Announcing npub1c878wu04lfqcl5avfy3p5x83ndpvedaxv0dg7pxthakq3jqdyzcs2n8avm speaking at #bh2023 🦡 ⚡️

Ben is a FOSS hobbyist, advocate, and educator. Ben has been building hardware and software for #Bitcoin and the Lightning Network since around 2014. Ben is a founder of LNbits and a contributor to #nostr.

*yawn all the defacto CBDC hate, too easy a narrative it's tiresome, the issue is nuance.

A country will make a CBDC with blinded private ecash. With all the regulatory issues ecash mints will face, it's where ecash might have most positive impact. Greshams law.

Wisest countries will want users, wisest residents will demand/lobby privacy.