Peter Young

Peter is managing director of the Free Private Cities Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that promotes the development of autonomous cities aligned to libertarian principles. He sees financial infrastructure based on Bitcoin as key to making the foundation’s vision for Free Private Cities a reality. Peter is interested in the Austrian School of Economics and Bitcoin, and has partnerships with businesses operating in these fields. These include Austrian wealth management firm Incrementum AG, online Austrian Economics learning platform Saifedean.com and bitcoin technology company Blockstream. Peter’s work at Blockstream has included producing content explaining how Liquid and Lightning serve as complementary layer-2 scaling solutions for Bitcoin. Prior to taking on his role at the Free Private Cities Foundation, Peter lived in China and worked in roles at the Connected Places Catapult and British Embassy in Beijing.

Day 1 | ECON Track | 1:35 - 2:00

Free Private Cities and Bitcoin

The sovereignty that individual Bitcoin users enjoy extends beyond the digital realm and into the physical world. Free Private Cities offer a peaceful way of opting out of conventional governance structures and building something aligned to the principles that made Bitcoin a success.

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