Replay 2026 / talk 07

Why Bitcoin Was Never Banned

Maxime Desalle · 4:05

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Maxime Desalle is an analyst at Winklevoss Capital, the Winklevoss twins' investment firm and a major backer of Zcash.
Website: https://www.winklevosscapital.com
OUTLINE
0:42 - Bitcoin is turning into a true surveillance machine
1:06 - There's only one currency that they would really have to ban
1:39 - You can't ban holding it
2:01 - You can't ban receiving it
2:18 - You can't ban spending it
3:40 - Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash is truly unstoppable money
LINKS
Network State Conference: https://ns.com/conference
Full Network State Conference 2026 playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEM0D05Mwa

Chapters (7)

0:00 · <Untitled Chapter 1>0:42 · Bitcoin is turning into a true surveillance machine1:06 · There's only one currency that they would really have to ban1:39 · You can't ban holding it2:01 · You can't ban receiving it2:18 · You can't ban spending it3:40 · Unlike Bitcoin, Zcash is truly unstoppable money
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