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June 03, 2021

Exiledsurfer: Building a Permissionless Future with Sovryn

1 hour 24 minutes

Exiledsurfer is an early Bitcoiner, a Co-founder of Parallele Polis and now part of the communications team of Sovryn a Bitcoin-native DeFi platform. We’re talking about the historical developments and the roots of Bitcoin as a Hippie activists Utopia coming true, the community discussions around the differences between Ethereum and Bitcoin, and who the real enemies of Bitcoin are. Tldr: it’s companies like Coinbase.

exiledsurfer’s Bitcoin story

The Bitcoin Foundation

Early history and different mindsets of the Bitcoin community

Original promises of Bitcoin

Nation state actors coming into mining

21st century paradigm: Government identity vs. cryptographic identities not tied to personal data

Bitcoin’s USP has been confirmed

Bitcoin a Hippie activists utopia

Cypherpunk ethos

Companies like Coinbase are a threat to Bitcoin, not governments

Sovryn’s idea and goals

SOV token and governance