Juraj Bednar: Using Bitcoin Is like a Filter for People with an Open Mind
Juraj Bednar is an entrepreneur, hacker and co-founder of Paralelná Polis Bratislava and Prague’s Paralelní Polis. It hosts a hackerspace called Institute of Cryptoanarchy and a cafeteria with best coffee in Prague and accepting only cryptocurrencies. His favourite cryptocurrency is bitcoin, he also uses monero as a medium of exchange. In his talk "Financial surveillance and crypto utopias" at the #HCPP19 Hackers Congress Juraj presented his research on how banks are enforcing KYC, anti-money laundering regulations while at the same time do not care about it, if they want you as a customer. He also shows us hacks to regain financial privacy with cryptocurrency. We talk about: Opposing totalitarian regime and communism Concept of Paraleni Polis How to survive in a society that is not free and the development of parallel society KYC, anti-money laundering, tax evasion Banks are over-regulating, but they do not need to, if they want you as a customer Need to have a bank account Security theatre Hacks for better financial privacy Why bitcoin is his favourite cryptocurrency ---------- More infos, all links and recommendations: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/juraj-bednar/ Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ | Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Send a voice message to Anita: https://www.speakpipe.com/anitaposch ---------- German Podcast: https://bitcoinundco.com/de/ ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch | BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ | Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch