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‘Cast Your Vote But Don’t Join a Cult’, Edward Snowden Says at Bitcoin Conference

Edward Snowden, the former NSA employee turned whistleblower, cautioned Bitcoiners at the annual Bitcoin conference in Nashville to be wary of blindly supporting crypto-friendly politicians. He emphasized the need to cast votes without joining a cult and highlighted the lack of substantial change resulting from elections. Snowden also expressed concerns about governments using artificial intelligence to mine people's metadata and the potential surveillance implications of central bank digital currencies.

Edward Snowden, the former NSA employee turned whistleblower, cautioned Bitcoiners at the annual Bitcoin conference in Nashville to be wary of blindly supporting crypto-friendly politicians. He emphasized the need to cast votes without joining a cult and highlighted the lack of substantial change resulting from elections. Snowden also expressed concerns about governments using artificial intelligence to mine people's metadata and the potential surveillance implications of central bank digital currencies.

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