Freedom Tech Weekend

Freedom Tech Weekend

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Freedom Tech Weekend episodes

  • 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 Android 0.95.4
      • Sliderstr
      • Song of the Week

        • Brythreesixty ā€œPaper Planesā€
        • Connect With Us

          • X/Twitter - @markskram
          • Web - nostrings.show
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            23 min
          • 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
              • StackerNews release
              • NDK 2.5
              • Slidestr update
              • Voltage Update
              • Zeus 0.8.2 beta 1 available for testing
              • Wasabi Wallet 2.0.6
              • Nos.social
              • Song of the Week

                • Man Like Kweks ā€œTokyo Citadelā€
                • Connect With Us

                  • Web - nostrings.show
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                    24 min
                  • 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
                      • Follows
                      • Song of the Week

                        • Longy ā€œThe Jack ā€˜n’ Jill Bluesā€
                        • Connect With Us

                          • Web - nostrings.show
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                            36 min
                          • 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

                              • Lightning v2
                              • Umbrel Home and umbrelOS 1.0
                              • Zaprite Update - Square Fiat Payments
                              • Listmonk 3.0.0
                              • Tails OS 6.0 RC1
                              • Breeze SDK Core 0.3.0
                              • Noogle
                              • Cashu Nutshell v0.15.0
                              • Wavlake for Android
                              • Wormhole.app
                              • Song of the Week

                                • Sara Jade ā€œCash Backā€
                                • Connect With Us

                                  • Web - nostrings.show
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                                    34 min
                                  • 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
                                    • ā€œWherever you get your podcastsā€ 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 - Derek Ross
                                    • Damus running on iPhone, macOS, Linux, Android, Android Tablet, and iPad.
                                    • Project Updates

                                      • Amethyst 0.83.10
                                      • Mutiny 0.5.8
                                      • Fountain 1.0.6
                                      • Nostrudel 0.38.0
                                      • OxChat 1.2.6
                                      • Coracle 0.4.2
                                      • Primal web update
                                      • A new client for Shipyard written in Go
                                      • Song of the Week

                                        • Two Ships by Ainsley Costello
                                        • Connect With Us

                                          • Web - nostrings.show
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                                            39 min
                                          • 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

                                                • Web - nostrings.show
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                                                  15 min
                                                • 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 Superposition and Note Duel, our first two DLC experiments
                                                  • nos.social usability testing opportunity
                                                  • Age of Data: the Card Game
                                                  • Project Updates

                                                    • SimpleX Chat 5.5
                                                    • Fountain 1.0.3
                                                    • Primal 0.90.1 for Android
                                                    • nostr-ignition 0.0.4
                                                    • Clark Moody Dashboard v2.0-beta
                                                    • Zeus 0.8.1
                                                    • Unleashed 0.1.10 - Super Coder
                                                    • nostrcheck-api-ts
                                                    • Snort 0.2.0
                                                    • RelayGuardian
                                                    • Sentinel
                                                    • Connect With Us

                                                      • Web - nostrings.show
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                                                        27 min
                                                      • 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 Challenge
                                                        • Bitcoiners film
                                                        • List of Nostr Relays with tor onion services
                                                        • Bitcoin Lightning Wallet Comparison
                                                        • Project Updates

                                                          • Sparrow Wallet 1.8.2
                                                          • Plasma Core Lightning Wallet - Launch
                                                          • Unleashed Chat 0.1.7
                                                          • NDK for Drupal: initial development
                                                          • Meshtastic Web Flasher
                                                          • Fountain 1.0 launching on Product Hunt
                                                          • Connect With Us

                                                            • Web - nostrings.show
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                                                              18 min
                                                            • 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 Powered Communications Infrastructure
                                                              • Use Lightning with self custody in 10 mins
                                                              • Wavlake - We are Not Bandcamp for Bitcoin
                                                              • Project Updates

                                                                • nostream 2.0.0 release
                                                                • GrapheneOS version 2024011300 release
                                                                • App verifier. Verify that your apps have not been tampered with during download
                                                                • LibreOffice 24.2 RC1
                                                                • firefly iii 6.1.6 release
                                                                • Connect With Us

                                                                  • Web - nostrings.show
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                                                                    16 min
                                                                  • 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 storage
                                                                      • Encrypted Messengers comparison - Juraj Bednar
                                                                      • Start9 - Bitcoin Core 26.0 update
                                                                      • Umbrel - YouTube app update
                                                                      • Fedimint 0.2.0 update
                                                                      • Mutiny Wallet 0.5.1 update
                                                                      • Aqua Wallet release
                                                                      • Avalon Nano 3 - Bitcoin Space Heater
                                                                      • nhttp - Nostr over HTTP
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                                                                        16 min

                                                                      About Freedom Tech Weekend

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                                                                      One freedom tech tool to play with this weekend šŸŒ“ā˜€ļø Streams weekly on Friday at 15:30 UTC on Fountain, X, YouTube, and Zap Stream.