Interesting. Did any of the members of government you spoke with in the EU say anything about this, nostr:npub13ajk3hhvqys2ev4y68jwxywgs8fsdsuk4y5gkzs874jdyrccvf5qak2yd9?
The EU's latest mass-surveillance initiative Going Dark is taking aim at the Lightning Network, 'mixers' and self-custody in its latest encryption report, but still lacks fundamental data to back up its claims that more surveillance does equal more security.
The EU's apparent regulatory strategy of "we'll just say things and hope no one notices" now seems to continue to manifest in its evaluation of financial privacy services.
https://www.therage.co/eus-going-dark-takes-aim-at-self-custody-mixers-and-the-lightning-network/
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Yes, not much encouraging… that is why Im trying to wake up and organize bitcoiners in defense of privacy of communication and payment instruments, bitcoin mining in the EU. We might be to late to act if nothing changes and everyone believes that for some reason bitcoin must prevail, while under attack will be people who develop, investing, mining or using #bitcoin.
Bitcoin is a human right, community which develops, investing, maintaining system and use it/helps to scale. You need conditions for that, they are present in democracies and then can be spread as a tool to resist dictatorships.