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S10 E5 · 2:13:57 · 22 Jan 2022

S10 E5: Lucas Ontivero on Wasabi Wallet, Wabisabi & Bitcoin Privacy

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Lucas Ontivero is Nopara's first employee at Wasabi wallet. As a matter of fact, when he joined it wasn't even called Wasabi: the first name was Hidden Wallet. In this episode, Lucas talks about Bitcoin privacy research & the Wabisabi CoinJoin protocol.

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Keywords from the feed: Bitcoin Privacy, Privacy, Cryptography, Bitcoin, CoinJoin, Wasabi

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