10 Devices Against State Surveillance (plus Joel Valenzuela on Dash's Shielded Pool)

Show notes

Guests: Joel Valenzuela (Dash / Free State Project), Ray Youssef (Paxful founder (“the War Chief”))

Joel Valenzuela joins from the Free State to talk about New Hampshire's midterms, the latest privacy-chain exploits, and Dash's new shielded pool and private assets. Then Ray Youssef tells the Paxful story: how gift cards brought Bitcoin to Nigeria, and how he was taken from Mexico after a speech and is now awaiting trial. We finish with 10 devices and tools agorists can use against state surveillance.

Timestamps

1. 00:00Intro and welcome back to the studio
2. 01:32Tonight's lineup, Exit and Build 6, sponsor shout-outs
3. 03:51Cash Stamps Bitcoin Cash giveaway
4. 05:13Joel Valenzuela joins from New Hampshire
5. 05:49NH State House and midterm outlook
6. 11:07Exploits in privacy chains
7. 13:02How private is private enough? Threat models
8. 17:41How Dash shielding works (Zcash Orchard circuit)
9. 24:06Is Dash's shielded pool at risk? Formal verification
10. 27:04Private assets on Dash, private stablecoins
11. 29:11Dash and Freedom Dollar on the Zebec card
12. 31:22The Zano rollback and Cake Wallet delisting
13. 34:28Joel’s plug: Maya Protocol
14. 35:54Break
15. 40:30Ray Youssef joins
16. 41:08Pax Americana to “Pax Judaica”
17. 45:23Islam, propaganda, and Western scapegoats
18. 51:59Is Islam compatible with libertarianism?
19. 57:32Ray’s arrest: 20 agents in Mexico after his speech
20. 58:40Ray’s story: Egypt to startups to Tahrir Square
21. 1:12:16The Paxful story
22. 1:14:25Gift cards as the first digital bearer instrument in Africa
23. 1:21:43Rendition day: Mexico → LAX → county jail
24. 1:24:51The case: next court date Nov 10
25. 1:28:46Why the Empire fears money and payment rails
26. 1:41:19#1 Air-gapped hardware wallet (Cupcake / old phone)
27. 1:45:32Store keys away from home: multisig, boxes, gun safe
28. 1:49:42#3 Goblin card (non-KYC Monero → cash; code SAL)
29. 1:53:02#4 Faraday bag; smart TVs and phones listening
30. 1:56:52#5 Nym mixnet (Edge Wallet); running nodes
31. 2:05:26#6 Encrypted messaging: Signal, SimpleX, Session, Telegram secret chats, Radar Chat
32. 2:10:09#7 CryptoSteel backup
33. 2:12:23Crossbow and cryptography
34. 2:14:09Bonus: 3D printers
35. 2:16:20Linux, GrapheneOS, Navajo code talkers
36. 2:24:09#10 Your car — kill switches, older gas cars, diesel, EMP
37. 2:32:212028 politics and leaving the country
38. 2:35:13Earn online, live abroad; thrift; node income
39. 2:39:57Where to find us / sign-off

Links mentioned

• Agora Threads
• 3D Printer Go Brrr
• Watch live on X
• Mark Edge

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