# ETHDAM III - 2025 Aftermovie│Conference and Hackathon│Privacy, Security and AI│Amsterdam - Channel: [CryptoCanal](https://streameth.org/cryptocanal) - Date: 2025-10-07 - Duration: 03:13 - Topics: Education - Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-HvjG82EgYMQ - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvjG82EgYMQ ## Description 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// 🌷 ------------------ 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: / cryptocanal Join CryptoCanal TG Community: https://t.me/CryptoCanalCommunity Join CryptoCanal Discord: / discord 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: babyPRO - https://babypro.art/ ------------------ 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 ## Transcript If crypto is the revolution, what was our first victory? Well, the first victory is that we got Ross Olrich out. My biggest win is to finally be able to welcome Alexi Perzv to the stage. Once in Ethan, a group of freedom fighters gathered. We came to ETH DAM to build things for humans. I'm here today at this uh very important conference because I truly believe that privacy is a core value for our society. We wanted to build thing that activists could use it tomorrow for their protests. What is your key message? The key message is freedom. The key message is liberty. The key message is censorship resistance. But we cannot bring any of these benefits to the masses if the system doesn't scale. And if the governance gets a way of scaling the system, you've just killed the dream. Free my co-host Ian Freeman at freenow.org. Four, what's the biggest myth about privacy coins? I think the biggest one is that, you know, we the only the only thing that we're good for is money laundering. They champion criminal usage, saying, "Yeah, criminals use cuz we work, you know, and I think that's a really dangerous myth." The first case in which a developer is held responsible for a completely decentralized tool. A knife does not know whether it is cutting a rock or a heart. How do we explain this to lawmakers? We need to go back to the basics. A tool is a tool, but the responsibility for using a tool lies with the user. I 100% believe that de developers should not be punished for the crimes of the users. Uh it creates essentially infinite unbounded liability forever. And I would therefore call for a more balanced approach where actually we start first with the merits of data protection, privacy and individual freedom and then restrict enforcement of these rules only where there's an absolute necessity without endangering the life of programmers. Uh that is very positive for innovation and competitiveness of our economy by setting negative press. We're doubling down on politics. I'm afraid of saying it but we are. We're doubling down. More than ever, this space is political. More than ever, we need to make better tools and we need to discuss it and we need to go out there. We can't just stay amongst our little crowd of comfort zone. We need to reach out. We need to go for adoption. We need to go for policy makers. We need to go for more politicians. We need to make an impact in the real outside society outside of Pacio House. And I'm going to drag their asses here and we're going to make it possible because that's what really matters. Welcome to [Music] East. We can do it now and we won't get most of the world doing this unless we take the initiative and do it first. So start start using crypto before it's too late.