Bitcoin and Human Rights
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Work in Ghana, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe supports local meetups and 50-person workshops for human rights activists; identifies 11 UN human-rights articles Bitcoin protects and cites 1.7 billion unbanked (58% women). Concrete tools and results: BTC Pay Server restores fundraising after bank shutdowns in Nigeria, Gridless mining in Mala in Bondo brings electricity to ~2,000 people, Machura wallet runs Lightning in seven countries without Internet. Ledger leaks expose 270,000 buyers; Tornado Cash developer receives a 5+ year sentence.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Bitcoin and human rights
- 2:55Misconceptions about Bitcoin
- 3:59Bitcoin for human rights
- 7:35Bitcoin vs monetary colonialism
- 11:55Privacy and self-custody
- 14:48Bitcoin and free speech
- 17:43Hyperinflation and Bitcoin
- 21:00Bitcoin in African aid
- 23:27Bitcoin mining in Africa
- 24:51Bitcoin adoption in Africa
- 25:54Building Bitcoin communities
