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029 Derek Ross: They Can't Ban This! All In Bitcoin w/CK
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- All In Bitcoin
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- Apr 1, 2026
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🎙️ Derek Ross: They Can't Ban This! Everyone interviews Derek Ross about Nostr. We talk about what Nostr has done to him. Builder. Community organizer. No Social Media — just Nostr, and a vision for an internet nobody can ban. In this episode: what Nostr really is, why governments are proving his point in real time, how he built a business with someone whose face he's never seen, and why Nostr's own founder showed up to build with him. 👇 ORDER YOUR BITBOX 02 NOVA BITCOIN ONLY HARDWARE WALLET WITH 5% DISCOUNT https://bitbox.swiss/allinbitcoin or use Code ALLINBITCOIN 👉 Follow, like , subscribe and tap the bell to All in Bitcoin for more unfiltered conversations that go where others won’t. 🎧 Available on YouTube, Spotify, Apple, Nostr, and everywhere you listen: https://linktr.ee/allinbitcoin 👇FOLLOW DEREK'S WORK: Nostr: [email protected] https://www.grownostr.org 👇FOLLOW CK & ALL IN BITCOIN: Nostr: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] X: @allinbitcoinpod TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:26 Protocol vs platform vs software explained 00:04:17 Why Nostr is more than just infrastructure 00:05:25 Permissionless, no forms, no gatekeepers, just build 00:08:01 Building Nostplebs 00:08:46 Trusting an anonymous business partner you've never met 00:17:45 The purple pill: how Nostr leads people to Bitcoin 00:35:52 What Fiatjaf thinks of Derek's work 00:43:35 Governments, KYC laws. Why Nostr exists right now 00:45:27 When Jack Dorsey abandoned Bluesky 00:49:35 Shadowbanning: why you don't even know your reach is gone 00:50:28 Is Nostr quietly being shaped? 00:57:15 Nostr algorithms: open source, user choice, no black box 01:04:54 Derek's vision for 2035 DISCLAIMER:All views expressed by me or my guests are solely our own opinions. You…