11-16, 11:55–12:15 (America/El_Salvador), Bitfinex Stage
Language: English
Bitcoin is a decentralized currency and payment network that eliminates the need for trusted authorities. What impact does this have on governance at a municipality, city, or country level?
Peter Young
Peter is the managing director of the Free Cities Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of autonomous cities aligned with libertarian principles. He sees financial infrastructure based on Bitcoin as key to making the foundation’s vision for Free Private Cities a reality. Peter is interested in the Austrian School of Economics and Bitcoin and has partnerships with businesses in these fields. These include Austrian wealth management firm Incrementum AG, online Austrian Economics learning platform Saifedean.com and bitcoin technology company Blockstream. Peter’s work at Blockstream has included producing content explaining how Liquid and Lightning serve as complementary layer-2 scaling solutions for Bitcoin. Before taking on his role at the Free Private Cities Foundation, Peter lived in China and worked at the Connected Places Catapult and British Embassy in Beijing.
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Peter is managing director of the Free Cities Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of autonomous cities aligned to libertarian principles. He sees financial infrastructure based on Bitcoin as key to making the foundation’s vision for Free Private Cities a reality. Peter is interested in the Austrian School of Economics and Bitcoin, and has partnerships with businesses operating in these fields. These include Austrian wealth management firm Incrementum AG, online Austrian Economics learning platform Saifedean.com and bitcoin technology company Blockstream. Peter’s work at Blockstream has included producing content explaining how Liquid and Lightning serve as complementary layer-2 scaling solutions for Bitcoin. Prior to taking on his role at the Free Private Cities Foundation, Peter lived in China and worked in roles at the Connected Places Catapult and British Embassy in Beijing.
Timothy Allen is an award winning photographer and filmmaker. During his 25 year career he has worked with BBC Earth, National Geographic, Discovery Channel and the Independent. Tim is also an ambassador to the Free Cities Foundation.