Free Talk Live | How to go to jail while freeing the world - Mark Edge | ETHDam III - 2025
Thu, Oct 2, 2025, 12:00 AM
Welcome to the 3rd Edition of ETHDam, hosted May 9–11, 2025 in Amsterdam. This year, we brought together the brightest minds in privacy, security, and AI for a unique 48-hour hackathon + conference combo. 🌷 https://www.ethdam.com// 🌷 ------------------ Free Talk Live | How to go to jail while freeing the world - Mark Edge | ETHDam III - 2025 🎤 About the Speaker: Founded Free Talk Live in 2002. Moved to New Hampshire for the Free State Project in 2006. Stumbled upon Bitcoin in 2010. Still trying to free the people. 𝕏 Follow: https://x.com/MarkEdge_FTL http://freetalklive.com/ https://x.com/FreeTalkLive ------------------ About ETHDam & CryptoCanal ETHDam is powered by CryptoCanal, an education and events platform rooted in Amsterdam, expanding into Rotterdam and Zürich. Keep up with us to see updates on future events: https://www.cryptocanal.org/ Follow CryptoCanal on X: https://twitter.com/CryptoCanal Join CryptoCanal TG Community: https://t.me/CryptoCanalCommunity Join CryptoCanal Discord: https://discord.com/invite/XJVjpCqQBz CryptoCanal unites crypto enthusiasts committed to making a positive impact. Unapologetically political, we prioritize education, events, and services while championing cypherpunk values like privacy, sovereignty, and censorship resistance. ------------------ 🎥 Credits: Intro / outro by babyPRO - https://babypro.art/ ETHDam Photography by Paulus – https://concretestate.eu/ MC of ETHDam - Eleonore Blanc - Founder of CryptoCanal and the evangelist behind ETHDam. https://x.com/blockblanc ------------------ Special thanks to our partners who made ETHDam possible: 🌹 Hackathon – Bouquet: Oasis Network https://oasisprotocol.org/ 🌷 Hackathon – Petal: Circles https://aboutcircles.com 💛 Conference – Gold: Zano https://zano.org/ Dash https://www.dash.org/ Bitvavo https://bitvavo.com/en 🩶 Conference – Silver: Igra Labs https://igralabs.com/hero 💛 Conference – Copper: Lido https://lido.fi/ DeTrip https://detrip.travel/ Cake Wallet https://cakewallet.com/ The Grid https://thegrid.id/ Calimero Network https://calimero.network/ 0xbow https://0xbow.io/ Mina https://minaprotocol.com/ JobStash https://jobstash.xyz/ Cyber Capital https://www.cyber.capital/ POAP https://poap.xyz/ Acronym Foundation (Supported our Top 10 Hackers) https://acronymfoundation.org/ 🌱 Sponsor: EF Ecosystem Support Program https://esp.ethereum.foundation ------------------ 0:00 – Intro 1:27 – FBI Raid on Free Talk Live 2:54 – Free State Project Infiltration 4:00 – Early Bitcoin Advocacy 5:46 – Local Bitcoin Economy in Keen 7:01 – Free Talk Live Becomes a Church 9:00 – Ian Freeman’s Bitcoin Outreach 11:12 – Ian's Trial & Allegations 14:00 – Sentencing, Appeal & Call to Action 15:00 – Freeman’s Moral Stand on Restitution 17:00 – Appeal Strategy & Judicial Hope 20:00 – Petition, Impact, and Final Call to Action