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Wednesday, May 25 • 14:00 - 14:25
Central Bank Digital Currencies, Privacy, and the Cashless Society

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Most governments today are researching or implementing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC): a new digital form of cash. The Chinese Communist Party is furthest along, having launched their digital yuan in time for the 2022 Olympic Games earlier this year. Unfortunately, there is a big problem with these new forms of money: they allow for unprecedented surveillance, financial control, and censorship. Join a central bank scholar, a Bitcoin engineer, and two privacy advocates to discuss the civil liberties implications of CBDCs.

Moderators
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Matt Odell

Privacy advocate and co-host of the TFTC podcast

Speakers
avatar for Matthew Mezinskis

Matthew Mezinskis

Founder of Porkopolis Economics
avatar for Lisa Neigut

Lisa Neigut

Lightning developer at Blockstream
avatar for Janine Roem

Janine Roem

Cypherpunk, journalist, and privacy educator


Wednesday May 25, 2022 14:00 - 14:25 CEST
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