Read_900 - A Flood of Censorship, Inflation & CBDCs, and an Ark [FFR 80-86]

Around the world, Bitcoin is colliding with power. Russia tracks
miners, Pakistan builds a digital rupee, and activists quietly
test new tools for freedom. In this episode I unpack the latest
Financial Freedom Report, explore breakthroughs like Block’s
modular “Proto Rig” and the ARK protocol, and ask: can these
innovations keep Bitcoin uncensorable?


Check out the original articles over at HRF's Financial
Freedom Report blog page (Link:
https://tinyurl.com/2v8d4kvt)


Links Mentioned


Chat_135 - Do One Thing and Do it Right with Mauricio Di
Bartolomeo (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2xhvrk7d)

Block Unveils Proto Rig and Proto Fleet, Marking a New Era in
Bitcoin Mining (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3kvj7swc)

Floresta full node implementation
(Link: https://docs.getfloresta.sh/floresta/)

Eric 17192799 on X (developer behind
Florista) (Link: https://x.com/Erik17192799)

Ginger Wallet with CoinJoin integration (Link:
https://docs.gingerwallet.io/using-ginger/coinjoin/)

Everything Powered by Ark – Behind the Bitcoin Scenes at The
Baltic Honey Badger 2025 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdeyxfzk)

ARK Labs Riga rewind Twitter thread
(Link: https://tinyurl.com/yzh8fvr2)



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