Max Hillebrand

You are being watched, tracked, and indexed by a digital panopticon that never sleeps. But you don’t have to be a victim. This panel features the original architects of digital freedom sharing their "underground" tips for thriving in a surveillance state. Learn the high-level privacy hacks and cypherpunk tools you need to reclaim your anonymity and ensure that your life, your money, and your movements belong to you — and no one else.

Only those with a sovereign plan will survive and thrive. This panel is a bit dark, tactical deep-dive into worst-case scenario preparation. Learn how to build unshakeable infrastructure —from offline communication, Bitcoin security & No-KYC Peer-2-Peer bitcoin exchange, censorship resistance and energy independence— that keeps your family safe and your Bitcoin accessible even in the most extreme conditions. Don't just hope for the best; build for the worst.

Satoshi Nakamoto described Bitcoin as peer-to-peer electronic cash — a form of digital money that removes the need for trusted intermediaries. For much of modern history, cash has functioned as a tool of personal sovereignty, enabling private exchange, independent ownership, and freedom of association.

Today, that foundation is being challenged. Expanding financial surveillance and regulatory pressures are redefining the boundaries of privacy, property, and expression in the digital age.

This panel examines the case of Samourai Wallet—and other related incidents, as a flashpoint in the broader conflict, raising urgent questions about free speech, the right to own and control property, and the future of financial privacy in an increasingly monitored world.

An open conversation about all things cryptography, privacy, history, science, family and wherever the conversation leads.