How Cryptocurrencies Can Influence the Future of Freedom

How Cryptocurrencies Can Influence the Future of Freedom

“Bitcoin has steadily grown in popularity since its inception in 2009. We hear about how many people are getting rich quick from it, and how much energy it’s consuming, and how complex it is to mine.

But what we haven’t heard much about is how Bitcoin can play a role in human rights, and can give people who use it more financial and political freedom.

Alex Gladstein is chief strategy officer of the Human Rights Foundation, and he spoke about why Bitcoin matters for freedom in a talk at Singularity University’s Global Summit last week.

“It’s the first time that humans have ever had the ability to send money around the world globally without anyone being able to stop it,” he said. “You can argue that it’s the first time in our history that we have real censorship resistance.”…”

https://singularityhub.com/2018/08/27/why-cryptocurrencies-are-crucial-to-the-future-of-freedom/

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