100 sats \ 3 replies \ @nkmg1c_ventures 22 Jun 2022 \ on: I am Pavol Rusnak, Co-Founder of SatoshiLabs. AMA 🚀 bitcoin
IIRC there was early correspondence between Satoshi and Julian Assange, some comments made by Satoshi that Wikileaks shouldn't adopt bitcoin at that time because it would cause issues for the chain.
At the time it was stated as payments for whistleblowing, but my thinking is Assange meant to have an immutable source of binary information he could use for steganography, etc. The equivalent of everyone having the same copy of the Bible to use for ciphers etc..
What do you think of Bitcoin's potential role as a medium to resist tyranny and censorship?
I think Bitcoin will definitely play a big role in the fight against tyranny and censorship. Alex Gladstein of Human Rights Foundation has shown many examples where Bitcoin can help, for example in Africa, but other countries have the same problems.
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I'll be honest, I am wary of associations with the UN, but I do respect Gladstein in his ability to communicate the despotism problem and recently his ability to keep his cool in that Twitter spaces chat with the techie non-crypto guys who sent a letter to Congress.
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Thank you for your reply.
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