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Building a next-gen organization @getbcard to help fund every community. Seeking inspiration, helping people fly.

[David Peterson @davidgpeterson]

Regarding Canada's Bill C-22: @ProtonVPN is Swiss. Complying with foreign surveillance orders without Swiss legal process is a criminal offence. Not happening.

We'll defend our Canadian users and never compromise them. We will fight C-22's application by every means available.

[Globe Politics @globepolitics]

Signal warns it would pull out of Canada if made to comply with lawful access bill https://t.co/ptxWo2PqO6

[Windscribe @windscribecom]

We won't be far behind if C-22 passes. In its current state, VPNs would almost certainly require us to log identifying user data.
Signal isn't headquartered in Canada so they can just shut off Canadian servers, but our HQ is. We pay an ungodly amount of taxes to this corrupt government, and in return they want to destroy the entire essence of our service to basically spy on its own citizens.
Not happening. We'll move HQ and take our taxes elsewhere.

[Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms @JCCFCanada]

Through Bill C-22, the federal government tells electronic service providers: "We're coming for Canadians' internet data, you're going to make it easy for us, and mum's the word."

Bill C-22, introduced in Parliament on March 12, would enact the Supporting Authorized Access to Information Act. This legislation will establish significant federal government control over internet platforms (like Google or X), over telecommunications and internet providers (like Telus or Rogers), and over anyone else providing an electronic service in Canada. That's a long list indeed.

If C-22 passes, the federal government will be empowered to order electronic service providers to develop capacity for extracting and organizing information for government or law enforcement review, to install devices that allow government and law enforcement to access information, and to retain metadata for up to one year. In addition, the government can order electronic service providers to keep requests for information secret.

This legislation is about compelling electronic service providers to surrender Canadians' information to the federal government.

The federal government is not coming for Canadians' internet search histories or social media activities (yet). Information later. Infrastructure now. And that's precisely what C-22 is: legislative and regulatory infrastructure designed to facilitate a vast flow of information from electronic service providers to government and law enforcement.

Tell your MP that surveillance of law-abiding citizens will not be tolerated in Canada.
Find your MP here: https://t.co/Q29tbbyKFO

Read the full text of C-22 here: https://t.co/iPYwIF9eql

Read internet and privacy expert Michael Geist's (@mgeist) analysis of C-22 here:
https://t.co/dV6Y55V726

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We just distributed ~$200 USD to people who held IRL events in Jan 2026!

Thanks to @decentralparkny and @almithani for holding IRL events!

https://t.co/Wlx39rxNWy

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We're giving away ~$200 for people who held IRL events in January 2026! Events from @decentralparkny and @almithani!

Vote here: https://t.co/662GtQhHTQ

[Cassie Heart @cass_on_mars]

Hey folks, I get there's a lot of different things happening all at once (not to mention eth denver!), so let's talk about it.

This Sunday, at 3pm PST/6pm EST/11pm UTC, we're going to host a space to hash out the upcoming fork, what it means, why it's happening, when it's happening, and how to get involved.

Farcaster is what it is because of us, so the more, the better!

https://t.co/h8KxwKgpug

[rithikha @rithikxa_]

Over the past few months, I’ve been working with @orishim at the Ethereum Foundation’s Use Case Lab to surface frontier domains where Ethereum can meaningfully address real-world constraints.

Today, we’re excited announce Verifiable Cities: An Open Call for Implementations exploring how Ethereum can strengthen municipal and urban systems.

[John Church @icedcool_eth]

Had a great time discussing defi at @DAatDuke !

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We just distributed ~250 USD for people who held IRL events in Dec 2025! Thanks for spreading the culture @alinaferry @aka_BFG @0xGramajo and @almithani

tx link below ⤵️

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We just distributed ~$250 USD to people who held IRL events in Nov 2025!

Thanks to @aka_BFG @almithani and others for making IRL events happen!

https://t.co/d4EIYFrT59

[marv @hellofrommarv]

- updates from @breadcoop & the new-look Solidarity Fund
- my first-ever Civic Tech Toronto meetup
- Farcaster Friday by @almithani and Black Flag
- union-busting at Rockstar Games ahead of GTA VI
- insights from @VassB of @globeandmail about how AI is creeping into your life

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

Just distributed ~$270 USD to people who held IRL events in Oct 2025!

Thanks to @alinaferry @0xGramajo @rkalnins07 and @almithani for making the URL -> IRL pipeline happen 🏴

If you ran an IRL event in November, reach out to see how you can qualify for retrofunding!

[links 🏴 @almithani]

Vote for me! Or anyone else you think is deserving ;)

If you have $BANK you have voting power!

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

The vote for October IRL event retrofunding is up on Snapshot. Events from @0xGramajo @rkalnins07 @almithani and more🏴

New this month - BCard users can vote directly from our website at https://t.co/pGawLJ8udg

https://t.co/NLJPbqmxFj

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

The vote for October IRL event retrofunding is up on Snapshot. Events from @0xGramajo @rkalnins07 @almithani and more🏴

New this month - BCard users can vote directly from our website at https://t.co/pGawLJ8udg

https://t.co/NLJPbqmxFj

[Quilibrium @QuilibriumInc]

priv/acc week

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We just distributed ~$325 USD to people who held IRL events in Sept 2025!

Including events from @zamirnaja, @trewkat, and @almithani !

Did you hold any IRL events in October? Reach out to see how you can get some retrofunding!

https://t.co/80LmJCJbMp

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

Only 5 days left to vote on which Sept events get retrofunded! Events from @NajaZamir @trewkat and @almithani

https://t.co/btsKRUoKQO

[BCard 🏴💳🐰 @getbcard]

We just distributed ~$320 USD to people who held IRL events in August!

Thanks for running IRL events @VidaVerde_Vzla @rkalnins07 and @almithani !

[Quilibrium @QuilibriumInc]

The freeze has thawed. Quilibrium V2.1 is now live on mainnet!

Builds are now released to general availability.

The network has unhalted and we’ve entered a 24-hour initial enrollment phase. This is a pivotal moment, as the first set of nodes joining will define how shards are distributed across the protocol. It marks the beginning of live operations. If any critical issues arise, we have a path to pause and return to a safe state.

After 24 hours, the network becomes fully decentralized. The beacon shuts down permanently, shards are finalized, and transactions in the new format begin processing. From this point forward, the system is operating fully in the 2.1 environment.

Once stable operations are confirmed, which may take between 24 hours and a week depending on conditions, we will activate the bidirectional bridge, bring QStorage and QKMS onto mainnet, open QConsole for everyone, and migrate existing user data into the upgraded environment.