#58 K3tan - Bitcoin Security & Privacy Techniques

Today's guest is Ketan, a well-known Bitcoin security expert based out of Australia who amongst many things, is an advocate for privacy and running your own node.

In this episode, we spoke about the importance of privacy and what you can do to fundamentally secure your Bitcoin stack. With great power comes great responsibility, and self-custody is indeed a great responsibility. If you're keen to learn about some of the basic things you can do to up your security game, this is the episode for you.

00:00 - Why privacy matters and what you can do 17:29 - Social engineering attacks 36:32 - Hot wallet vs Cold wallet 40:14 - Four reasons to run your own node 45:11 - Different node options

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Thanks to K3tan for coming on the show – you can follow his work on X at @_k3tan, or visit his website https://shop.ministryofnodes.com/ and his YouTube channel for setting up your own node https://www.youtube.com/ministryofnodes