Obi Nwosu, CEO and Founder of Fedi joins the show to cover a new model for shared Bitcoin custody in Fedimint. In this episode: 

• Obi’s experience with Coinfloor and how that informed his views on custody
• Why third party custody with Proof of Reserves isn’t sufficient
• Why ‘credible centralized’ custody shouldn’t be the default
• Why state level attacks on custodians are ramping up
• Obi’s early prediction that Nigeria would be the heartland of Bitcoin adoption
• Why messaging apps are actually the most popular p2p exchanges worldwide
• The history and origins of Chaumian Mints
• How the enabling pieces of Fedimint all came together over time
• The relationship between federated custody and microfinance
• How Fedimint is analogous to Free Banking
• Does Fedimint satisfy Hal Finney’s vision for Bitcoin banks?
• How Fedimint compares to first party custody
• How Obi expects regulators to react to Fedimint

Learn more about Fedi and Fedimint.