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On this episode of The Vonu Podcast, I welcome back SW, co-founder of Samourai Wallet, the best privacy tool bitcoin has today.

Herein, SW catches us up on their biggest current endeavor: decentralizing Whirlpool coordination.

Further, he provides a brief rundown of all the features of the wallet; we cover some current events, like the recent Ordinals craze and its impact on fees, a Tornado Cash (Ethereum CoinJoin) developer locked up without charges, and more.

Check out the show guide for additional information.

Background image art credit goes to Walter Russell. What a beautiful potential representation of a decentralized Whirlpool.

SHOW GUIDE:

I recount my super positive experience using Samourai’s free ~24/7 customer support
The importance and relevance of privacy, pseudonyms, and security culture in today’s day and age
The BIP147 PayNym serving as an “identity”/pseudonym across the bitcoin network — and PayNym adoption
Sparrow gets a notable mention; SW talks about working with Craig Raw to help him implement Whirlpool, STONEWALL, Stowaways, & PayNyms onto desktop
A run through of the extensive features already on Samourai Wallet: STONEWALL transactions (txs), Ricochet feature, Stealth mode, scrambled pin, Stowaway, & Whirlpool
Stealth mode wouldn’t have been as necessary 5 years ago, but now device searches are becoming a bigger problem at border crossings
Decentralized Whirlpool coordination!
Offline/cold storage functionality for SW – mixing to cold storage?
I recount my story of first buying bitcoin and difficulties dealing with KYC; and then, an unconventional now-defunct solution
Privacy on the lightning network? And other ways to live on bitcoin
Ordinals: the now-old fad, and SW’s thoughts on potential miner/Whirlpool fees
Toxic change fear porn, what to do with toxic change, & an update on atomic swaps between XMR and BTC
P.A.Z.NIA Spring Gathering: April 13-17, or click here to view our full event schedule
The Midwest Peace and Liberty Fest: MPLFest.org

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