Douglas Bakkum, inventor of the BitBox hardware wallet, joins us to talk about why securing your Bitcoin keys is important, how he invented the BitBox, and more!

Key Takeaways:
🔹Douglas Bakkum's background in neuroscience and engineering led to the creation of the BitBox hardware wallet.
🔹The philosophy behind the BitBox's design emphasizes simplicity, privacy, and usability, setting it apart from other hardware wallets.
🔹The Bitbox offers advanced features for power users while maintaining a strong focus on security and user education.

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The Freedom Footprint Show is a Bitcoin podcast hosted by Knut Svanholm and Luke de Wolf.

In each episode, we explore everything from deep philosophy to practical tools to emit freedom dioxide to expand your freedom footprint. This isn't a show for bitcoin news or analysis - we dig into the deep topics that are important to us and to our guests. Join us if you want to go deeper down the rabbit hole of Bitcoin and related freedom-go-up technologies and ideas!

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00:00 Welcoming Douglas Bakkum
01:19 Inventing the BitBox
06:02 The Intersection of Bitcoin and Neuroscience
10:37 How BitBox was Built
17:43 The State of Bitcoin
22:20 What Sets BitBox Apart
25:38 BitBox Roadmap
28:16 Connections to Bitcoin Conferences
33:48 Bitcoin's Regional Differences
41:31 BitBox's Development Philosophy
44:57 Security and Privacy
52:52 Wrapping Up