Information has been unfold that Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who criticized the U.S. authorities after which fled from the U.S., can be a headline speaker on the Bitcoin Convention within the Netherlands in the course of October this 12 months. That can be an internet session with questions and solutions.
Except for being a whistleblower, Snowden is a widely known Bitcoin supporter and professional. Lately, Snowden has been bullish on Bitcoin. In February this 12 months, he shared a tweet concerning the intention of the central financial institution of Lebanon to devalue the native fiat foreign money and commented that “Bitcoin fixes this.”
BREAKING: Whistleblower & Cybersecurity Professional Edward Snowden to headline #Bitcoin Amsterdam 🇳🇱
“#Bitcoin is free cash… Once I take into consideration liberty, that is what that is all about. It is freedom from permission” pic.twitter.com/8vc1rZZU2O
— The Bitcoin Convention (@TheBitcoinConf) August 4, 2023
In December 2022, when Elon Musk introduced he would step down from the function of Twitter chief government and was in search of a candidate to take it over from him, Snowden tweeted that he would gladly take up that place if supplied. He additionally agreed to receives a commission in Bitcoin.
Ethereum entrance man and co-founder Vitalik Buterin again then additionally commented on this intention of Musk. He acknowledged that that is a particularly essential determination and it could have very adverse penalties ought to Musk decide the unsuitable individual. Rumors had it that Jack Dorser, Twitter co-founder and its former CEO can be reinstated as the pinnacle of the platform.
Nonetheless, Musk discovered one other candidate for this function and employed Linda Yaccarino, who labored as head of promoting at NBCUniversal previous to that.