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CD201: MATT HILL - START9 - FREEDOM COMPUTING

1 hour 36 minutes Posted May 5, 2026 at 6:37 pm.

Matt Hill of Start9 returns

Bitcoin price sentiment and prediction ritual

Why Start9 embraces MIT licensed open source

Business model without IP lock in: compete on service and brand

Self hosting thesis: from Bitcoin nodes to broader sovereignty

AI as a self hosting catalyst and its privacy pitfalls

Productizing privacy: StartOS 0.4.0 vision and acceleration

StartOS 0.4.0: from simple app installs to real sysadmin in a box

Why 0.4.0 isn’t 1.0 yet and how to upgrade

Chasing cloud like UX: stability, backups, and key management

Remote access solved: Tor, VPNs, and StartTunnel

Clearnet publishing with StartOS and killing Big Tech one app at a time

Tradeoffs of clearnet vs private VPN access

Hardware: when to buy Start9 vs flash your own

Pricing, warranties, and support for Server One

Announcing StartWRT: the open, powerful home router

From OpenWRT to StartWRT: UX without losing power

RISC‑V bet and fully open hardware ambitions

FCC hurdles, shipping plan, and presale details

Beyond routers: open, self‑hosted home security

Closing notes and links

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Matt Hill joins us to discuss Start9, StartOS 0.4.0, and building a fully MIT FOSS stack for freedom computing. We chat bitcoin as the first killer app for self hosting, why AI agents are accelerating the need, and the privacy trap of “local” AI tools that still send your files to cloud servers. We go deep on StartOS 0.4.0: easier app packaging, more reliable self hosting, Tor, VPN, Start Tunnel, clearnet tradeoffs, and replacing big tech with open source services at home. We wrap with Server One hardware, their upcoming RISC-V router, FCC Wi-Fi weirdness, and a tease of self hosted open source home security cameras.

Start9: https://start9.com
StartOS 0.4 Update Guide: https://docs.start9.com
Start9 Router Presale: https://router.start9.com
Start9 on X: https://x.com/start9labs

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