At the @LuganoPlanB Forum, @paoloardoino delivered one of @tether ’s most ambitious keynotes to date: "Tether - A #Psychohistory Implementation." Drawing direct inspiration from Isaac #Asimov’s #Foundation series, Ardoino outlined how Tether is moving beyond #stablecoins to build the "Independent Stack"—a fully open-source, resilient, and anti-fragile technological ecosystem designed to reduce societal "darkness" and preserve individual sovereignty. Detailed Keynote Summary 1. Vision and Philosophy: Psychohistory and Anti-Fragility The Asimov Inspiration: Drawing from Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, Ardoino explained that technology cannot eliminate cyclical societal crises, but it can shorten turmoil and reduce systemic damage.  Beyond Currency: While USDT serves over 350 million users as a hedge against triple-digit inflation, true sovereignty requires independence across all layers of infrastructure, not just currency.  Long-term Independence: The technologies Tether builds must survive Tether itself. If the company ceases to exist, every layer of the stack must remain fully operational without central dependencies.  2. The Independent Stack Energy (Solar Micro-Kiosks): To address energy poverty in rural Africa, Tether backed solar-powered kiosks that rent 175W rechargeable batteries for 3–5 USDT per month. The network already supports 2 million users and 3,000 local jobs, aiming for 100,000 kiosks serving 100 million people within five years.  Bitcoin Mining (MDK): With over 100,000 BTC held and ~50 EH/s of operations, Tether introduced the open-source Mining Development Kit (MDK) to standardize transparent, peer-to-peer management across hardware manufacturers.  Peer-to-Peer Communication (Holepunch & Keet): Built on the serverless Holepunch runtime, the Keet platform enables real-time messaging, calls, and streaming without central servers. With offline Bluetooth mesh capabilities, communications remain intact during network blackouts.  Programmable Payments (WDK): The Wallet Development Kit provides a modular, self-custodial foundation for Bitcoin, Lightning, and stablecoins. It is architected for humans as well as the future machine economy of billions of robots and AI agents conducting micropayments.  Local & Sovereign AI (QVAC SDK & On-Device Models): Countering Centralization: Ardoino warned against Big Tech controlling intelligence, stating: "Not your keys, not your coins; not your AI, not your intelligence."  Edge Computing: QVAC SDK runs identical AI pipelines on hardware ranging from low-cost smartphones to embedded robotics without cloud server expenses.  Specialized Models: Unveiled models include MedSci (a compact medical LLM outperforming larger cloud alternatives on benchmarks), TranslateSci (on-device translation for 19 African languages), and VisionSci / TranscribeSci (vision and speech models for localized, privacy-first robotics). As Paolo summarized: true #freedom cannot be achieved by fixing money alone. It requires an unbreakable, unstoppable stack of energy, communications, computation, and intelligence owned by the people at the bottom, not the entities at the top. #Bitcoin #Tether #PlanB #Lugano #AI #P2P #Decentralization #OpenSource Video edited by Blockchain.it

The intro of @giacomozucco to the “Geopolitical impact of #Bitcoin” panel at @LuganoPlanB Forum now! “How can a #State, the main enemy of #freedom, be a user or a beneficiary of Bitcoin?” See the live streaming on Rumble. Video edited by Blockchain.it

Lectio Magistralis di @paoloardoino, CEO di @tether, ospite d'onore ieri [2 aprile 2006] della cerimonia d'inaugurazione dell'anno accademico di @UniGenova, presso cui si è laureato in informatica nel 2009. Nella prima metà dell'intervento, Paolo Ardoino condivide il legame profondo con #Unige, ricordando come gli insegnamenti accademici siano stati la base per la sua carriera internazionale. Il cuore dell'intervento intitolato "The Quest for a #Stable Society" [la Ricerca di una Società Stabile] è il "Tether's #Manifesto": l'idea che la stabilità sociale derivi dall'accesso equo e tecnologico alla finanza, dalla decentralizzazione e dal peer-to-peer. 1) #Stability derives from equipotent access to #technology and #finance. [La stabilità deriva dall'accesso equipotente a tecnologia e finanza] 2) #Decentralization of technology and finance makes society resilient to failure and abuse. [La decentralizzazione della tecnologia e della finanza rende la società resiliente al fallimento e all'abuso] 3) Technology and finance are a reflection of society: #peertopeer. [La tecnologia e la finanza sono una riflessione della società, peer-to-peer (da persona a persona)] Ardoino spiega poi la genesi di #USDT, la #stablecoin nata per risolvere un problema reale nei mercati emergenti: la svalutazione estrema delle monete locali (come in Argentina, Turchia o Venezuela) che distrugge i risparmi delle famiglie. Durante la pandemia del 2020, USDT è diventato uno strumento di protezione vitale nei paesi emergenti, passando da 2 a oltre #184 miliardi di dollari in circolazione, affermandosi come il dollaro digitale più utilizzato al mondo per i pagamenti. Nella seconda parte, Paolo Ardoino analizza l'impatto sociale di #Tether, definendolo il più importante caso di #inclusione finanziaria della storia. Con oltre #560 milioni di utenti, USDT permette #rimesse a costo zero per chi lavora lontano da casa, eliminando le commissioni bancarie che arrivano fino al 26%. La visione di Tether si estende però oltre la finanza attraverso tre pilastri tecnologici #opensource e basati sulla #decentralizzazione: @Holepunch_to: un sistema di comunicazione peer-to-peer per garantire la libertà d'informazione senza intermediari. @qvac (IA Locale): modelli di intelligenza artificiale che girano direttamente sugli smartphone, portando l'educazione anche dove la connettività è scarsa. #Decentralized #Energy Grid in #Africa: un progetto che mira a portare energia stabile a 30 milioni di case entro il 2032 tramite una rete di 100.000 chioschi solari e batterie ricaricabili, creando migliaia di posti di lavoro locali.

#Decentralization Pills, Part 2 (to be continued): "The Vision for a Stable Future". @paoloardoino (CEO of "The Stable Company" @tether, the issuer of #USDT, the largest #stablecoin by market capitalization), during his @LuganoPlanB Forum presentation, laid out a powerful vision for a stable and free future. The goal is clear and full of hope: "We need to build and we need to protect [...] the future, with people walking freely, using technology, not scared of the technology that they have on themselves." The current reliance on #centralized #datacenters (where 70% of the Internet is in the hands of three companies) is taking away our control. The current reality of centralized tech is a digital cage. This is not the liberating technology the #internet [& #Bitcoin] was built for. But this is not a lost cause. The solution for achieving true freedom and stability lies in returning to the roots of innovation: building a new technological #stack from the ground up, founded on #P2P: peer-to-peer #finance, peer-to-peer #communications, and peer-to-peer #intelligence. As a Forum Peer, I found the entire presentation highly engaging, not just for the critical content, but for its innovative format and focus on concrete solutions. #Web3 #Crypto #PaoloArdoino #Ardoino #Tether #AI #Blockchain Are you ready to take action for a P2P future? Which of the three pillars (Finance, Communication, or Intelligence) requires our immediate attention and decentralized implementation? BLOCKCHAIN.IT

#Decentralization Pills, Part 1, Exposing #BigTech & #AI #Centralization. @paoloardoino (CEO of @tether "The Stable Company") at Lugano's Plan ₿ Forum delivered a vivid description of the reality we are fighting against. It's a passage worth watching, reading and contemplating: "Let's start from what we are fighting against. This is how I feel when I open an app on my smartphone. This is how I feel. You have all your apps on your smartphone are connected to these data centers. You don't own these data centers. You don't own your information. You are one of those humans that has a virtual wire to somewhere in the world you cannot pinpoint, within some walls owned by a company that will use the data you store within those walls to make money, to own your life, to own your intelligence, your most private thoughts". This description highlights the core issue of our time: the illusion of #connectivity in the face of a complete loss of control. Do you agree? How can we take back control over our digital and financial freedom? #DecentralizationPills #Blockchain #Bitcoin #stablecoin #Crypto #PaoloArdoino #Ardoino #PlanBForum #PlanBForum2025 #Web3 BLOCKCHAIN.IT

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