Introduction

Wondering what drives normal people to focus on FOSS? This episode, we're sitting down with QnA to chat about his journey towards privacy through Bitcoin and the impact of FOSS along the way.

More about QnA:

• QnA's guest profile -- https://www.optoutpod.com/guests/bitcoin-qna/
• QnA's full list of recommended tools -- https://bitcoiner.guide/toolkit/

QnA's recommended tools to Opt Out:

• FOUNDATION devices, a FOSS-first company producing the Passport, a Bitcoin hardware wallet -- https://foundationdevices.com/
• Samourai Wallet, a privacy-preserving Android wallet -- https://samouraiwallet.com/
• Pop_OS!, an easy to use Linux OS -- https://pop.system76.com/
• StarLabs, a Linux-first laptop company -- https://starlabs.systems/
• Threema, an end-to-end encrypted messenger, similar to Signal -- https://threema.ch/en/
• Yunohost, a FOSS platform for simplified self-hosting -- https://yunohost.org/
• Matrix, the protocol -- https://matrix.org/
• Element, a cross-platform Matrix chat client -- https://element.io
• Mullvad, a well-known and non-logging VPN provider -- https://mullvad.net/en/

This week's project to help you Opt Out - Pop_OS!:

• Website -- https://pop.system76.com/
• My episode with Jeremy Soller from System76 -- https://www.optoutpod.com/coreboot-foss-firmware-pop_os-and-system76-w-jeremy-soller-special/

Opt Out's Sponsors:

• Cake Wallet, an easy to use Monero mobile wallet -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#cake-wallet
• LocalMonero, an excellent and privacy-preserving way to buy and sell Monero -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#localmonero
• IVPN, an ethical, no-nonsense, non-logging VPN provider -- https://optoutpod.com/sponsors/#ivpn

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