Why am I speaking at the #Bitcoin2023 confernece? 1. My commitment to civil liberties. Bitcoin is a bulwark against the ever-intensifying surveillance and control of our private financial lives. 2. To educate myself on the innovations in payments, custody, and computing built around this open-source protocol. I want America to remain the leader in this important area of digital infrastructure. 3. Because as the old monetary system becomes increasingly unstable, dysfunctional, and corrupt, I want to understand what the alternatives, or maybe an ecosystem of alternatives, could be. #Kennedy24