Bitcoin & AI Are Changing Who Holds The Power

About this episode

Paul Rosenberg, Rockstar Dev, Francis Pouliot, Lloyd Fournier, and Max Hillebrand discuss how Bitcoin, artificial intelligence, and privacy technology can shift power away from centralized institutions. The BTC Prague panel covers self-custody, surveillance, practical privacy, personal threat models, and the cypherpunk tools people can use to protect their money and data. Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 How to start small with privacy 04:37 You don't have to be Jason Bourne 07:15 Your money can't be on an exchange 08:00 Convenience is the enemy of privacy 11:32 Two or three AI companies, that's all 13:43 Our weapons are as good as theirs 15:44 You are your own worst adversary 17:32 The NSA is not your threat model 20:15 Using AI to DDoS the government 23:30 The fake Uber Eats driver 26:22 North Koreans hacked Martin 28:03 Don't live at your registered address 30:39 Ditch Google, use two hops 35:10 Custodying data is custodying lives 37:45 Be weird to your neighbors Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVHrr8pa7to Originally published by [BTC Prague](https://btcprague.com/)