Announcing Freedom Tech DC 2026. BPI's annual summit returns to Washington on September 22-23. Learn more and secure your spot: btcpolicy.org/summit

Freedom Tech DC: A Future Worth Surviving For with @zackbshapiro - AI systems are finding strategies their designers never anticipated - Safety policy will concentrate control over intelligence - We need safeguards aimed at dangerous frontier capabilities - Extraordinary government powers should require evidence, review, and limits - Independent research and pluralism are essential to a future that preserves freedom (00:00) — Introduction (01:29) — The trajectory toward more capable AI (03:00) — The alignment problem (05:22) — Safety policy and concentrated power (06:52) — Targeting dangerous frontier capabilities (07:59) — The burden of proof for government powers (08:15) — Pluralism and independent scrutiny (09:14) — A future worth surviving for

Fall is here! 🍂🍁 We’re heading into the final stretch of the year with something big to look forward to...

Freedom Tech DC: AI-Fueled Human Flourishing with @matthew_pines - AI could compress the path from scientific discovery to practical technology - Cheaper energy, new materials, and healthier lives are the biggest potential gains - Public support for AI infrastructure depends on sharing those gains - Open science means results anyone can check and tools anyone can build on (00:00) — Introduction (01:58) — Accelerating scientific discovery (03:08) — AI at the frontier of mathematics (04:11) — Energy, materials, and human flourishing (06:32) — The politics of AI infrastructure (07:17) — Automating discovery (07:59) — Open science and shared prosperity

Freedom Tech DC: Cypherpunk Humanism with @resistancemoney - Machines should help people grow, build, and connect - Who controls the technology matters as much as what it can do - Encryption, Bitcoin, open-weights AI, and peer-to-peer networks put control back in users' hands (00:00) — Introduction (00:42) — People, Machines & Power (03:55) — What Is Cypherpunk Humanism? (05:44) — Who Controls Our Technology? (07:01) — Bitchat, Nostr & Bitcoin (07:58) — Local AI & Owning Your Data (08:26) — From DIY to Do It Together (08:56) — Building Infrastructure That Serves People

Freedom Tech DC: Open Intelligence with @Jack - Open source is a boon for global innovation - AI will reshape company structures + how @blocks operates - Instead of slowing down, we should open more - Government should fund compute - The cypherpunks built Bitcoin in the open -- we should build AI the same way (00:00) — Introduction & Why Open Source Matters (03:50) — From Goose to Buzz: AI Collaboration (05:28) — Rethinking the Company structure in the AI Era (09:47) — Three Roles: Contributors, Outcome Owners & Coaches (13:01) — Open the Frontier: Permissionless AI Innovation (19:29) — Openness, Safety & the Fear of AI (24:20) — Government’s Role: Shared Compute & Access (29:53) — The Punk Ethos: Build, Fail & Learn in Public

🚨 LIVE IN 5: @Lancegooden to speak on the new rails of power. nitter.cf/bitcoinpolicy/status/2…

LIVE: We are back discussing AI and cyber defense. 🌎🔒 Watch below! nitter.cf/bitcoinpolicy/status/2…

WATCH: @SenTedBuddNC takes the stage in ~5 minutes. Check it out! nitter.cf/bitcoinpolicy/status/2…

Day 2 of Freedom Tech DC is live!! 🎥🇺🇸 Tune in below 👇 nitter.cf/bitcoinpolicy/status/2…

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Freedom Tech DC kicks off THIS WEEK. A summit on the future of money, speech, and intelligence — and the fight to keep them free. We're gathering the builders and the regulators with one purpose — to encourage Washington to embrace open source technology. Stream both days live on X from @bitcoinpolicy, plus YouTube and Rumble. Tuesday, September 22 at 10:00 AM ET. Wednesday, September 23 at 9:00 AM ET.

From global digital asset markets to its Helios AI campus in Texas, @galaxyhq is building the financial and physical infrastructure of the next digital economy. We're proud to welcome Galaxy as a sponsor of Freedom Tech DC 2026.

This year, BPI is proud to partner with 5 mission-aligned non-profit organizations working towards bringing freedom tech to DC and the world. Thank you to @Abundanceinst, @AtlasNetwork, @TheFIREorg, @Mercatus, and @JoinYoungVoices for helping make this event possible.

Next week, we're putting builders, advocates, and policymakers in the same room in Washington to ensure America leads on Freedom Technology. Thank you to this year's supporter sponsors who chose to stand behind that work. See you there.

Owning your Bitcoin starts with controlling your keys. @Ledger builds the secure tools that put that control in your hands. We're proud to welcome Ledger as a sponsor of Freedom Tech DC 2026.

Yesterday, @RepNickBegich's American Reserve Modernization Act cleared the House Financial Services Committee. Next week at Freedom Tech DC 2026, he'll lay out what's next for ARMA and why America must continue to pursue Bitcoin as a strategic national asset.