Susie on Nostr: CBDCs are financial surveillance with better branding. They are being be sold as ...

CBDCs are financial surveillance with better branding. They are being be sold as innovation, convenient and inclusive.

Once money becomes programmable, freedom becomes conditional.

- Who decides what you can buy?
- Who decides where you can spend?
- Who decides when your access ends?

The Czech Republic knows what centralised power looks like and BTCPrague (npub167n…zu3r) has always felt like the right place to talk about bitcoin, cypherpunks and financial freedom.

I’ll be moderating a panel on how to defend against CBDCs and surveillance with efenigson (nprofile…yd3x) , Lea Thompson, Viliam Klamarčík and Tony Yazbeck.

Read the article here:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/06/17/bitcoin-cypherpunks-and-financial-freedom-at-btc-prague/

See you in Prague.