Privacy prevails and cypherpunks write code at Baltic Honeybadger
The Riga cypherpunk reunion convened around the Lightning Network, privacy and a strong anti-CBDC sentiment. Bitcoin’s spirit animal is the honey badger . Bitcoin evangelist turned Bitcoin Cash promoter Roger Ver first popularized the meme in 2013 when he paid $1,500 a month for a billboard in California to display “Bitcoin is the Honey Badger of Money.” Since then, the honey badger has been an elusive beast, occasionally appearing in memes and tweets as well as at its annual hunt on the Baltic Coast of Europe. A Baltic Honeybadger sighting excites even the most hardcore Bitcoiners. Living on a diet of red meat and Latvian beer, lurking near cypherpunk stages and often spotted skulking over a computer screen checking and rewriting lines of code, the Baltic Honeybadger allures cypherpunks and Bitcoin (BTC) advocates alike. Content creators Rikki and Laura pose with the honey badger. Source: Bitcoin Explorers The Baltic Honey badger conference began in 2017 when speakers Andreas An...