Mike Orcutt

@mike-orcutt

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If you missed the DC Privacy Summit last month, you can check out all the session talks right here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWmtTg-WFLv6t3LD-nyP2LLrmLxvo4aAf Featuring @valkenburgh @rebecca-r @pumpernikhil @ameensol @jswihart @faryarshirzad @nikhileshde @millercwl @reillymj and many others!

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Three words that are so overused they hardly mean anything anymore: "content," "creator," and "builder."

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Greetings to my new followers, especially the real ones! Please make my Friday and subscribe to Project Glitch, a newsletter about the future of the internet. https://www.projectglitch.xyz

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*Anakin and Padme meme*: As long as there are no passengers, right?

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The Trump memecoin continues to break my brain.

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This promises to be a really interesting discussion. I highly encourage folks to tune in.

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Honored to have the opportunity to interview @samczsun at tomorrow's PGP* for Crypto meeting in DC. We'll talk about SEAL—how it started, what it's achieved, and where it is headed. RSVP to attend in person: https://lu.ma/pgpforcrypto20250423 Or catch the livestream here: https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1YpJkBeMmMXGj

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the difference between linkedin and farcaster https://warpcast.com/jake/0x1b4f4b36

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yeah but they often have a boomer vibe

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As I took in the MIT Bitcoin Expo talks, I couldn't stop thinking about Salt Typhoon. In the latest edition of Project Glitch, I tried to connect the dots. 6/6 https://www.projectglitch.xyz/p/and-the-tech-shall-set-you-free

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This is the inflection point. What does it mean for cryptocurrency? That was the focus of the latest MIT Bitcoin Expo. The conference featured talks from bona fide freedom fighters and builders of other kinds of freedom tech, like Tor. 5/

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That recommendation was remarkable. Just a decade ago, Jim Comey's FBI warned that "going dark" via encryption was a threat to public safety. 4/

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But freedom tech can also protect us against sophisticated hackers who pursue our personal data. That's why US gov officials, after the Salt Typhoon breach, recommended that the public use encrypted messaging—perhaps the most well-known example of freedom tech. 3/

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Crypto folks often boil their enthusiasm for the technology down to freedom. Freedom from what, exactly? Authoritarianism, for one. Harmful economic policy is another. 2/

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The "freedom tech" inflection point: 🧵1/

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She’s so lucky. She’s a star

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Good memeing @pet3rpan

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