Towards Liberty Podcast
The Praxeology of Privacy: Cypherpunks Rebuilding the Internet - Max Hillebrand | Ep. 165
Max Hillebrand is a cypherpunk, crypto anarchist, and author of the new book “The Praxeology of Privacy”, a 587-page work bringing Austrian economics and cypherpunk engineering together. He is a contributor to White Noise, a decentralized encrypted messaging app built on Nostr and the Marmot protocol. In this episode, we dig into his new book, the gap between Austrian economics and the cypherpunk movement, state intervention, CBDC, we explore various freedom tech tools, and Max explains his optimism about a peaceful, tech-driven path to freedom. → Please like, comment, share & subscribe, to help me beat the suppressing algo's. Thank you! SPONSORS → Join me on Oct. 1-2 on Expat Money Summit, focusing on Latin America, and hosted by Mikkel Thorup. Register for free, or use code EFRAT for 30% off VIP tickets: http://ExpatMoneySummit.com → Access liquidity without selling your Bitcoin with Ledn, get 0.25% off your first loan: https://ledn.io/Efrat → Get your TREZOR wallet & accessories, with a 5% discount, using my code at checkout (get my discount code from the episode - yep, you’ll have to watch it): https://affil.trezor.io/SHUn → Have you tried mining bitcoin? Stack sats directly to your wallet while saving on taxes with Abundant Mines: https://AbundantMines.com/Efrat - Claim your free month of hosting via this link LINKS Max on Nostr: https://tinyurl.com/5x7xbu3h Max website: https://towardsliberty.com/ Max’s book The Praxeology of Privacy: https://towardsliberty.com/pop White Noise (Download): https://www.whitenoise.chat/ The Internet Privacy Foundation (Donate): https://ipf.dev/ Master in Bitcoin Degree: https://hesperides.edu.es/estudios/master-in-bitcoin-global-edition/ Max’s first episode on You’re The Voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyuptJD8YQg Efrat’s X: https://twitter.com/efenigson Efrat’s Channels: https://linktr.ee/efenigson Watch on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/yourethevoice Support Efrat’s work: https://tinyurl.com/zapefrat CHAPTERS 00:00 - Coming Up... 01:36 - Introducing Max, White Noise & The Praxeology of Privacy 04:09 - A Cypherpunk vs a Bitcoiner 07:18 - Defining Privacy vs Secrecy & Anonymity 09:43 - The Gap Between Austrian Economics & Cypherpunks 17:14 - Ad-Break: Expat Money & Ledn 21:13 - Why Observation Enables State Predation 24:40 - Why Write & Open "The Praxeology of Privacy" 30:50 - Living the Cypherpunk Life: Costs & Rewards 32:42 - Ad-Break: Trezor & Abundant Mines 37:16 - Does Bitcoin's Security Depend on People Willing to Resist? 40:48 - Freedom Lived Is Freedom Well Understood 43:46 - CBDCs & Rothbard's Triangular Intervention 52:19 - Cypherpunk Tools 101: Encryption, Signatures, Hashing & VPNs 57:23 - Zero-Knowledge Proofs and the Age-Verification Trap 01:02:03 - Anonymous Database Lookups & TEE (Trusted Execution Environment) 01:04:29 - Rebuilding the Internet: Mesh Networks, FIPS & Tollgate 01:05:49 - Cypherpunks Can Just Build Things 01:12:37 - The Internet Privacy Foundation: Funding Freedom Tech 01:14:02 - White Noise (Decentralized Messaging) 01:14:52 - Max Resources & Book Translations AFFILIATES → Want to preserve your privacy online? Get a GrapheneOS privacy phone or laptop, up to $150 off “Above Phone” products + extra $50 off with code EFRAT: https://abovephone.com/efrat/ → Get 15% off “Born To Be Free” all-natural, tallow-based skincare products on a bitcoin standard, using code EFRAT: https://oshi.link/1nvZYq → Join me in these upcoming events & use code EFRAT for discounted tickets: https://www.efrat.blog/p/upcoming-events → Get 10% off on Augmented NAC to detox Spike protein, with the code YCXKQDK2 via this link: https://store.augmentednac.com/?via=efrat (This is not medical advice, please consult your MD) → Watch “New Totalitarian Order” conference with Prof. Mattias Desmet & Efrat - code EFRAT for 10% off: https://efenigson.gumroad.com/l/desmet_efrat Original YouTube episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTH9W1lRMWY Original publisher episode: https://www.efrat.blog/p/the-praxeology-of-privacy-cypherpunks Originally published by [You're The Voice / Efrat Fenigson](https://www.efrat.blog/)
