September updates from the hosts

We are back with the roundtable and today we tackle news from the privacy war frontlines, new and old surveillance laws, stablecoins on Bitcoin, a precedent for failed CBDCs, is Luke actually planning a fork, Protonmail's battle with Switzerland, biometric banking lockdowns, and so much more. Plus the incredible feat of the bitcoin network's computing power and why 1 Zetahash marks a staggering milestone for humanity. Can Bitcoin remain the escape hatch in a world closing in on digital freedom?

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