Journey to Sovereignty

It’s been a crazy last few weeks here at Foundation, so we wanted to focus this episode on chatting about all that we’ve launched, how the Ledger Recover fiasco has played out, and what we’re working on next.

If you’ve been hearing the hype around Peach Bitcoin or simply starting to look into acquiring Bitcoin via a P2P exchange, today’s episode is for you! We’ll be diving into why Peach exists, how it’s different from the other P2P exchanges out there, and answering all your questions.

If it's seemed too daunting to use Lightning without sacrificing custody of your Bitcoin, what Breez is building might be just the solution you need. On this week's episode we sit down with Ivan from Breez to talk about the future of self-custodial Lightning and how we can beat fiat at it's own game.

If you’ve heard the term “VPN” from a sketchy ad during a YouTube video or a shadowy super coder, you might have been turned off to the concept. Today we’re going to break down what a VPN is, how one works, and why they’re actually amazing tools for your every-day-carry digital toolkit. Let’s make (good) VPNs the standard.

If you’ve heard about ways that Bitcoin nodes can track you or theoretical attacks against Bitcoin nodes, we’ve got you covered in today’s episode. We’re going to dive into how network privacy works in Bitcoin, what nodes learn about you, and dive into an active attack against your node that’s been going on for the past few months.

We talk through how Bitcoin was built from the ground up to stand on its own and how you can acquire and use Bitcoin without ever touching your bank account.

On today’s episode, we’re going to start a more technical deep dive into all things Bitcoin privacy, starting with why Bitcoin transactions reveal the information they do, and what information we must protect to preserve our privacy while using Bitcoin.

Today we’re going back to basics – what even is sovereignty, and why do we talk about it so much at Foundation?

This episode, we’re breaking down a foundational intersection - how privacy and sovereignty must go hand in hand for human freedom to flourish.

For this episode of Journey to Sovereignty, we’re going to start a deep dive into Bitcoin as a tool for sovereignty, starting with Bitcoin hardware wallets.

We’ll do a bit of a deeper dive into what secure elements are, what we use them for, and what benefits and tradeoffs come with using them to help us secure our Bitcoin.

We’ll answer the basic questions that are commonly asked around multisig, dive into the pros and cons, and hear a bit from Bitcoin Keeper on how they’re approaching multisig in a fresh way.