Watchman Privacy

Gabriel Custodiet

Watchman Privacy is a techno-adventure show on privacy tactics and evading technological tyranny. While the podcast has will soon stop, the premium newsletter is the future of the brand.

  1. 5 hr ago

    222 - The Psychopath Duology

    Episode 222 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – The Psychopath Duology   WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com    ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy    SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html  Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    34 min

  2. 1 Jun

    Escape the Technocracy: Summer Sale

    Shop sale here: → https://escapethetechnocracy.com/digitalmarket/

    15 min
  3. 221 - Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr

    25 May

    221 - Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Hillebrand about Nostr: a censorship-resistant social media protocol.   GUEST → https://towardsliberty.com  WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com    ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy  SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html    TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 4:15 – Max Hillebrand's nomad lifestyle 7:35 – Current status of Germany 8:50 – Overview of Nostr 12:30 – Problems with traditional social media 16:10 – Shadow banning and opaque rules distort reality 18:55 – Where did Mastodon go wrong? 20:05 – Which is the biggest thing Nostr has achieved so far? 22:45 – How to run Nostr 27:55 – What are you responsible for as a Nostr user? 31:20 – How do we follow people on Nostr 32:40 – Where does content get hosted? 35:00 – Balance between user-friendly and sovereign 36:45 – Hardcore privacy on Nostr 39:50 – Is Nostr full of only Bitcoin talk? 44:05 – Ongoing maintenance of Nostr 46:30 – Do you have to be in Lightning to use Nostr 49:50 – Quality of life problems 54:00 – Other interesting aspects of Nostr 57:00 – What does censorship-resistance mean? 1:01:20 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    1hr 7min
  4. 220 - Max Tannahill: A Modest Bitcoin Proposal

    11 May

    220 - Max Tannahill: A Modest Bitcoin Proposal

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Max Tannahill, one of the handful of Bitcoiners who believes in the original vision of the project, and one of the handful of people in the world who actually uses Bitcoin. GUEST → https://x.com/maxtannahill  → https://t.me/maxtannahill   → https://bip47db.github.io  (A Decentralised On-Chain Directory for BIP47 Payment Codes) SAMOURAI WALLET SUPPORT → https://billandkeonne.org   → https://recluso774.substack.com  (TDevD writings)   WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com  → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy  SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html    TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:05 – What was the significance of Samourai Wallet in Bitcoin? 8:05 – Upcoming Bitcoin conference – any hope? 14:40 – Latest from Bill (TdevD) 20:50 – BIP-361 25:55 – The BIP process is not Bitcoin 35:10 – BIP-110 40:05 – Worse example of a Bitcoin podcast episode or article 44:22 – Who is worse for sound money: Luke DashJr or Jerome Powell? 47:18 – Opinion on Bitcoin company Strike 50:30 – Max's BIP-47 suggestion 1:09:10 – Is flying the English flag racist? 1:12:30 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    1hr 21min

  5. 4 May

    219 - Maya Parbhoe: Suriname Decentralized

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with former Suriname presidential candidate Maya Parbhoe. They discuss this small South American country and Maya's radical ideas to completely transform it, her backstory, recent controversy related to her presidential run, and where Bitcoin fits in to her ideas.   GUEST → https://x.com/MayaPar25  → https://x.com/srdecentralized     WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com    ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy    SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html    TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Suriname 8:00 – About Maya Parhoe 20:55 – Running for president of Suriname 32:20 – How to transform a country like Suriname 51:40 – Maya Parbhoe recent controversy 1:06:20 – Future endeavors for Maya Parbhoe 1:13:15 – Final thoughts   Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    1hr 18min

  6. 24 Apr

    218 - Ray Youssef: The War Chief in Chains

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Ray Youssef, a crypto entrepreneur formerly of Paxful, who was abducted by federal agents and taken to the US where he is currently facing troubling allegations. He gives an update on his situation and also discusses some of his other views on the Global South, why he is persona non grata at Bitcoin conferences, and why decentralization is not the best process for human freedom. GUEST → https://x.com/raythewarchief   → https://therayfund.com  WATCHMAN'S TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com  ESCAPE THE TECHNOCRACY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy  SUPPORT INDEPENDENT GONZO TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html    TIMELINE 00:00 – Introduction 2:00 – Ray Youssef introduction 19:00 – Ray Youssef captured 20:50 – Stepped down from NoOnes.com 30:15 – Is decentralization the goal? 34:45 – Ray banned from Bitcoin conferences 38:15 – Ray is building a video game 43:20 – Goethe's 'Faust' 50:03 – Testosterone as critical for comprehending the truth Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    59 min

  7. 20 Apr

    Watchman's Torch Privacy Newsletter: One-Year Anniversary

    Subscribe here: → https://watchmanstorch.com

    7 min

  8. 17 Apr

    217 - The Politics of Bitcoin (Zelko & Samourai Wallet)

    Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Zelko of RoninDojo and Samourai Wallet. They unpack the crazy politics in the Bitcoin community: from the fuzzy "red lines" of Bitcoin company, to the gradual diminishment of Bitcoin's cypherpunk origins, to FOSS gaslighting and the recent Ocean Mining censorship. Oh, and Bitcoin is not for Progressives. Note: Originally recorded December 2023   ZELKO & RONINDOJO → https://twitter.com/BTCxZelko  → https://twitter.com/RoninDojoNode  → https://www.podpage.com/citadeldispatch/citadel-dispatch-e026-using  (Node comparison)   SAMOURAI WALLET → https://billandkeonne.org/  → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPY-5SR-jPQ  (Bitcoin: An Experiment in Anarchism) WATCHMAN TORCH PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com  → Latest updates from Watchman Privacy   MY PRIVACY TUTORIALS → https://escapethetechnocracy.com  (including consulting) → https://watchmanprivacy.com  (Gabriel's personal site) → https://twitter.com/watchmanprivacy    SUPPORT INDEPENDENT TECHNO-ADVENTURE JOURNALISM → No sponsors. No ads. Just truth. → https://watchmanprivacy.com/donate.html

    1hr 30min
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Watchman Privacy is a techno-adventure show on privacy tactics and evading technological tyranny. While the podcast has will soon stop, the premium newsletter is the future of the brand.

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  • Creator
    Gabriel Custodiet
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    57
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025
  • Show Website
    Watchman Privacy

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