At the 2023 Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about the importance of defending Bitcoin against invasive surveillance. He criticized the use of surveillance and data tracking systems by governments and corporations to control people's lives and pointed to the trucker protest in Ottawa, Canada, in 2022 as an example.
Kennedy also opposed President Joe Biden's proposed 30% tax on energy use for Bitcoin miners, saying it would require an invasive surveillance apparatus to monitor miner energy usage. He pledged to protect people's right to hold and use Bitcoin and to uphold the right to run a private node.
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