About this podcast
No solutions, only trade-offs. Walking towards a better internet through freedom tech, open protocols, and sovereign engineering.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 40 episodes
- 39: The Nostr Office Just Works w/ Thomas · 1 h 25 min"It should be super simple, super easy. It should just work." Thomas & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Thomas joined Sovereign Engineering…
- 38: Trusted Execution Environments and the Future of Human-Machine Interaction w/ gzuuus · 2 h 32 min"The future is very bright if we want it to be." Gzuuus & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Listen on sovereignengineering.io This dialogue starts with the hardware roots of…
- 37: Advanced Malware w/ Arjen · 1 h 23 min"How can we make maximum use of this technology without shooting ourselves in the foot too much?" Arjen & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Listen on sovereignengineering.io This…
- 36: A Taste for Freedom w/ Zaza · 1 h 32 min"There is no creation without also being created." Zaza & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Listen on sovereignengineering.io This dialogue starts with a simple observation from…
- 35: Drinking from the Firehose w/ SEC-08 · 46 min"I have found my people, and that is the craziest discovery for me." The SEC-08 crew & Gigi pass the mic around on a pirate boat. Listen on sovereignengineering.io This one is…
- 34: Female Engineering w/ Sherry · 16 min"The only one I need to convince is myself." Sherry & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Sherry came to Sovereign Engineering through gsovereignty, a…
- 33: ASMap, nix, and nix-nostr w/ Julien · 1 h 35 min"There is no real address book for the internet." Julien & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Julien came to Sovereign Engineering through a strange path…
- 32: Nostrology w/ WhisperHash · 1 h 27 min"No Solutions, do the homework." WhisperHash & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io WhisperHash came to Sovereign Engineering by following breadcrumbs: Bitcoin…
- 31: Buzz, Mosaico, and Other Stuff w/ Pablo · 2 h 0 min"You can always buy more tokens, not more time." Pablo & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Pablo and Gigi start with the FIPS map: the strange pleasure of…
- 30: Napplets w/ Sandwich · 1 h 37 min"You should be able to compose your clients." Sandwich & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Sandwich and Gigi spend the first 45 minutes or so talking through…
- 29: State of the Mint and Mind w/ Calle · 1 h 5 min"You cannot look at something without touching it." Calle & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Calle and Gigi start with Cashu mint internals and end in…
- 28: Speak Human w/ MouxDesign · 1 h 3 min"We just need to speak human." MouxDesign & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Recorded in June 2026. Mo and Gigi keep circling one question: how do you…
- 27: Separation of Business from State w/ gsovereignty · 1 h 5 min"It’s the people who receive Bitcoin as payment for something who decide what Bitcoin is." gsovereignty & Gigi take a walk. Listen on sovereignengineering.io Recorded in May…
- 26: Zapstore w/ Franzap · 1 h 7 min"The user joins the community, and the community does a lot of the heavy lifting." Franzap & Gigi take a walk in Oslo. Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue: •…
- 25: White Noise, MLS, and marmot w/ Jeff G · 1 h 14 min"What we're actually building is an unstoppable messenger." Jeff G & Gigi take a walk in Oslo. Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue: • Jeff G explains how White…
- 24: Building FIPS w/ Johnathan Corgan · 36 min“Don’t be afraid of going your own way.” Johnathan Corgan & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07. Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue: • Why…
- 23: Shipping Violently w/ Justin Moon · 1 h 40 min“I want to optimize for hackability and customization.” Justin Moon & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07. Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue…
- 22: Sovereign Engineering w/ Yo · 1 h 7 min“Permissionless, permissionless, permissionless.” Yo & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07. Listen on sovereignengineering.io In this dialogue: • Gigi’s AI…
- 21: Hashtree, Nostr VPN, and Iris w/ Martti Malmi · 1 h 17 min"We have this window of opportunity to steer the LLMs and the future of technology into a freedom-tech direction." Martti Malmi & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during…
- 20: Archipelago Meshtadels w/ Shadrach · 1 h 43 min"Bitcoin doesn't need more believers. Bitcoin needs more understanders." Shadrach & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07. Listen on sovereignengineering.io…
