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S02E11 Stephen DeLorme – Bitcoin and Freedom by Design

By Shawn Yeager

Aired Nov 13, 2025 · 1h 6m · Last boosted Nov 13, 2025

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“It's really difficult to engineer freedom tech—solutions that require you to kind of take ownership of your money, take ownership of your data. These things typically have engineering solutions that are harder to build; they might take a longer time to build, or it might actually require the user to kind of learn something new.” Two days after Square unleashed Bitcoin payments on four million merchants, we're asking the uncomfortable question: what if buttery-smooth UX beats self-custody every time? Episode Summary Stephen DeLorme designs Bitcoin products at Voltage and helps run Atlanta's ATL Bi...

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    One of the best design thinkers in this space @npub1nxy56ame2… - “think about WHO you are building for” and to be involved in problem definition an UX early - goal is to minimize friction and have products that work AND last