Chat_164 - Skating To Where The Puck Will Be with Matt Hill

Chat_164 - Skating To Where The Puck Will Be with Matt Hill

From Bitcoin Audible by Guy Swann

April 9, 2026 · 2h 53m

About this episode

Matt Hill discusses the importance of decentralization and privacy in technology, highlighting the work of Start9.

"We are trying to make it possible for people to use computers as simple of a statement as this: use computers, without intermediaries and custodians. The more they do, the more the lines will diverge. Until there's a chasm between the centralised model and the decentralised model with a clear line between them. And we will force either a reconciliation at the natural, technical level, let the best product in the market win, or we will force the hand of the authoritarians to say that our model is illegal. And then we have a different reconciliatory approach. Which is, okay, it's revolution time." ~ Matt Hill Big tech platforms have spent years trapping us behind their gates. And honestly, I am sick of it. The "cloud" is just someone else's computer, and companies are skimming our data at every single turn. CEO of Start9, Matt Hill, is my guest today, and is actually doing something about it. We sat down to talk about how bad the institutional theft of our privacy has gotten, and why building your own digital escape hatch is no longer just for hardcore nerds. Matt brought the fire in this one. He walks me through the absolute beast that is StartOS 0.4.0 -- the OS they spent the…

People in this episode

Host: Guy Swann

Guest: Matt Hill

Topics covered

  • decentralization
  • privacy
  • technology
  • digital escape
  • networking
  • cloud computing

Keywords

  • decentralization
  • privacy
  • Start9
  • StartOS
  • cloud computing
  • networking
  • digital escape

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Start9

Products: StartOS 0.4.0, StartWRT router

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