Max Tannahill: Core Devs vs Real Users

Episode 94 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Max Tannahill: Core Devs vs Real Users

Gabriel Custodiet talks to Max Tannahill about Bitcoin privacy, Monero, and phone privacy. Max is a dedicated and well respected experimenter with wallets and the practical tools that the limousine crypto class would never sully themselves with. As such, Max’s views on these topics—such as Monero as the best layer 2 for Bitcoin and the damage of Taproot and Covenants—come from the thoughtful mind of a rare actual user of these digital technologies.

If you’re new to Bitcoin, watch these first (in order)
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz1-uiQZUUQ
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FNUKkrG_9A
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztHq8YXpw9I
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OmYqq7BPSw
→ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSf0_To8GmE

Guest Links
→ https://twitter.com/maxtannahill

References
→ https://twitter.com/pokkst
→ https://twitter.com/fluffypony
→ https://twitter.com/reardencode
→ https://t.me/monerujounderground (Monero Telegram)
→ https://t.me/SovereignBitcoiner (Telegram group; Monero friendly)
→ https://foundationdevices.com/envoy/ (Envoy Wallet)
→ https://stackwallet.com/ (The 'if iPhone' wallet)

Watchman Privacy
→ https://watchmanprivacy.com (newsletter, consultation requests)
→ https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy
→ https://www.amazon.com/Watchman-Guide-Privacy-Financial-Lifestyle/dp/B08PX7KFS2

Privacy Courses (supports the show)
→ https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/privatebitcoin
→ https://rpf.gumroad.com/l/hackproof

Monero Donation (supports the show)
→8829DiYwJ344peEM7SzUspMtgUWKAjGJRHmu4Q6R8kEWMpafiXPPNBkeRBhNPK6sw27urqqMYTWWXZrsX6BLRrj7HiooPAy

Please subscribe to and rate this podcast wherever you can to help it thrive. Thank you!
→ https://www.youtube.com/@WatchmanPrivacy
→https://odysee.com/@WatchmanPrivacy

Timeline

0:00 – Introduction
0:54 – Intro to Max Tannahill and traditional financial surveillance
6:30 – Privacy problems of Singapore and global cities
9:36 – Max’s crypto-based privacy phone business Mamushi
13:00 – CalyxOS and microG
18:03 – Telegram a mistake for privacy/freedom communities?
21:05 – Fundamental problem of phones = NFC and GPS
26:30 – Traditional finance tools for freedom
29:50 – Other privacy coins
33:00 – Max’s Monero tools
36:20 – Dubai forbids Monero
39:40 – Monero as layer 2 of Bitcoin
42:20 – Monero’s big fat problem
45:05 – Monero resources
47:14 – Rapid Fire
50:45 – What value does Bitcoin have?
52:00 – What happened to SovrynBitcoin website?
52:37 – Before BIP39 how did people back up funds?
53:28 – What is Taproot?
56:21 – Core developers vs real users of Bitcoin
58:38 – What are Covenants and CTV?
1:07:00 – Wallets besides Samourai and Sparrow
1:08:38 – Atomic swaps (and Samourai Wallet)
1:13:41 – Max isn’t concerned about fee rates
1:16:00 – Final thoughts

#WatchmanPrivacy #MaxTannahill #Monero #Bitcoin