SLP167 Chris Belcher - What’s The Problem With Bitcoin Surveillance?
Chris Belcher rejoins me on the show to talk about Bitcoin Surveillance companies, and what risks they present to Bitcoin. We also talk about JoinMarket fidelity bonds.
- Chain surveillance techniques
- Downsides for Bitcoin
- What to do about it
- “Just Use Monero” is insufficient
- PayJoin & P2EP
- Fidelity Bonds - how they work
- Benefits and costs
Chris Belcher Links:
- Joinmarket donation page: https://bitcoinprivacy.me/joinmarket-donations
- Fidelity bond doc: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/18ea0e6acdb885a2bfbdee43dcd6b5af
- Financial mathematics of fidelity bonds: https://gist.github.com/chris-belcher/87ebbcbb639686057a389acb9ab3e25b
- Twitter: @chris_belcher_
- Reddit: /u/belcher_
- Email: belcher@riseup.net
- Github: github.com/chris-belcher/
- P2P trading exchanges list: https://github.com/cointastical/P2P-Trading-Exchanges/
Other relevant episodes:
- SLP165 Rafael Yakobi Should CoinJoin users be flagged? Is Privacy Illegal?
- SLP149 WAXWING – Is Consumerism At Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, Snicker
- SLP58 Chris Belcher – Defending Bitcoin Privacy
- SLP150 Samorai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin
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