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Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Kalie of Expats Everywhere. They discuss the details surrounding living in Portugal and other EU countries and the mentality of being a successful expat. EXPATS EVERYWHERE → https://www.expatseverywhere.com/ → https://www.youtube.com/@ExpatsEverywhere → Podcast: "ExpatsEverywhere Presents: Let's Move to Portugal" 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 1:40 – Expats Everywhere background 3:40 – Why Portugal? 6:50 – Overview of Portuguese visas 9:45 – Portugal easiest option for European residency? 10:30 – Hurdles of Portugal visas 13:30 – Portugal citizenship process changed 15:20 – Taxes in Portugal 18:10 – Portugal "crypto friendly"? 19:27 – What makes a successful expat? 22:20 – Alternative cities to Lisbon 25:35 – Biggest hurdles adapting to Portugal 28:00 – Traveling with children 30:45 – How to quickly adapt to a new place 35:00 – EU Entry/Exit System EES 37:50 – Other countries complementary to Portugal 40:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Douglas Tuman of Monero fame. They discuss all of his Monero projects—Monero Talk, XMR Bazaar, XMR Chat, Monerotopia—as well as practical topics on how to live on Monero, as well as thoughts on figures in the community and banned accounts. GUEST: DOUGLAS TUMAN → https://x.com/DouglasTuman MONERO TALK → https://www.youtube.com/@MoneroTalk → https://x.com/MoneroTalk XMR BAZAAR → https://xmrbazaar.com/ → https://x.com/xmrbazaar (Account permanently banned: spread the word) MONEROTOPIA → https://monerotopia.com → https://x.com/MoneroTopia XMR CHAT → https://xmrchat.com/ → https://x.com/xmr_chat MONERONODO → https://moneronodo.com/ → https://x.com/moneronodo 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 1:25 – Why did Douglas Tuman devote his life to Monero? 3:05 – Has their been a hijacking of Bitcoin? 4:35 – Monero Talk 8:00 – Douglas running for Congress 11:50 – Is being public important for Monero? 15:40 – Struggles of running Monerotopia 18:25 – Other Monero events 21:10 – Does Doug have troubles being publicly connected to Monero? 21:45 – XMR Bazaar 29:10 – Living off of Monero 30:55 – Why don't privacy influencers talk about Monero? 32:55 – Moneronodo 34:50 – Banned Monero Twitter account 36:05 – Thoughts on Monero Maverick 39:05 – Anti-Jewish sentiment in Monero 41:00 – Medium of exchange vs store of value 44:30 – Should Monero users be more interested in price? 48:00 – Did Doug lose faith in Monero mining after Qubic attack? 50:40 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Paul Rosenberg for a fifth time. They discuss the moral, anarchic, and technological questions that continue to define our world. GUEST → https://substack.com/@veraverba (New Substack profile) → https://freemansperspective.com/ → https://freemansperspective.com/product/the-untold-story-of-the-greatest-crypto-project-ever-e-book/ → https://www.amazon.com/stores/Paul-Rosenberg/author/B07TYTP6CD MY PREMIUM NEWSLETTER → https://watchmanstorch.com → Join my exclusive privacy community MY 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 1:45 – Clone thought experiment 3:40 – Digital ID 8:30 – Samourai Wallet 12:40 – Judges the biggest part of the problem of government? 16:30 – The Simple Web 20:50 – Wikipedia a decentralist failure? 25:00 – Laissez Faire city failure 32:00 – Quantum Computing 34:05 – Anarchy has no ways to fight off evil 42:50 – Are "defense stocks" immoral 48:50 – VPNs 55:00 – Final thoughts Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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

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