Thread by @TheBitcoinConf

"I think we have reached a point where a straight up state attack against bitcoin would fail." -Francis Pouliot

What To Do When Your Country Bans Bitcoin with Alejandro Machado, Boaz Sobrado, Francis Pouliot, Matt Odell & Hector Rosekrans

"Regulators should realize that if we get financial sovereignty into the hands of people oppressed by authoritarian regimes... they will be able to push back against this oppression" -Matt Odell

"I am not a huge fan of the narrative that says, let the government do whatever it wants and we will be fine because we simply do not have the tools for that (yet)" -Francis Pouliot

"Part of what makes BTC valuable is that everyone can use it." -Boaz Sobrado

"The pools can't really censor all transactions. They can only make some transactions slower." -Francis Pouliot

"We need Bitcoin companies to care about serving specific populations. If you are not a company that cares about Venezuelan customers, they will ignore them." -Alejandro Machado

"I think every user should CoinJoin before and after sending [Bitcoin] to exchanges." -Francis Pouliot

"One of the key things is that users need to care, they need to realize they have the need to have better privacy." -Matt Odell

"I think the #1 thing I learned from seeing Cuban Bitcoiners operate is that people there just want [Bitcoin] to work... It is also very P2P." -Boaz Sobrado

Francis Pouliot, "People have been "de-responsiblized" so much the idea of controlling your money is very daunting."

#Bitcoin brings personal responsibility back.