Max Hillebrand makes his 8th appearance on the Bitcoin Takeover Podcast in order to talk about his latest project: White Noise, a private messaging application for Nostr. We also talk about Core v30 vs Knots, Bitcoin layer 2s & other bull market topics.

Time stamps:

00:01:07 - Max Hillebrand's Background

00:02:47 - Post-Wasabi Wallet Era and Privacy Challenges

00:04:28 - Nostr Protocol Overview

00:05:58 - Early Nostr Experiences and Key Loss

00:08:51 - Nostr Client Progress and Edge Cases

00:09:58 - Nostr's Relation to Bitcoin

00:13:53 - Hardware Wallets for Nostr Keys

00:18:06 - Nostr Key Backups and Security

00:21:53 - Nostr Search and Web of Trust

00:24:21 - Ads: Bitcoin.com News and NoOnes.com

00:26:12 - White Noise Protocol Introduction

00:27:52 - NIP 44 and Gift Wraps for Encryption

00:30:20 - Signal Protocol and MLS Evolution

00:32:16 - MLS Protocol Details

00:33:23 - Nostr Privacy Limitations

00:35:17 - Trusted Relays and Metadata

00:37:25 - Nostr as Data Delivery Layer

00:38:41 - Self-Authentication in MLS

00:40:02 - Group Creation and Key Packages

00:42:38 - MLS vs. Major League Soccer Joke

00:42:53 - Diffie-Hellman and Scaling to Millions

00:44:24 - MLS Key Tree Structure

00:46:59 - Scalability Benefits of MLS

01:18:00 - Marmot and Nostr Tools

01:25:30 - The Zcash Pump Dance

03:09:25 - Angor Protocol for Recurring Payments

03:14:02 - Bitcoin Script and Smart Contracts

03:15:32 - Great Script Restoration Proposal

03:21:03 - Builder Spirit in Bitcoin vs. Ethereum

03:25:19 - Bills of Exchange and Peer-to-Peer Credit

03:33:09 - Historical Finance and Farming

03:38:35 - Starting Bitcoin Meetups

03:41:43 - Localizing Bitcoin Content

03:44:17 - Recommended Podcasts

03:47:48 - Podcast Benefits and Guest Interactions

03:54:39 - Audience Quality and Impact

03:55:36 - White Noise Future and Building Freedom Tech

03:58:51 - AI Coding and Proof of Concepts

04:00:38 - Nym Mixnet Integration

04:01:54 - Closing Remarks and Future Sessions