The read-aloud summary says the central rescued pilot and the rescued A-10 pilot both remained anonymous despite Trump saying they were safe.
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Anonymity
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Key Notes
Jiang argues that the hidden identity of Satoshi is itself part of the value-engineering: if people believed the Pentagon created Bitcoin, they would avoid it, whereas belief in decentralization and anonymity makes investors trust and buy it.
Jiang says that once digital currency removes anonymity from the economy, individuals are effectively handing major power over to the government.
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"So to sum up, anti -aircraft equipment that supposedly didn't exist shot down an F -15 and apparently an A -10 Warthog the same..."
"So listen, I mean, Satoshi Nakamoto in Japanese, it literally translates. It's into central intelligence. Right. And or central wisdom, central intelligence, basically. So..."
"So if you just. Like, look at these three questions and you just do some first person thinking, the logical the only logical conclusion..."
"...giving me basically all your power to government because you've eliminated anonymity from the economy. Yeah. Okay, that's, that's, that's concern with digital currency...."
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