A Bitcoiner's journey towards privacy w/ BitcoinQnA

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Wondering what drives normal people to focus on FOSS? This episode, we're sitting down with QnA to chat about his journey towards privacy through Bitcoin and the impact of FOSS along the way.
More about QnA:

• QnA's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/bitcoin-qna/
• QnA's full list of recommended tools -- https://bitcoiner.guide/toolkit/

QnA's recommended tools to Opt Out:

• FOUNDATION devices, a FOSS-first company producing the Passport, a Bitcoin hardware wallet -- https://foundationdevices.com/
• Samourai Wallet, a privacy-preserving Android wallet -- https://samouraiwallet.com/
• Pop_OS!, an easy to use Linux OS -- https://pop.system76.com/
• StarLabs, a Linux-first laptop company -- https://starlabs.systems/
• Threema, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal -- https://threema.ch/en/
• Yunohost, a FOSS platform for simplified self-hosting -- https://yunohost.org/
• Matrix, the protocol -- https://matrix.org/
• Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client -- https://element.io
• Mullvad, a well-known and non-logging VPN provider -- https://mullvad.net/en/

This week's project to help you Opt Out - Pop_OS!:

• Website -- https://pop.system76.com/
• My episode with Jeremy Soller from System76 -- https://www.optoutpod.com/coreboot-foss-firmware-pop_os-and-system76-w-jeremy-soller-special/

Opt Out's Sponsors:

• 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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Chapters

1. A Bitcoiner's journey towards privacy w/ BitcoinQnA (00:00:00)

2. QnA introduces himself (00:02:02)

3. What was it that woke you up to the need for personal privacy? (00:04:33)

4. What about privacy makes it such an important topic for you today? (00:14:48)

5. What is a roadblock you've seen people struggle with when it comes to personal privacy? (00:19:33)

6. How do you motivate or prompt people to get past that roadblock? (00:20:36)

7. What's something that you feel like almost no one agrees with you on? (00:25:03)

8. A shoutout to Opt Out's sponsors (00:40:01)

9. What are some privacy mistakes you've made in the past that you regret? What prompted you to move past them and change your approach? (00:41:33)

10. How has your time in Bitcoin helped drive an interest in FOSS as a whole? (00:48:55)

11. What exactly is FOSS, and why is it more than just viewable source code? (00:51:30)

12. How has your work on education in the Bitcoin privacy space driven you to an interest in broader personal privacy? (00:57:09)

13. What has working for a FOSS/FOSH-first company like FOUNDATION been like for you? What does FOUNDATION do? (01:00:32)

14. What are some of the tools you use regularly to opt out that you’d recommend others take a look at? Why? (01:08:26)

15. What advice would you give to someone who is just starting to realize the need for personal privacy? (01:15:54)

16. This weeks project to help you Opt Out - Pop_OS! (01:20:16)