Open-source lawfare and bitcoin’s defense with Peter Van Valkenburgh | The Last Free Americans

Peter Van Valkenburgh is the Executive Director of Coin Center, a leading nonprofit research and advocacy group focused on cryptocurrency policy. In this episode, Peter joins The Bitcoin Frontier to explore why defending the right to self-custody is about much more than bitcoin — it’s about the future of individual freedom, open-source innovation, and financial privacy. We dig into the parallels between the 1990s “crypto wars” and today’s digital sovereignty battles, the threats facing developers of privacy tools, and the constitutional foundations for privacy and property in the digital age.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 – Intro and Peter’s journey from acting to bitcoin policy

2:00 – Discovering the cypherpunks and the roots of internet freedom

4:00 – Entering bitcoin through law school and meeting Jerry Brito