Episode Details

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

Sponsor links:

• Kraken
• Unchained Capital
• SwanBitcoin

Stephan Livera links:

• Show notes and website
• Follow me on twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera