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Technology is an amazing gift that brings us convenience. What do we give up for it? On Freedom Tech Wrap, we discover ways to keep using the latest technology while operating on our own terms. This feed includes weekly updates for Freedom Tech projects. It also has periodic episodes in "No Strings" episodes that dive deep into Freedom Tech topics. Your host has decades of experience building the technology you use daily. Explore new ideas, get updates, and hear interviews with key people in the freedom tech space. We hope you come away from each episode with something you can...
FTW 16 - Samourai, Phoenix, FISA 702, Assange, Braiins - Nate Johnivan
Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com X/Twitter - @markskram Web - nostrings.show Lightning - marks@mutiny.plus Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thanks for listening!
Apr 29, 2024 • 31:46
FTW 15 - FISA 702, Snowden, Mi Primer Bitcoin, Paraguay, Sparrow, Wasabi, Phoenix, LNCast, AI Studio, Hushline, Satoshi 7B, Zappy 21st, IROH
Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com X/Twitter - @markskram Web - nostrings.show Lightning - marks@mutiny.plus Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thanks for listening!
Apr 18, 2024 • 36:08
FTW 14 -Bull Bitcoin, Milei, Coinbase, Lightspark, Casa, Chamber, Geoarbitrage, Primal, Zeus, Mutiny, Liana, Fedimint, Unleashed, Coldcard, RoninUI, Citadel, PayPerQ, ChatGPT, LoLRa - bennyjeans
Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com X/Twitter - @markskram Web - nostrings.show Lightning - marks@mutiny.plus Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thanks for listening!
Apr 11, 2024 • 24:08
FTW 13 - Julian Assange, SBF, Craig Wright, Bitmain, Neutronpay, Machankura, Casa, Jan, Hedehog, Alby, Mutiny, Fedi, Unleashed, Zeus, BTCPay Server, Nunchuck, Unchained, Jade, Cashu, Mynymbox, Citrine, NDK, Ollie
Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com X/Twitter - @markskram Web - nostrings.show Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thanks for listening!
Apr 6, 2024 • 34:58
FTW 12 - Starshield, Roman Sterlingov, SEC-02, HRF, OpenSats, Umbrel, Openvibe, Wikifreedia, Open Agents, Stacker News, SimpleX, Samourai, RoboSats, Stratum V2, Bitcoin Mints, Cashu, Strike Black, Meraki/Toska
News Elon Musk Building Worlds Most Advanced Spy Satellite Swarm Network for US Gov Roman Sterlingov Found Guilty on Four Counts, Court Finds Chainalysis 'Reliable' Sovereign Engineering Cohort #02 Human Rights Foundation Grants $500,000 to 14 Bitcoin Projects Worldwide OpenSats Issues Long-Term Support Grant to Bruno Garcia Software Releases & Project Updates UmbrelOS v1.0 Openvibe: Plebstr rebrand Wikifreedia 0.0.6 Open Agents Stacker News: open source contribution awards Simplex v5.6 S
Mar 26, 2024 • 33:54
FTW 11 - COPA, TopBuilder, Pix in Brazil, Bitcoin Takeover SXSW, Bisq 2, FreeGPT-2, StartOS, Ghost, Blowater, The No Good Redwood Ramblers
News Craig Wright Is Not Bitcoin Creator Satoshi Nakamoto, Judge Declares Winner of TopBuilder 2024 is Yopaki Pix in Brazil: A Field Study for the Bitcoin Community Bitcoin Takeover @ SXSW Project Updates Bisq 2. FreeGPT-2 for StartOS Ghost 5.80.3 Blowater Song of the Week The No Good Redwood Ramblers - The 5th Horse of the Apocalypse Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com X/Twitter - @markskram Web - nostrings.show Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thank
Mar 20, 2024 • 17:41
FTW 10 - Egypt, IMF, Dr Phil, Censorship, Meshtastic, Privacy for Personal Finance, Tor, SEC-01, Mutiny, Sparrow, Polar, Amethyst, Primal, Slidestr, Brythreesixty
News Egypt floats currency and agrees with IMF to increase bailout loan to $8bn A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for world’s tech giants Dr. Phil Reveals Facebook Censored His Video on Child Trafficking at the Border Meshtastic Network in Cape Town, South Africa Tor - Project Arti is hiring experienced Rust developers Sovereign Engineering Cohort 1 comes to an end Project Updates Actual 24.3.0 Mutiny Wallet on App Store and Play Store Sparrow 1.8.3 Polar 2.2.0 Amethyst 0.85.0 Primal for And
Mar 16, 2024 • 22:59
FTW 9 - OpenSats, Strike, Cypher, Fountain Radio, Cashu, Coinbase, Wikifreedia, GrapheneOS, Unleashed, Stacker News, NDK, Slidestr, Voltage, Zeus, Wasabi, Nos, Man Like Kweks
News** OpenSats - Announces Feb 2024 grants Strike Africa Cypher - introducing Cypher MVP Fountain Radio Cashu-Address-SDK Nostr.build announces new Creator plans Avast Ordered to Stop Selling Browsing Data from its Browsing Privacy Apps Nostrudel is available on Umbrel Coinbase had major downtime as Bitcoin began pumping in price US judge halts government effort to monitor crypto mining energy use Project Updates Wikifreedia 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5 GrapheneOS 2024022600 Unleashed Chat 0.1.16 Sta
Mar 7, 2024 • 23:05
FTW 8 - Web of Trust, Signal, Wikifreedia, CHADBot, Exodus, Avalanche, Braiins, Zap.store, Nostr Nests, GrapheneOS, Passport, Primal, Coracle, KYCNOT.me, Longy
News Signal - Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames Introducing Wikifreedia CASCDR Releases the CHADBot Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490K Swindle Avalanche halts block production amid inscription wave launch Braiins Becomes FIrst Mining Pool to Introduce Lightning Payouts Zap.store - install Android apps from trusted sources Project Updates Nostr Nests 2.0 GrapheneOS 2024022300 Passport Firmware v2.3.0 Nostr Media Uploads for WordPress Primal iOS 1.2 Coracle v0.4.3 KYCNOT Update Fol
Feb 27, 2024 • 35:51
FTW 7 - Julian Assange, Brilliant Labs, eCash over Mesh, Matrix, nsec.app, Creatr, Adnauseum, Lightning v2, Umbrel, Zaprite, Square, Listmonk, Tails, Wavlake, Wormhole, Sara Jade
News Julian Assange - Federal MPs pass motion urging US and UK to allow Julian Assange’s return to Australia European Court of Human Rights declares backdoored encryption is illegal Brilliant Labs - augmented reality glasses Bitcoin eCash Sent Via Mesh Network Wi-Fi jamming to knock out cameras suspected in burglaries Semaphore The Matrix Trashfire nsec.app and nostr-login Creatr Mi Primer Bitcoin - Node Network Seth for Privacy - careful with your dice rolls Adnauseum Project Updates Lightni
Feb 21, 2024 • 33:42
FTW 6 - GitHub ban, Spoutible, Zeus, Satcom, CASCDR, Obtainium, Osty, Amethyst, Mutiny, Fountain, Nostrudel, OxChat, Coracle, Primal, Shipyard, Ainsley Costello
News GitHub co-founder was temporarily banned from GitHub Spoutible, Twitter alternative, spouts a massive leak “Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement Getting Started with Zeus Mobile Node Satcom - a chat section for any page on the internet CASCDR - link together multiple open protocol-based services Android - consider using Obtainium to install app Osty - Jumpstart your Nostr development with a template Ngine- a Nostr application framework Marketplace on open protocols - Dere
Feb 13, 2024 • 38:43
FTW 5 - Environmental Tracking of Bitcoin Mining, Nitter, GitStr, Nostriga, GrapheneOS, Damus Purple, BlueWallet, Start9 NostrWalletConnect - Feb 3
News Tracking electricity consumption from U.S. cryptocurrency mining operations Nitter is shutting down Use GitStr to contribute to Android Nostr dev Nostriga 2024 Project Updates GrapheneOS v2024012600 Damus 1.7 and Damus Purple BlueWallet 6.5.0 Start9 NostrWalletConnect 0.4.2 - first release Connect With Us Nostr - marks@nostrplebs.com Web - nostrings.show Please support our show through V4V on Podcasting 2.0 apps. Thanks for listening!
Feb 6, 2024 • 14:07
FTW 4 - Alternative GitHub, KYC for Cloud, Freedom Convoy, Power in Africa, Gridless, Follow the Money, Ocean, Meshtastic, Mutiny DLCs, nos, Age of Data, SimpleX, Primal, Zeus, Unleashed, RelayGuardian - Jan 27
News GitWorkshop.dev - permissionless alternative to GitHub over nostr Eying China, US proposes 'know your customer' cloud computing requirements Freedom Convoy court victory: Federal Government acted illegally in responding to 2022 Freedom Convoy Stranded: How Bitcoin is Saving Wasted Energy and Expanding Financial Freedom in Africa Follow the Money #5 - Lebanon, Life After the State Ocean Mining Pool found 2 blocks this week Getting Started with Meshtastic - The Comms Chanel Announcing Superp
Jan 30, 2024 • 26:12
FTW 3 - OpenAI, ChatGPT, Ego Death Capital, EFF, Top Builder, Bitcoiners, Sparrow, Plasma, Nostr in Drupal, Fountain on Product Hunt - Jan 20
Freedom Tech Wrap 3 - Jan 20, 2024 - your weekly source for news and project updates in the freedom and independent technology space. Freedom Tech Wrap is an independent show. If you want to support what we’re doing, you can send us value through your Podcasting 2.0 app. And share with your people! News Ego Death Capital Fund II - Raising $100 million OpenAI is Working with US Military on Cybersecurity Tools EFF - Street Level Surveillance Top Builder 2024 kicked off this week Open Design Chall
Jan 23, 2024 • 17:17
FTW 2 - Bitcoin ETF, Rabbit r1, Sovereign Eng, LoRa, Meshstastic, nostream, GrapheneOS, LibreOffice, firefly iii
Freedom Tech Wrap 2 - Jan 13, 2024 - your weekly source for news and project updates in the freedom and independent technology space. Freedom Tech Wrap is an independent show. If you want to support what we’re doing, you can send us value through your Podcasting 2.0 app. News Bitcoin ETF - Statement on the Approval of Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Products Rabbit r1 - looks interesting. couldn’t it just be an app? Sovereign Engineering Cohort 1 Building Autonomous, Off-Grid, Encrypted, and Solar
Jan 15, 2024 • 15:06
FTW 1 - Jan 6, 2024
First episode of Freedom Tech Wrap. This is your weekly update about freedom technology projects for the week ending Jan 6, 2024. News New IRS Reporting Requirement Just Went Into Effect - tfct.io Bitcoin's Role In Human Rights And Global Empowerment - Forbes The African village mining Bitcoin - UnHerd free for dev and Track Awesome List OpenSats 2023 Year in Review Lyn Alden Jan 2024 Newsletter Nextcloud Developer Site Wavlake 2023 Year in Review Project Updates Unleashed.chat - redis storag
Jan 9, 2024 • 15:00
You Need a Home Server
You might be thinking that you're not nerdy enough to run a server at home. Everyone is, because everyone should have safety and control of their digital life. You likely won't host everything on your home server, but it's an important tool for digital freedom. And it's just fun! Come learn about how easy (and cheap) it is to run a home server and the many things you can do with it. Links Mentioned: River lightning update on growth https://blog.river.com/the-lightning-network-in-2023/ Mastercar
Oct 28, 2023 • 47:27
Freedom Technology
After a short hiatus, I have revived the podcast and am expanding the focus on the show. Previously it focused on Nostr, which is a new technology for decentralizing communication on the web. Now the show will focus on Freedom Tech as a whole, which includes Nostr. Don't worry, nostriches, there will still be plenty of Nostr discussion.
Oct 12, 2023 • 36:30
Nostrica Day 2
This is the second installment of the Nostrica 2023 coverage. These are highlights from the stream for Day 2. So many good talks and panels, definitely check out the full videos on YouTube. No Strings is a value for value podcast. We don't have ads or sponsors. If you find value in what we're doing, stream sats our way through your podcast app or you can send zaps and boosts! We appreciate them all and read them at the end of each show.
Apr 25, 2023 • 36:57
Arun Nedun from Current
This is the first interview episode on No Strings. We sat down with Arun Nedun from Current to talk about what they’re building as well as his view on the creator space. Current is big on value for value, they’ve been helping to pioneer it. Check out Arun and Current Arun Nedun on Nostr: starbuild@current.fyi Current on Nostr: current@getcurrent.io Current website: https://getcurrent.io No Strings is a value for value podcast. We don't have ads or sponsors. If you find value in what we're doin
Apr 17, 2023 • 1:00:11
Nostrica Day 1
Summary of Day 1 of Nostrica. Nostrica is an unconference that happened in Costa Rica two weeks ago. It was three days of rich, Nostr talks and workshops with many of the people building Nostr apps and services. There are dozens of hours of video from the event, so we are watching them and giving you the highlights. Feel free to check out the full videos on YouTube. Thanks for listening and keep streaming those sats and sending those boosts, we appreciate them!
Apr 3, 2023 • 50:40
