The Sat Standard - February 15th, 2020
Bitcoin is free speech and the government is terrible at securing your data against China.
2 min read
Thought of the week from Marty Bent:
Bitcoin is free speech. This needs to be made clear to governments and regulators.
Thought of the week from Matt Odell:
China allegedly hacked Equifax. Assume they will target bitcoin services as well.
- KYC info
- Bitcoin and IP addresses
If you don't want the Chinese to be able to track all your past and future transactions you need to start educating yourself: btcprivacy.org.
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