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S02E16 Pippellia – Reputation Without a Kill Switch

By Shawn Yeager

Ep. 16 · Aired Dec 18, 2025 · 1h 8m · Last boosted Mar 18, 2026

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“Web of Trust is any network of relationship where trust is distributed and emergent—it's not imposed by someone else.” Pip builds the infrastructure that makes decentralized reputation actually work. While platforms like Twitter sell verification for $8, he's applying Google's PageRank algorithm to Nostr—and giving it away for free. EPISODE SUMMARY Right now, if you want to know whether an account is real or a bot, you're trusting Twitter or Meta to tell you. That model is failing—platforms can't stop spam, won't stop scams that pay for ads, and increasingly demand full KYC just to pa...

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EricFJJul 30, 2025
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Enjoying the hell out of this one too. You people are my people. @oshi — you and @psychedelicpsyd would get along…
1776Jul 15, 2025
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Great episode. My intro to your channel. I like the cut of your jib. @oshi is a cool dude.
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EricFJJul 2, 2026
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@npub1equrmqway… these lovely gentlemen want us to talk about BIP-110 … wanna dive into the fire? 😅
EricFJJul 2, 2026
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It’s like, uh, totally, uh all our fault, sorry🫃🏽 #dickrichard
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EricFJApr 12, 2026
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Thanks for the @npub1000000zx0… shoutout gentlemen! Would love to have you on sometime, & vice versa would love to be a guest on YATA to chat about decentralized marketplaces on Nostr!
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It’s so cool that you guys started a show. Congrats.
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1776Jun 25, 2025
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Thanks for continuing to bring us consistent, balanced coverage on Bitcoin news. Still my fave show. My AI friend agrees that not only is your show “X” but it is “Y” lol. Even if the Core code change ends up being a bit of a nothing burger, I think a lot of users have been swayed to run Knots by the elitist heavy handedness the Core devs came across with. Shutting down discourse etc. That and Peter Todd’s supersized ego and smug face. Anyway here’s some sats. Thank you for the great content.
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EricFJJun 21, 2025
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Aspire to be less of a LARP each day thanks to episodes like this. Great show. Also your homophobia is so cute. Really makes you way less gay when you regularly make sure your audience knows you’re totally not gay. That’s some brokeback level straightness we can all aspire to. Careful with the bears you two, bring protection and practice safe nsecs.
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EricFJAug 5, 2026
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GM. Great convo to listen to. Got me even more stoked to meet everyone in Chicago next month!
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EricFJJul 17, 2026
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Great rip gents. World will be a better place as more and more creators follow their inspiration through freedom tech like @npub12hcytyr8f… .
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EricFJNov 17, 2025
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Doubling down - let’s purple pill all the spouses!!
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1776Jan 1, 2026
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Good tips on property selection in particular.
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1776Aug 4, 2025
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Hey Dave good episode. Here’s a zap for this and some past episodes that I’ve been listening to while driving. Hey on the El Salvador thing, have you heard any comment from Max and Stacey? I’m wondering what their take is on what is effectively indefinite leadership. I’ve also been thinking based on Bukele seeming to be a solid leader, if maybe this is the only route he could see to stop the country falling back to the hell it was only 5 years ago under new leadership.
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1776Jul 1, 2025
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Very thoughtful presentation of “normalcy as governance”. It’s an important topic. Having attended both the Ottawa convoy and the blockade of the highway in Coutts, I’ve seen what financial repression can do to families overnight.
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1776May 19, 2025
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Knowing the Australian government, they’re going to use the ruse of tax CGT refunds to create a nice handy registry of all Australian BTC owners, ready for when they implement an unrealized capital gains tax after the next pump. Don’t fall for it Aussie holders!
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1776Jun 5, 2026
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Brilliant
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1776Jan 1, 2026
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Great recap of lessons learned over 100 episodes.
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1776Oct 9, 2025
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Good show. It’s notable that neither the Square Bitcoin story nor the BRINGIN story about the Estonian tradfi integration project make any mention of the need for governments to loosen up on tax reporting rules and implementation of deminimus rules regarding spending Bitcoin. Seems like a good way to mass KYC people that have Bitcoin to spend. I dunno….
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1776Sep 13, 2025
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Damn what a banger episode Dave. You really encapsulated what so many people are feeling this week. The world feels like it’s on warp speed. Bracing myself for some 1960’s style civil disobedience. We are no longer represented in Congress and Parliaments in a way that it can be avoided. Buckle up.
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1776Sep 12, 2025
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Wow! Great episode, and Eric was a super interesting and knowledgeable guest @dannyknowles .This one is worth a second listen. There was so much info jammed in here I felt like Neo after he learned Kung Fu in a single download.
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1776Sep 12, 2025
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Great episode, despite the somber mood that has settled across the land. It’s hard not to be affected by it. Thanks for bringing us stories that the legacy media is intentionally suppressing, and for calling out their gross embellishments and glaring omissions. Have a great Friday
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1776Sep 6, 2025
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Fun episode. Made me laugh out loud a couple of times on my way back from a distant work site. Sun’s letter was hilarious. And the ECB story gave me a real Pimpy in my Cippilone. Have a good weekend Dave.
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1776Aug 17, 2025
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Good episode. Thank you sir.
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1776Aug 7, 2025
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Hey Chris, great episode. I think your rebuttal of JL’s criticisms of Bitcoin was right on point. Another thing to consider is that, even for someone born in 1971, it was still 1989 before that person left high school, 1992-1994 before they exited post-secondary, and perhaps another ten years after that before their income achieved a level that started generating any positive flow. Especially if student debt was part of the equation. By 2004 we were already only 4 years short of the GFC. The last group of people that made it ten years into their careers before the Nixon shock were born in 1937. Makes your head spin.
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1776Jul 31, 2025
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Awesome episode. The points discussed don’t just defend Bitcoin, but put on their heads so many of the ideas and definitions that have become norms in the fight against fiat. Hyperbitcoinization is really already here in many ways. And so is hyperinflation.
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1776Jul 25, 2025
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Great thesis. Highly likely. Banks and fund managers” and banks’ financial engineer’s incentives make it nearly certain. And the powers that be won’t blame the speculators. They will blame Bitcoin, providing justification for a 1602.
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1776Jul 17, 2025
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Great episiode @npub15879mltll… . A sobering and informative look at the realities of exercising 2A rights and what ensues after using deadly force. Anyone who carries or has firearms for home defence owes it to themselves and those who depend on them to give this a listen!
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EricFJJun 13, 2026
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BUILD. SHIP. ZAP. CLENCH. REPEAT. Appreciate you guys. On NIP-99: marketplaces don’t really “pull” from each other… rather, we all “push” marketplace events to relays so anyone can view the open market however they’d like. Conduit is just one lens. Plebeian, Shopstr, Hisa and soon TakeMySats too (and more) are all their own perspectives on a shared pool of product listing & related Nostr events. Similar to how Damus/Nostur/Wisp/Primal etc are all lenses on the same shared constellation of Nostr social events. #hashtag
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EricFJAug 10, 2026
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Shameless boosting of our own show. This one deserves it!
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EricFJAug 1, 2026
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Breathe. Great positive discussion @npub1tan2cwtf8… and Brandon
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EricFJJul 14, 2026
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Thanks so much for having me on again Brandon. Had a blast. Great rip
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EricFJJul 6, 2026
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Great guest and great questions- a real operator with a balanced perspective.
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    Wow, what an interesting and immaculately crafted episode. Your questions and the dialogue that arose as a result of them really crystallized my understanding of reputation and web of trust concepts. Pure Bitcoin. I’d say pure gold but that metaphor is so 2008. This content is fantastic @Shawn