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Newest episode · S17 E51 · 13 Nov 2026
Martti Malmi on Iris, NostrVPN and Freedom Tech
Martti Malmi returns to Bitcoin Takeover in Amsterdam to talk Iris, NostrVPN, a bear-market Nostr, and the envelope of dollars Satoshi sent him as a student.
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