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In 2026, digital privacy is essential. In this episode of Bitcoin Banter, Michael, Tony and guest Bert explore the top privacy tools you need to secure your data and reclaim financial freedom.

They break down the shift to a privacy phone, essential methods for data removal, the importance of network security, choosing a VPN for privacy that doesn't track you, and the ultimate control of sovereign computing.

This is a video that you can't miss if you want to take back control and protect yourself from the surveillance state.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction: Privacy in 2026

00:00:59 Best privacy phone & De-Googled Alternatives

00:05:15 Data Removal Tools: Scrub Your Digital Footprint

00:10:47 Firewalls & DNS: Filtering & Network Security

00:15:51 Choosing the Right vpn for privacy

00:24:05 Sovereign Computing & Running Your Own Servers

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Matthew Kratter of Bitcoin University joins Michael Jordan on The Bitcoin Way podcast for a hard-hitting breakdown of the Bitcoin Core controversy: why Core developers are compromised, the network's migration to Bitcoin Knots, and what self-custody Bitcoiners must do now.

Matthew covers UTXO bloat from ordinals and inscriptions, the uncapping of OP_RETURN, and how Core devs prioritized theoretical bloat over real attack surface. With 20% of nodes already on Bitcoin Knots, he explains BIP-110 - the temporary soft fork to reverse Core's changes.

Plus: Michael Saylor's Ethereum DeFi pivot, the risks of Bitcoin-backed loans, and why Bitcoin plebs are the network's true immune system. Essential listening for anyone running a node, practicing self custody, or defending Bitcoin's decentralization.

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0:00 - Intro & Core controversy

1:36 - How to spot a compromised dev

2:11 - The Fauci analogy

4:53 - History of Bitcoin spam wars

8:30 - Dev turnover & culture shift

12:22 - Bitcoin spam recurrence

20:25 - Greg Maxwell then vs now

23:58 - Bitcoin Knots vs Core

28:41 - BIP-110 explained

31:39 - OP_RETURN uncapped

38:28 - Luke Dashjr & Bitcoin Knots

50:07 - Bitcoin plebs immune system

55:58 - BIP-110 activation timeline

1:11:35 - Clarity Act

1:13:40 - Michael Saylor critique

1:21:51 - Price action

1:22:45 - Matt's unpopular Bitcoin opinion

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At BTC Prague, Tony Yazbeck took the stage immediately after Michael Saylor — and the contrast couldn't have been more striking. In this week's Bitcoin Banter, Michael, Tony, and Katie break down Tony's personal keynote, the temperature in the room, and their biggest takeaways from the conference. The team also issues an urgent warning about a sophisticated phishing scam targeting CoinKite customers with fake letters about quantum cryptography updates.



The episode also covers fake Sparrow Wallet apps that have been stealing Bitcoin from App Store users, twin July 1st regulatory deadlines — Australia's travel rule attaching identity data to self-custody withdrawals, and the EU's MiCA rules set to knock out 80% of exchanges serving European customers. And finally, a freshly resigned leader earns himself our Donkey of the Week.



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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:



0:00 Intro – BTC Prague Recap

2:04 Saylor vs Tony: Two Very Different Bitcoin Speeches

9:00 Warning: CoinKite Phishing Scam

17:37 Fake Sparrow Wallet Apps in the App Store

21:40 Australia Travel Rule & the July 1st Deadline

29:20 EU MiCA Rules: Get Off Exchanges Now

32:31 Donkey of the Week



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In episode 118 of The Bitcoin Way Podcast, Michael Jordan sits down with Bram Kanstein, host of the Bitcoin for Millennials podcast, to explain why almost nothing you think you own is truly yours — and why Bitcoin is the only real way out.

Bram argues that millennials are uniquely primed to understand Bitcoin: they came of age as the promised path of study, job, house, and retirement quietly stopped working, and having lived the shift from analog to digital, they instinctively grasp what digital scarcity really means.

The conversation covers why the money in your bank legally isn't yours, why your stocks are just database entries held by the DTCC, why even a paid-off home is owned by permission, the hidden 'second job' of fighting inflation, and why Bitcoin is the one asset you can actually verify and hold yourself.

Essential viewing for anyone serious about understanding Bitcoin’s real promise — and what it actually means to truly own something.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Why Bitcoin is the millennial opportunity

04:34 The promised path is gone & debasement is accelerating

07:39 Digital scarcity & what holds millennials back

14:51 How broken money corrupts incentives

19:26 Disneyfication & the Madeleine Albright problem

22:33 Red pill: the "what is money" path

27:40 Everything you "own" is permissioned

32:48 Risk & your secret second job

36:59 Bitcoin as the verifiable opposite of fiat

39:01 The moral case & why Bitcoin simplifies life

43:04 Why Bitcoin goes up: monetary history

45:05 The wealth transfer, debt & rising taxes

53:21 Where the system is headed: stablecoins & monetary war

56:57 Unpopular opinion & sign-off

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The UK social media ban is here — and it’s a warning sign for the rest of us. In this week’s Bitcoin Banter, Tony and Katie join Michael to break down Keir Starmer’s Labour government plan to ban social media for under-16s, and the unintended (or intended?) consequences for online privacy, free speech, and digital freedom in Orwell’s 1984 Britain.



The team also unpacks the rise of the world’s first trillionaire, Elon Musk; the dangerous concentration of the S&P 500 in a handful of AI stocks; the Trump family’s crypto windfall while everyday investors lose out; and of course our Donkey of the Week, who’s begging Trump for a presidential pardon.



From Big Brother Britain to taking self-custody of your Bitcoin, this episode is about protecting your money, your privacy, and your freedom.



⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Intro

01:01 UK to enact social media ban for under 16s

08:28 UK also wants to ban VPNs

12:25 Elon Musk is the world’s first trillionaire

16:40 S&P500 AI-related stock concentration reportedly at 49%

20:18 Trump family profit from crypto while investors lose

23:39 Our Donkey of the week wants a Presidential Pardon



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