Max Hillebrand: Evade Censorship with Nostr
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Episode 221 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – 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 ### Chapters - **0:00 — 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** Source: [Escape the Technocracy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvMmBML7X3I)