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The Importance of Privacy – Panel | Noderunners Conference 2026

Kevin Ravensberg, Rob Netzke and Blocknerd discuss why privacy matters in Bitcoin: silent payments, CoinJoin with Wasabi Wallet, JoinMarket and Ashigaru, buying bitcoin peer-to-peer with Vexl, and syncing your wallet pri...

2026-10-21

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Kevin Ravensberg, Rob Netzke and Blocknerd discuss why privacy matters in Bitcoin: silent payments, CoinJoin with Wasabi Wallet, JoinMarket and Ashigaru, buying bitcoin peer-to-peer with Vexl, and syncing your wallet privately. The video opens with a message from Lauren Rodriguez, wife of Samourai Wallet developer Keonne Rodriguez. Recorded live at the Noderunners Conference 2026 in the Koepelgevangenis, Arnhem.

Kevin Ravensberg – https://x.com/KevinR4v · Nostr: npub1yn84ur49llj7pp9a7uv477f7vrpj0rj7df5pnfncvkusaxgy6jqsj9xgfl
Rob Netzke (2140) – https://x.com/2140_dev
Blocknerd – https://x.com/_BLOCKNERD_
️ Opening segment: Lauren Rodriguez
Noderunners Conference 2026 · Koepelgevangenis, Arnhem · September 19, 2026

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:11 Lauren Rodriguez on the Samourai Wallet Case
3:28 Meet the Panel
6:24 Address Reuse and Silent Payments
8:31 Peer-to-Peer Trading and CoinJoin Explained
11:47 CoinJoin Wallets: Ashigaru, JoinMarket and Wasabi
14:34 Private Wallet Syncing and Electrum Servers
18:20 Buying Bitcoin Peer-to-Peer With Vexl
25:05 Hardware Wallet CoinJoins With Wasabi
27:06 Private Broadcast in Bitcoin Core
29:05 PayJoin vs. CoinJoin
31:28 Q&A: CoinJoin Fungibility, Vexl and Lightning Privacy
38:11 Final Thoughts: Run Your Own Node and Signature Aggregation

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