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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2025 · 34 MIN

BITCOIN SEASON 2: 5 Essential Privacy Tips For Bitcoin

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Satsie from PayJoin Foundation explains why Bitcoin isn't anonymous, covers essential privacy tools like address management, VPNs, and running nodes, plus discusses PayJoin batching and silent payments for better on-chain privacy. Satsie, board member of PayJoin Foundation joins us to talk about Bitcoin privacy fundamentals. We cover why Bitcoin isn't anonymous, essential privacy practices like avoiding address reuse and hardware wallet shipping risks, the importance of running your own node, and advanced tools like PayJoin transaction batching and silent payments for enhanced on-chain privacy. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • Bitcoin requires KYC through exchanges • Address reuse is "really, really bad"  • Hardware wallets shipped to homes create risk • PayJoin needs 5% network adoption minimum • Node sync takes "couple days" currently • Silent payments require blockchain scanning Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:24 Who is Satsie? 04:24 How private is Bitcoin? 06:06 Privacy is hard 07:58 Basic BTC privacy techniques 10:50 VPNs 11:57 Running a node 15:13 You are using somebody's node 17:28 What is Payjoin? 19:59 When would we use Payjoin? 21:10 Payjoin adoption 22:45 Multi-party Payjoin 23:54 Silent Payments 27:16 Current US privacy regulations 29:00 Soft forks 31:06 Resources - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? [email protected]

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