“I WAS WRONG”: Bitcoin, Nostr, AI & The Reality of Freedom Tech Adoption | Matt Odell
By Walker America
Aired Jun 26, 2026 · 1h 30m · Last boosted 22d ago
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In this episode, I sit down with Matt Odell for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of Bitcoin, Nostr, and freedom tech in an era of accelerating AI surveillance. Matt opens up about why he returned to X after two years on Nostr only, what he got wrong about adoption timelines, and why he still believes open protocols are the only credible path forward. We get into the tension between self-custody and custodial convenience, the surveillance threat posed by AI-powered data harvesting, and how Odell thinks about building resilient, censorship-resistant systems from his own self-hosted stack at home. <...
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Two of my favorite podcasters. Might as well shill my favorite conference, TABConf - October 12-15, 2026. Announced by Tidwell to be the LAST TABConf. October is my favorite month in Atlanta.
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@odell talking spending bitcoin... I offer synthetic oils and lubricants and car care products for bitcoin! @lubedirect
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Back at you Walker 😉
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“Shitposting enables the work of trust.” Great rip guys, thanks for everything you’re doing.
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I stream sats to you and am happy to even tho I'm close to broke w/o current income. I'm being a bad hodlr with my few sats. But I believe in the value 4 value ideals. So when I have a mid-sentence advertisement blurt in, I don't want to pay AND be forced to listen to an intrusive ad. I find the experience extremely rude. Who do you want to serve? Your listeners, or your adverting partners? If it's not for me, I wil…
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I appreciate ODELL's idealism (250k followers NUKED!), but I reckon he's doing more good shining a signal for precoiners on X. Nostr is well seeded, let's see what grows. Stay humble, Remnant.