Thanks for all of this background, it is great to continually see the work you all are doing and learn about your history 🙏

andyleroy

Thanks!

Bitcoin was on the radar for us and for me for a long time. Julian Assange spoke at our Oslo Freedom Forum event in 2010 and a few months later, Satoshi made their fateful last public post. In 2011 we saw Wikileaks start to use Bitcoin to fundraise. In 2013 we helped Ukrainian democracy advocates use Bitcoin as they began to build the Maidan square movement. In 2014 we started accepting Bitcoin donations. In 2016, we became convinced of the connection and in 2017 held our first workshop about bitcoin and human rights at the Oslo Freedom Forum. I'd say it was more of a slow realization than a eureka moment.

gladstein

bitcoin

I'm Alex Gladstein. CSO of the Human Rights Foundation. AMA

Hi Alex, I'm a big fan of all of your work, and thanks for taking time to do an AMA.  Was there a "key moment", conversation, etc, that led you and your organization to adopt and champion bitcoin as part of your work at HRF?