In some scenarios yes and we touch on what other structures must be in place to combat this alongside UBI, but fair point!
"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott Santens
My guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work. Santens explains how UBI can empower individuals, boost entrepreneurship, and create a more voluntary labor market, while addressing misconceptions and basic facts of what UBI is. We also explore the intersection of UBI and Bitcoin, with particular focus on renewable bitcoin mining projects and community benefits.
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"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott Santens
My guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work. Santens explains how UBI can empower individuals, boost entrepreneurship, and create a more voluntary labor market, while addressing misconceptions and basic facts of what UBI is. We also explore the intersection of UBI and Bitcoin, with particular focus on renewable bitcoin mining projects and community benefits.
Listen via our website https://tinyurl.com/4uvrbaru or whoever you get your pods by searching for “The Progressive Bitcoiner.”
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In this clip nostr:npub164q45vfa8prpl7f63stsl9qm9n22v6julkasjdqxjc8kevchsj0sp42rl3, Scott and Margot discuss #Bitcoin and UBI. For those skeptical of UBI, or specifically of the how and what of Bitcoin and UBI, check out this clip and also be sure to listen wherever you get your podcasts to the 1hr50min of fantastic content, myth-busting and education on UBI in Tuesday's episode.
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Is the EU banning self-custodial Bitcoin? Can #UBI and #Bitcoin co-exist? This and more in tomorrow's TPB Weekly Digest 📰 🗣️
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#Bitcoin is not just a speculation instrument. For many, #Bitcoin is a human rights tool.
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We have to be proactive. Otherwise, if you don’t defend your rights, you lose it.” - Lyudmyla Kozlovska
My guest today is nostr:npub13ajk3hhvqys2ev4y68jwxywgs8fsdsuk4y5gkzs874jdyrccvf5qak2yd9. Lyudmyla Kozlovska is a human rights activist and President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to defending human rights, democracy and rule of law throughout post-Soviet states. In this episode we discusses the importance of protecting privacy, self-custody, and proof-of-work for Bitcoin in Europe. Lyudmyla shares her experience of being financially excluded and targeted by authoritarian regimes and how Bitcoin became a crucial tool for human rights activists. Lyudmyla emphasizes the need to defend Bitcoin developers and combat false narratives.
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🚨 EU TAKES MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE STEP FORWARD ON CRYPTO TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE GUISE OF STANDARD INDUSTRY PROTOCOL 🚨
“On Thursday, MEPs approved with 529 votes in favour to 29 against and 14 abstentions, the first piece of EU legislation for tracing transfers of crypto-assets like bitcoins and electronic money tokens. The text –which was provisionally agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators in June 2022- aims to ensure that crypto transfers, as is the case with any other financial operation, can always be traced and suspicious transactions blocked. The so-called “travel rule”, already used in traditional finance, will in future cover transfers of crypto assets. Information on the source of the asset and its beneficiary will have to “travel” with the transaction and be stored on both sides of the transfer.”
Particularly concerning language: “…aims to ensure that crypto transfers, as is the case with any other financial operation, can always be traced and suspicious transactions blocked.”
However, the rule also goes on to say, “The rules do not apply to person-to-person transfers conducted without a provider or among providers acting on their own behalf.”
I will continue to research and consult with nostr:npub13ajk3hhvqys2ev4y68jwxywgs8fsdsuk4y5gkzs874jdyrccvf5qak2yd9 and others keeping a close eye on this and write a more thorough newsletter response on this. While this seems to specifically target the industry, at least for now it seems this rule DOES NOT apply to a self-hosted to self-hosted, peer-to-peer transaction.
Take self-custody of your bitcoin folks!
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This is one of our hopes for The Progressive Bitcoiner. That it forges a new path for progressives, calls out and puts pressure on career politicians, and brings progress and connection between bitcoin and those with historically progress values, who want a better future for us all 🧡
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ZEUS v0.8.2 is now available
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We're not #greenwashing when we say #Bitcoin is good for the #environment. Here's how:
"If you have #RenewableEnergy production facilities, solar, wind, that are not so profitable or are intermittent in how they can produce energy, #Bitcoin can come in and use stranded energy, it can monetize at the source, and it can help private renewable energy companies to create more renewable energy."
Will Greenpeace USA, Senator Warren, and others consider this before falsely criticizing #Bitcoin's energy use? Climate activists, environmentalists, and every day people concerned about #ClimateChange and our #ClimateCrisis deserve to know the facts of the matter.
This and more in our latest episode with Kyle Schneps (link in bio)
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This is just the beginning, and I will look to more ways to increase our contributions beyond just our fountain stream revenue, but starting here first. It’s a small step to help support open source devs and visionaries. Without them there is no future built by Bitcoin and freedom tech 🧡
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TPB79 - #Bitcoin on the Ballot in 2024 with Kyle Schneps is out now.
In this ep we discuss:
- Bitcoin’s generational divide
- Political opportunism against Bitcoin
- Bitcoin advocacy efforts, the upcoming U.S. election & more
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