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TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

#584: The VPN That Can't Track You with Carl Dong

TFTC: A Bitcoin Podcast

Marty Bent

Technology

4.8764 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Marty sits down with Carl Dong to discuss the launch of Obscura.


Carl on Twitter: https://x.com/carl_dong

Obscura VPN: https://obscura.net/


0:00 - Intro

0:36 - Solving private VPN payments

5:48 - Explaining VPN hops

12:39 - Fold & Bitkey

14:34 - Censorship game theory

22:13 - VPNs more usable in restricted environs

27:10 - New generation of trustless VPNs

36:59 - User data is a toxic liability

41:16 - New possibilities for internet freedom

50:27 - Obscura's long term vision



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0:00.0

You've had a dynamic where money has become freer than free.

0:10.0

If you talk about a Fed just gone nuts, all the central banks going nuts.

0:16.0

So it's all acting like safe haven.

0:18.0

I believe that in a world where central bankers are tripping over themselves to devalue their currency,

0:24.4

Bitcoin wins.

0:25.3

In the world of fiat currencies, Bitcoin is the victor.

0:29.2

I mean, that's part of the bold case for Bitcoin.

0:31.8

If you're not paying attention, you probably should be.

0:36.3

Carl Dong, welcome back to the show.

0:39.6

Glad to be here, Marty.

0:42.2

It's fantastic to be back.

0:44.4

Yeah, last time was back in New York in Williamsburg, right?

0:48.5

That was a long time ago.

0:49.5

I remember you brought some brews in and we had a little beer.

0:54.5

It was great.

1:02.0

Talking about reproducible builds on Bitcoin and Geeks, a project that you worked on for quite some time.

1:02.7

Thank you for that.

1:04.2

Of course. Of course.

1:04.8

I mean, it was a pleasure.

1:07.0

I mean, everything, I'm very lucky that everything I work on is like an obsession

1:14.4

of mine, you know? So it really doesn't feel like hard work at all. It just feels like I am

1:19.9

chasing this rabbit hole that I would have otherwise been chasing it anyway. So, yeah.

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