Aaron Day
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So imagine having a cryptocurrency, a privacy cryptocurrency, that's actually backed by gold, that you can redeem for physical gold, but that's separate from the state. So I think there are some really interesting models here where we can get the best of both worlds.
So imagine having a cryptocurrency, a privacy cryptocurrency, that's actually backed by gold, that you can redeem for physical gold, but that's separate from the state. So I think there are some really interesting models here where we can get the best of both worlds.
But, you know, Bitcoin isn't the answer, and certainly we have to look out for all of the surveillance going on with the traditional banking system.
But, you know, Bitcoin isn't the answer, and certainly we have to look out for all of the surveillance going on with the traditional banking system.
Not yet, but the one that I know of will be in 2025.
Not yet, but the one that I know of will be in 2025.
Well, yeah, what I like to say, well, I'm sorry. I was going to say it's the 99% of crypto that makes the other 1% look bad.
Well, yeah, what I like to say, well, I'm sorry. I was going to say it's the 99% of crypto that makes the other 1% look bad.
No, I was meant to put this up a little bit later, but actually I pressed the button too early. But this is about how they were able to take a system that's not quite like Bitcoin, but they were able to.
No, I was meant to put this up a little bit later, but actually I pressed the button too early. But this is about how they were able to take a system that's not quite like Bitcoin, but they were able to.
It's obvious that they arrested the founder of Telegram and really put the pressure on him and said, hey, you got to give us some back doors here because and they say it's always to protect the children. It always comes back to that. It's to protect the children. And that's how they're going to try and get their claws into crypto with Bitcoin. They're saying, well, it's to stop child trafficking.
It's obvious that they arrested the founder of Telegram and really put the pressure on him and said, hey, you got to give us some back doors here because and they say it's always to protect the children. It always comes back to that. It's to protect the children. And that's how they're going to try and get their claws into crypto with Bitcoin. They're saying, well, it's to stop child trafficking.
That's their excuse every single time to take away freedoms. It always goes back to it because it's the easiest way to convince people. Aaron, go ahead.
That's their excuse every single time to take away freedoms. It always goes back to it because it's the easiest way to convince people. Aaron, go ahead.
I was going to say, Roger has done more to spread digital cash across the world, literally, than anyone. And it's not just Bitcoin. A lot of people don't know this. Roger's invested in well over 40 companies. I mean, you can go to his website, rogervere.com, and you can see all the different things. And his emphasis has always been not on one particular coin or another.
I was going to say, Roger has done more to spread digital cash across the world, literally, than anyone. And it's not just Bitcoin. A lot of people don't know this. Roger's invested in well over 40 companies. I mean, you can go to his website, rogervere.com, and you can see all the different things. And his emphasis has always been not on one particular coin or another.
It's been on, you know, experimenting in the marketplace and finding which cryptocurrencies work the best for people all over the world. So he hasn't been As much as he has the name Bitcoin Jesus, he hasn't been religious about it at all, or particularly weighing in on one or the other. The third most valuable cryptocurrency is a currency called XRP. Roger was the co-founder of that.
It's been on, you know, experimenting in the marketplace and finding which cryptocurrencies work the best for people all over the world. So he hasn't been As much as he has the name Bitcoin Jesus, he hasn't been religious about it at all, or particularly weighing in on one or the other. The third most valuable cryptocurrency is a currency called XRP. Roger was the co-founder of that.
And now he's spending a lot of his time on privacy coins. I think the reason that he is arrested is part that he exposed that Bitcoin was hijacked, which this could be a whole other segment, but basically the people that hijacked and made the changes to Bitcoin to keep it slow and expensive so that it isn't usable as cash, those same people funded all three US CBDC pilots.
And now he's spending a lot of his time on privacy coins. I think the reason that he is arrested is part that he exposed that Bitcoin was hijacked, which this could be a whole other segment, but basically the people that hijacked and made the changes to Bitcoin to keep it slow and expensive so that it isn't usable as cash, those same people funded all three US CBDC pilots.