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The Praxeology of Privacy: Cypherpunks Rebuilding the Internet - Max Hillebrand | Ep. 165
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Max Hillebrand is a cypherpunk, crypto anarchist, and author of the new book “The Praxeology of Privacy”, a 587-page work bringing Austrian economics and cypherpunk engineering together. He is a contributor to White Noise, a decentralized encrypted messaging app built on Nostr and the Marmot protocol. In this episode, we dig into his new book, the gap between Austrian economics and the cypherpunk movement, state intervention, CBDC, we explore various freedom tech tools, and Max explains his optimism about a peaceful, tech-driven path to freedom.
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LINKS
Max on Nostr: https://tinyurl.com/5x7xbu3h
Max website: https://towardsliberty.com/ Max’s book The Praxeology of Privacy: https://towardsliberty.com/pop
White Noise (Download): https://www.whitenoise.chat/
The Internet Privacy Foundation (Donate): https://ipf.dev/
Master in Bitcoin Degree: https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/master-in-bitcoin-global-edition/
Max’s first episode on You’re The Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyuptJD8YQg
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CHAPTERS
00:00 - Coming Up...
01:36 - Introducing Max, White Noise & The Praxeology of Privacy
04:09 - A Cypherpunk vs a Bitcoiner
07:18 - Defining Privacy vs Secrecy & Anonymity
09:43 - The Gap Between Austrian Economics & Cypherpunks
17:14 - Ad-Break: Expat Money & Ledn
21:13 - Why Observation Enables State Predation
24:40 - Why Write & Open "The Praxeology of Privacy"
30:50 - Living the Cypherpunk Life: Costs & Rewards
32:42 - Ad-Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines
37:16 - Does Bitcoin's Security Depend on People Willing to Resist?
40:48 - Freedom Lived Is Freedom Well Understood
43:46 - CBDCs & Rothbard's Triangular Intervention
52:19 - Cypherpunk Tools 101: Encryption, Signatures, Ha