Alex Gladstein tells the story of how Bitcoin is a trojan horse, which authoritarian regimes take inside their walls. He claims that Bitcoin is “freedom go up, price go up”, “freedom technology”. However, we generally mix up what Bitcoin the technology can afford for individuals with what it de facto does under messy, real life situations. We treat Bitcoin’s technical features as if they automatically lead to whatever, political or economic, freedom. But this only works if people understand and can safely use those features, which is often not the case. So the story is nuanced and that is not clear from the slogan.