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Bitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World

ReasonTV · 55K views · 2021-02-05 · 5:38

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Overview

A Reason TV segment, drawing on Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation, argues that Bitcoin works as an escape hatch for people living under authoritarian governments and inflating currencies.

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HN commenters use it in crypto debates as evidence that Bitcoin matters for people in unstable-currency countries.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2021–2021

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CryptographyGeopolitics & foreign policyFree speech, censorship & civil liberties
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Geee · 2021-06 · Recommendation

Individual freedom and sovereignty are more important to society than electricity. I'm pretty sure you haven't thought of Bitcoin in that way, or how Bitcoin might enable this. Importance is subjective, but I think most people would choose freedom over electricity. After that, we might argue whether Bitcoin would actually be helpful in enabling this. It's not a simple concept to explain so here's a couple of videos which might help you to understand it better. Bitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World: [VIDEO] Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles: [LINK]

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arbawk · 2021-03 · Recommendation

Actually it's pretty important for many: [VIDEO] It's being widely adopted in countries with inflating currencies: Nigeria, Vietnma, and Argentina made it to #3 today (this link is slightly old). [LINK]

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ballofrubber · 2021-02 · Recommendation

So you decide whats a waste of energy then? Here watch this: [VIDEO] Bitcoin mining allows energy companies to de-risk an investment in green energy solutions such as solar. If you place some miners onsite you always have full demand (which is a problem during peak production times). Bitcoin mining is a energy revolution.

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