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Yaël
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deputy director @ consumer choice center fellow @ bitcoin policy institute québécois-american innocent abroad in Wien

The future of bitcoin will not be driven by the "industry," but by its users

Influencers are ineffective policy advocates that mostly end up creating more harm than good.

Weird that Xapo is a main sponsor, since they apparently don’t allow US citizens on their platform…has this changed?

I mean people are really trying to elevate this kooky Bitcoin strategic reserve policy. This is so ruinous. Stop thinking about your bags and more about the future of decentralized freedom tech.

A U.S. Bitcoin “strategic reserve” is flawed NGU policy

-$35 trillion debt for our kids only increasing

-*an incentive for confiscatory policies to usurp #bitcoin from private control (6102)*

-obliterates separation of money and state

-NGU “signal” to pump bags, not liberty

Instead of pushing yet more KYC/AML laws for bitcoin exchanges or banks, we should ask whether existing laws are putting us in greater danger.

Common-sense rules promoting encryption, penalizing bad actors + minimizing data collection would protect consumers from future harm

**my column in The Blaze's tech site Return**

https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/data-breach-exposes-pitfalls-of-customer-identification-regulations

I lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a brief period 13 years ago and I'm still getting letters and calls from the PA tax collectors trying to crawl back my meager intern salary from that time period

Servus aus Kärnten

We need a polymarket that runs on lightning

Why is the EU pursing 𝕏 and Elon Musk?

EU competition and moderation policies are on trial, and it’s clear that “free speech” platforms cannot comply with European laws.

The only way forward will be decentralized protocols like nostr

A breakdown in my interview on the Riks Europe channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18FoeCPwfM

Beyond the worries of a broader industry collapse in FinTech, the EVOLVE HACK should prove as a cautionary tale for those who push excessive Know Your Customer and anti-money-laundering laws for services that consumers use every day

me in nostr:npub15uzxhhnezankkh78lef4j6yqn2t6wmdgelxdddy3ka8us8u60txqcnrulh

https://www.theblaze.com/columns/opinion/data-breach-exposes-pitfalls-of-customer-identification-regulations

Over time, as regulatory muscle over global social media grows, maintaining free speech online will *only* be possible on decentralized protocols with no central point of failure.

That’s why NOSTR is already reigning supreme

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Tbilisi 🇬🇪

Elon Musk wants X to be a premiere free speech platform. But this trajectory is completely at odds with the aims of the EU's regulatory playbook. And this battle is far from over.

Decentralized Nostr wins again.

My latest on EU Tech Loop:

https://eutechloop.com/free-speech-platforms-like-x-will-never-pass-the-eus-dsa-test/

Public miners and blockchain intelligence. The main beneficiaries of “regulation” on bitcoin. Change my mind.