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Today I talk with Dash, a Bitcoiner based in Japan.
Dash is part of the Tokyo Citadel Group, who I was able to meet when I was travelling through Japan recently.
My impression from the Tokyo Citadel was that there was real interest in privacy, security, and the potential threats that Bitcoiners personally face from the nation state. Now this is not unfounded, and we have seen people being detained over things like coinjoins and through chain analysis. But I wanted to understand this perspective more and compare it with the situation in New Zealand.
Importantly we talk about how freedom tech, including Bitcoin, can help alleviate some these risks, and I think there is a lot we can learn here.
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Links:
Tokyo Citadel - https://tokyocitadel.com/
Roman Sterlingov arrested for coin mixing operation - https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/individual-arrested-and-charged-operating-notorious-darknet-cryptocurrency-mixer
Carlos Gohn story - https://www.bbc.com/news/business-57760993
Azteco Bitcoin Vouchers - https://azte.co/
Proton Mail (Alternative to Gmail) - https://proton.me/mail
Stacker News Live Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/7F1moKBNmI8Cc5dbu1xuDy
The Beef Initiative - https://beefinitiative.com/
TokyoCafe21 - https://tokyocafe21.com/
Citadel Dispatch with Matt Odell - https://fountain.fm/show/p8WM5xdhPOB2YrKmP1Vy
Walden by Henry Thoreau - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16902.Walden
Executive Order 6102 / Confiscation of Gold in USA in 1933 - https://www.sbcgold.com/blog/a-dangerous-precedent-executive-order-6102/
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