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The development and adoption of Bitcoin is predicated upon a reaction to the manifest failures of current economic and political structures. The associated need to defend Bitcoin from multiple attack vectors resulted in a protective maximalist ideology. The end result is that the current Bitcoin community is dominated by big personalities with firm and unyielding convictions.

Yet, maintaining an adoption curve mirroring that of the internet means proving the benefits of this innovative technology to everyone: the wider public, companies, and state-level institutions. This will require building consensus: coalescing around positive characteristics of the technology whilst working to ensure divergent opinions don’t overwhelm the debate.

As Bitcoin enters a more nuanced phase of maturation, a pragmatic approach to furthering its adoption and effective development may be required. Do battle-hardened Bitcoiners now need to become more politically flexible? Is it possible to find agreement with those who hold contradictory views? Is compromise possible whilst protecting Bitcoin’s unique innovation?

https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/freedom-technologies-civil-disobedience

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:09:34 Bitcoin as a trojan horse
00:20:31 Freedom money
00:31:51 Absolutism, rational Anarchism
00:45:24 Advancing the principles of freedom
00:59:33 Nuclear energy, Bitcoin innovation
01:10:57 Hope & concerns for the future
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On BitcoinTV (Peertube / Fediverse):

Freedom Technologies & Civil Disobedience with Austin Hill
https://bitcointv.com/w/j4Cq6X2DWjmr5rcsvqwpt7

Follow on Mastodon / Pleroma (Fediverse): @wbd@bitcointv.com

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