upcarta
  • Sign In
  • Sign Up
  • Explore
  • Search

Bitcoin Is Protecting Human Rights Around the World

  • Article
  • May 2, 2021
  • #Bitcoin #Politics
Alex Gladstein
@gladstein
(Author)
reason.com
Read on reason.com
1 Recommender
1 Mention
Bitcoin has won over some of America's best-known billionaires, and institutions worldwide are treating it as a serious financial asset. But bitcoin's rising price is only one part... Show More

Bitcoin has won over some of America's best-known billionaires, and institutions worldwide are treating it as a serious financial asset. But bitcoin's rising price is only one part of the story.

Whether they know it or not, people who buy bitcoin are strengthening a tool for protecting human rights. This still relatively new form of electronic money is censorship-resistant, seizure-resistant, borderless, permissionless, pseudonymous, programmable, and peer-to-peer.

Show Less
Recommend
Post
Save
Complete
Collect
Mentions
See All
Peter McCormack @PeterMcCormack · Nov 17, 2022
  • Post
  • From Twitter
In the mean time I’ll share this with you, it will explain why #bitcoin is important and why I care.
  • upcarta ©2025
  • Home
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Cookies
  • @upcarta