In the May 2020 BTG interview, Malka describes programmable restrictions on money and agrees that the underlying system could be centralized; he separately describes Bitcoin as a government-independent asset.Sallouti explicitly asks whether blockchain is necessary. The answer permits centralized implementation. The hypothetical restrictions and the description of China are dated speaker claims, not a technical or policy audit. No mandTIBBIR UNIVERSE THIS IS TIBBIR How to get TIBBIR Ribbit in numbers Connected clues Account archive Bridge & contracts On-chain research Connections Community The story Reading room Network map Timeline Findings Source library Conversations People & companies Open questions Export & reuse