Hi fam, I hope you enjoyed my chat with Josh Lee, the founder and CEO of Chainapsis, the company behind Keplr. I know I did!
Next week I probably won’t have a guest on the community call, so it will be just us hanging out. If you have topic/segment suggestions, news items we should cover, questions, comments feedback, or, most importantly, green screen backgrounds for me, share them below!
By the way I forgot to mention: I can also set videos as my background, not just images ; )
Also, I am thinking about streaming gameplay some time, we could play something together and stream to the community. Want to join me for an evening gaming sesh? What should we play?
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hey awesome host and head community 
Congratulations on today’s incredible guest! As a privacy activist, I’m approaching Blake Benthall’s story as a critical case study on the power (and vulnerability) of digital anonymity, state surveillance, and the evolving ethics of the crypto industry.
This is going to be incredibly interesting; I’m still brainstorming key questions to make the most of this opportunity. LFG!!! 
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Nym Community Call #2604
Hey Nymsters!
This week’s call was a deep and important one. We hosted Blake Benthall (former Silk Road 2.0 operator) alongside Harry Halpin.
The discussion focused on Nym’s Terms of Service, surveillance infrastructure, parallel construction, cypherpunk philosophy, and how privacy systems fail in the real world.
There was no trivia game this time 
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Free 1-month NymVPN access codes were dropped live during the call.
Why Nym Has a Terms of Service
We explored why Nym node operators explicitly agree not to log or retain user traffic, and why legal agreements add friction on top of cryptography and mixnet design.
Blake shared lessons from Silk Road
We also revisited the Cypherpunk Manifesto
Surveillance & Parallel Construction
The discussion covered:
• Private surveillance companies and legal gray zones
• Parallel construction in prosecutions
• Why asking operators not to log is essential
AI, Agents & The Future
Blake also spoke about AI agents as economic actors and referenced:
FathomX
Timestamps
00:00:35 Welcome & intro
00:01:15 Why Nym introduced Terms of Service
00:04:42 Blake’s background
00:12:23 Why legal agreements matter
00:29:25 Parallel construction
00:51:57 Q&A
01:10:55 AI & developers
Thanks to everyone who joined and contributed to such a meaningful discussion.
See you next week 
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