Edward Snowden will discuss his use of Bitcoin in the NSA leak at the conference

Press release

Snowden will speak for sixty minutes about the Web 3rd, Privacy, and Surveillance Capitalism and its uses of cryptocurrency in the leaked NSA at the BlockDown: DeData conference on May 3rd. 12th year 2021

London, UK 29th November 2021 – This Friday, Edward Snowden will appear at Blockdown: DeData, a virtual conference dedicated to the challenges and alternatives of ownership and consent in a new era where data is a commodity.

The former American computer intelligence advisor, best known for leaking top secret National Security Agency information in 2013 while working as a subcontractor for the Central Intelligence Agency, will join the conversation in our increasingly digital privacy and surveillance capitalism World.

Last week, Snowden – a blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiast – announced that he had used Bitcoin to hide his identity when purchasing servers that allowed the NSA to leak. “You know the whole NSA story for almost TEN YEARS? I paid the hosts who made it possible … with Bitcoin, “he said in one tweet.

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Snowden’s revelations in 2013 revealed the vast network of global surveillance programs run by the United States and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand) in collaboration with European telecommunications companies and governments and a global discussion. about individual rights, privacy and government surveillance and misuse of personal data.

Snowden will perform with privacy and security experts, industry leaders and academics including David Chaum, inventor of the digital currency and the “Godfather of Privacy”.

The BlockDown Conference was first launched in March 2020 and is currently preparing for its fifth event, which this time is exclusively dedicated to decentralized data and will take place on December 3 from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. CET (8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.: 00 a.m. UTC).

During this special eight-hour daytime conference, experts and scholars from across the blockchain and crypto space will come together to discuss data ownership, privacy, web 3rd, security, privacy and granular self-governance through boards, keynotes, fireside chats, debates and more.

BlockDown DeData aims to educate the public about data usage and abuse in a world where everyone is a digital citizen. Today, security breaches and data manipulation can be powerful enough to put entire nations at risk, cripple large organizations, affect our view of the world, and even change our view of the results of government elections.

Erhan Korhaliller, CEO of leading website 3 PR agency EAK Electronic and founder of BlockDown, said the event will educate, inspire and raise awareness of the importance of data in this day and age.

“DeData” puts power back into the hands of the individual. We look forward to welcoming guests to Blockdown so that they can learn more about decentralized data and the various advantages and current possibilities of data control. Your crypto is making a profit, so why not your data? ”

BlockDown DeData will be streamed as usual on leading media in the crypto space including CryptoSlate, Theta.television, NewsBTC, CryptoNews, Bitcoinist and CriptoNoticias, making it easily accessible to millions of viewers through the channel home page of these websites.

Previous versions of BlockDown have attracted some of the biggest names in the industry including Akon, CZ, Charles Hoskinson, Erik Voorhees, Sergey Nazarov, Roger Ver, and Nicholas Merten from DataDash, all of whom provided brilliant feedback.

BlockDownOffs: DeData will take place on Friday, December 3rd. To learn more and to order tickets, visit https://blockdownconf.com or send an email [email protected] for more informations.