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How FediMints could ease onboarding and privacy in Bitcoin w/ Eric Sirion and Matt Odell
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Eric and Matt introduce themselves

Episode Summary

This episode, we're sitting down with Eric Sirion and Matt Odell to chat about FediMints, a fascinating and unusual new proposal that seeks to ease onboarding
and privacy on Bitcoin with important trade-offs.More about Eric Sirion and Matt Odell:Eric Sirion's guest profile --
https://optoutpod.com/guests/eric-sirion/Matt Odell's guest profile -- https://optoutpod.com/guests/odell/More about FediMints:Website -- https://f... Show More... Show More

Chapters

  • Eric and Matt introduce themselves
  • What was it that woke you up to the need for more attainable privacy on Bitcoin?
  • What prompted the creation of FediMint?
  • What would you hope users get from using FediMint?
  • What are the key trade-offs with FediMint, and why do you view them as worth it?
  • A shoutout to Opt Out's sponsors
  • How does FediMint provide strong privacy to users despite being custodial?
  • What are your thoughts on the legal and regulatory attack surface FediMint may bring on custodians and users?
  • What financial incentive do FediMint custodians have, and how can they build a business model around FediMint?
  • What does user authorization/access look like? Are seed-phrases unnecessary?
  • How does FediMint pair with Lightning? How are they symbiotic?
  • How do you view the tradeoffs of FediMint vs using Monero for spending while saving in Bitcoin?
  • How can listeners help support what you're doing with FediMint?

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