Worldcoin wants to be AI human authenticator
Ripple wants to be the global CBDC
Bitcoin is freedom money.
My recent interview on Chat Control in the EU, and various privacy recommendations for anyone trying to stay safe and private online
Writing about this soon, but I hope we'll have a re-try. The case was mostly "punted" on because of lack of jurisdictional standing. But RFK's case could be one way we can finally enforce the injunction to disallow gov't agencies from coercing social media outlets
At an EU tech policy roundtable in Brussels
testing shipyard
The biggest focus on Bitcoin "laws" should be negative-rights legislation, restricting the activities of the government rather than individuals, and not creating new "rights" that can be easily severed by courts
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updated the GitHub on open-source Bitcoin policy updates.
Louisiana's governor signed a law with parts of our anti-CBDC law, and the North Carolina General Assembly passed the anti-CBDC bill.
Our model policies have now been signed into law in 3 states and we're awaiting final signatures in 4 others.
The biggest focus on Bitcoin "laws" should be negative-rights legislation, restricting the activities of the government rather than individuals.
a good reminder to read my articles on the necessity of proper prescribed burns and forest management as we get into fire season
Do not let the green people tell you otherwise
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pUt iT oN tHe bLoCkChAiN
Tucker Carlson with a fresh upper-decky, outback edition, criticizing Australia's pharmacy nicotine model
Met a lot of EU tech people who praised MiCA.
I have always been against MiCA for a simple reason. It doesn't even pretend to speak about what EU users of cryptocurrency tech want:
"For those of us with a significant interest in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies — protocols designed to be decentralized — it was always understood that the future of cryptographic digital assets relies on people learning about self-custody, holding their own cryptocurrencies in a wallet protected with private keys. That is what sets cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin apart from the traditional banking system. That, above any European legislation or good-natured incentive, is what will protect consumers."
https://www.brusselstimes.com/321442/what-the-collapse-of-ftx-means-for-crypto-in-europe
It’s the lede of this article for me 🤌
https://amp.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jun/26/boeing-starliner-astronauts
Guardian doesn't do it often, but that's killer
Hell yeah brother
Julian Assange freed, making out with his wife, and his brother Gabriel Shipton reacting live on camera
he made it to Aussieland
#assangefreed
