You may have seen some of my Q&A videos posted to YouTube and wondered where they come from. Some of them come from monthly Livestream Q&A sessions with people who support me on Patreon. (We call Patrons what they are: Community Builders.) Recently, Community Builders voted to open up these sessions to anyone who wants to join. This community is made up of incredible people, and I’m so grateful to have their support. Last week we had our first open monthly Livestream. It went so well, I’ve decided to have a few more bonus Q&A sessions over the next few weeks. You may already know that my mission is to educate as many people as possible about #Bitcoin and open blockchain technologies. Participating in these Livestream sessions is one way to do that. Thank you for being part of this mission. Learn more about becoming a Community Builder: https://patreon.com/aantonop *** Socials, Books, & More *** Website: https://aantonop.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/aantonop Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AndreasMAnto... Insta: https://www.instagram.com/amantonop/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aant... Amazon Author: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00MVAG8Z8 Audible: https://www.audible.com/author/Andrea... Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this youtube channel and select the bell for notifications. Thanks for watching! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXpl5eyzVu0

Is the Trump administration is trying to push through bitcoin & cryptocurrency wallet regulations in the USA? Maybe you've seen the CEO of Coinbase make statements against these regulations. But what's actually being proposed? Why are exchange CEOs making statements [HINT: it's not altruism or principles]? Watch this 10 min video to learn what these proposed regulations are, how they'd affect regular crypto users, why the regulations would be impotent if actually enacted, and why CEOs of exchanges are worried. Chapters 0:00 Donald Trump asks, "What's your opinion about the rumored burdensome cryptocurrency wallet rules that I may rush out soon?" (obviously this is a pseudonym and POTUS did not actually ask this question) 0:32 You should be using self-hosted bitcoin crypto wallets, non-custodial wallets where you control the cryptocurrency keys 0:48 Financial regulators are getting nervous about... burdensome civil liberties and freedom 1:17 They are trying to regulate the use of self-hosted wallets, by way of regulations on cryptocurrency exchanges 2:01 You cannot enforce regulations on how people use their own self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets 2:55 Can you prove the address you're withdrawing to belongs to you? (yes, always) 3:00 The proposed law: when you withdraw from an exchange, you must prove the address you're withdrawing to belongs to you 4:02 Cryptocurrency exchanges would be negatively affected but not users of self-hosted wallets 5:12 How easy would these proposed regulations be to bypass? Too easy, trivially easy 6:37 The proposed regulation is pointless 8:23 The regulation will make cryptocurrency exchanges less valuable, less useful, and more expensive than self-hosted wallets 8:56 Making Not Your Keys, Not Your Coins even more attractive 10:00 What is the impact of these regulations? Drive more people to self-custody of their cryptocurrency! This question is from the November 2020 monthly Bitcoin & Open Blockchain livestream event, which took place on November 28, 2020. Watch the entire video here: https://aantonop.io/nov2020livestreamqa. If you want to ask questions early (before the live event), become a Community Builder on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aantonop Patrons get early access to ask questions, view talks, behind-the-scenes content, and much more. Take a look at some of our favorite questions from Monthly Livestream videos: Bitcoin Q&A: Climbing the sovereignty staircase - https://youtu.be/pOVm8YK3A_0 How do Mnemonic Seeds work? https://youtu.be/wWCIQFNf_8g COMMENT below and let us know what you think of the video. Post your follow-up questions there too! SUBSCRIBE to this YouTube channel and select the bell ? for notifications: https://aantonop.io/youtube JOIN this YouTube channel to become a YouTube Commu ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh0hocs-_PA