashu wallets, nutzaps, CLINK driver & Tor self-heal** Amethyst v1.12.0 bundles 170+ PRs including NIP-60 Cashu wallets and NIP-61 nutzaps in PR #3075, per-mint balance in PR #3115, unified...

### News - **0:00 Marmot v2: protocol redraft, native clients, archived Flutter app** The marmot-protocol organization opened darkmatter for a v2 protocol draft and OpenMLS-backed CGKA engine, plus darkmatter-ios and darkmatter-android native clients. The original Flutter Whitenoise is archived as whitenoise-archive while MDK remains the deployed implementation until the draft converges. MIP-01 mo...

Privacy isn’t about having something to hide. It’s about preserving the freedom to act, communicate, and coordinate without coercion. In this episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker sits down with privacy advocate, cypherpunk, and Freedom Tech builder Max Hillebrand to discuss his new book, The Praxeology of Privacy. Max explains how Austrian economics and cypherpunk philosophy intersect, why priva...

### News - **0:00 Intro** This episode follows Nostr Compass #25 across top stories, releases, in-development work, a batch of merged NIPs, and deep dives on NIP-32 and NIP-F4. - **0:15 Amber 6.2.0 – NIP-44 v3 encryption shipped** Amber v6.2.0 adds NIP-44 v3 encryption with a dedicated approval screen, intent and bunker previews, history logging, auto-reject for invalid requests, and ContentProvid...

🔐 How NOT to Lose Your Bitcoin At Bitcoin Ireland Conference 2026, Bitcoin security expert Max Hillebrand delivers a practical and thought-provoking presentation on one of the most important topics in Bitcoin: protecting your wealth. In this talk, Max explores the principles of self-custody, common security mistakes, and the steps every Bitcoiner can take to better secure their Bitcoin. Whether y...

### News - **0:25 Amethyst v1.11.0: calendars, on-chain zap splits, and Marmot replies** Amethyst v1.11.0 adds NIP-52 calendar UI and reminders in PR #2994, on-chain Bitcoin zap splits in PR #3018, paginated on-chain zap history in PR #2974, Marmot group reply support in PR #2995, hardened NIP-57 receipt validation in PR #2984, and NIP-92 floating-point imeta dimensions in PR #2968, plus Payment T...

Recorded May 28, 2026 at bitcoin++ Vienna, economics edition — Vienna, Austria. Max Hillebrand presents a praxeological account of privacy: why the action axiom and the structure of human cooperation make privacy a precondition for a functioning economy, not an optional feature bolted onto it. Conference page: https://btcpp.dev/vienna#talks Future bitcoin++ events: https://btcpp.dev

"We are taught that the state builds our economy, but the reality is that every act of intervention is an act of wealth destruction." Max Hillebrand joins Danny Knowles on What Bitcoin Did to tear down the Keynesian fallacies that keep us in a cycle of manufactured poverty and systemic theft. They go deep into the Austrian framework to explain why privacy isn't just a tech feature, it is the bedro...

How can money work without trusting a bank, a government, or any central authority? In this conversation, Max Hillebrand explores the origins of digital cash, the privacy challenges of Bitcoin, and why verification may be more important than trust. A fascinating discussion on Bitcoin, privacy, decentralization, and financial freedom in the digital age. #Bitcoin #BitcoinPrivacy #FreedomTech #Digita...

A Lodging of Wayfaring Men by Paul Rosenberg Narrated by Max Hillebrand The complete audiobook as a single low-bitrate MP3 file. Use this if you want one continuous listen; otherwise pick a chapter from the feed. A novel about the early internet, cryptography, and free markets. Praxeology, sovereignty, encryption, and the question of how human beings live free.

The Praxeology of Privacy with Max Hillebrand | Bitcoin Infinity Show #205

### News - **00:00 Intro** This episode follows Nostr Compass #23 across top stories, shipping releases, in-development work, protocol proposals, and deep dives on NIP-07 and NIP-39. - **00:15 Primal 3.5 for Android** Primal shipped 3.5.9 with a rebuilt application shell, a dedicated Explore screen, inline audio playback for link previews, inline NIP-05 verification badges, notification filtering...

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about Nostr: a censorship-resistant social media protocol.

Episode 221 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about Nostr: a censorship-resistant social media protocol. GUEST → https://towardsliberty.com/ WATCHMAN’S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/ (including consulting) → htt...

Mentor Sessions Ep. 070: Why “Nothing to Hide” Is the Most Dangerous Lie Ever Sold, Why Privacy Is NOT a Right But Your Only Real Defense, and How Tech Can Crush Free-Range Serfdom | Molyneux & Hillebrand Privacy is a consequence of property rights — and the government is racing to destroy both. Stefan Molyneux and Max Hillebrand join BTC Sessions for a rare, unfiltered debate on why surrendering...

### News - **0:00 Intro** This episode follows Nostr Compass #22 across top stories, shipping releases, in-development work, five new NIP proposals, and deep dives on NIP-78 and NIP-98. - **0:20 Nostr VPN v4.0.10 — eight releases, full FIPS migration** Nostr VPN shipped v4.0.1 through v4.0.10, with v4.0.8 swapping AEAD to BoringSSL ChaCha20-Poly1305 in ring 0.17 for roughly 2x TCP throughput. The...

Nodesignal-Talk - E281 - Leck im Stack - Warum Hodler Geld verlieren

### News - **0:00 Intro** This episode follows Nostr Compass #21 across lead stories, tagged releases, unreleased changes, new projects, protocol drafts, and two NIP deep dives. - **0:18 MDK 0.8.0 — MIP-05 notification primitives & addressable key packages** MDK v0.8.0 ships first MIP-05 notification primitives in PR #235, addressable NIP-51 key packages, mixed-version compatibility, and validatio...

Nodesignal-Talk - E280 - Sovereign Engineering – Show-Talk-Build

GitWorkshop expands git-over-Nostr review, Routstrd routes paid inference, and Six Nostr Aprils tracks protocol history, including NIP-34 and NIP-67 updates weekly.

Episode 19 tracks major client releases, relay hardening, Marmot interoperability work, and NIP proposals, plus deep dives on communities and zaps.

Episode 18 covers Amethyst's major architecture upgrades, rapid client releases, emerging Marmot tooling, and seven NIP proposals plus deep dives today.

Amethyst migrates to Arti Tor and ships pure Kotlin MLS and Marmot. NIP-58 badges migrate kinds. NIP-17 and NIP-46 deep dives.

... Manu (Münzweg): https://muenzweg21.podbean.com/ - Max Hillebrand: https://towardsliberty.com/ - Zettizettler: ...

... Manu (Münzweg): https://muenzweg21.podbean.com/ - Max Hillebrand: https://towardsliberty.com/ - Zettizettler: ...