The Fight for Bitcoin Privacy Has Truly Begun
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Privacy Issue”. Subscribe to receive your copy. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you…
The Privacy Issue: Letter From the Editors
Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. Privacy is not secrecy. A private matter is something one doesn’t want the whole world to know, but a…
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Elon Musk Supports Efforts to Free Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
Following Telegram founder Pavel Durov’s arrest, Tesla CEO Elon Musk posted the hashtag #FreePavel on his social media platform X. The hashtags #FreePavel and #FreeDurov emerged as supporters protested Durov’s…
Ur-Media and Reality, Inc
This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. The world you live in…
Your Financial Privacy Is Under Attack: How State-Sponsored Attacks On Bitcoin Are Growing
This is an opinion editorial by Kudzai Kutukwa, a financial inclusion advocate and Mandela Washington fellow. Throughout American economic history, there has been a constant drive toward centralization, as evidenced…
Togolese Activist Farida Nabourema On Avoiding Government Censorship And ‘Bitcoin For Youngsters’
Bitcoin is a geographic chameleon. And, as such, this “magic internet money” that lives on a decentralized, permissionless system is changing the world right in front of us. One of…
With The E-Krona, Sweden Is Attacking The Virtues Bitcoin Is Built To Protect
This is an opinion editorial by Peter Bistoletti, a Bitcoiner who has lived in Sweden since 1971. Sweden is the nightmare example of a state destroying financial privacy, winning the…
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‘Not Related to a Digital Currency’ — US Central Bank Addresses Concerns Over Fednow Payment Network
The U.S. Central Bank has issued an update regarding the Federal Reserve’s Fednow project, which is scheduled to commence in July. The Fed has responded to recent criticism of the…
Building On Human Ingenuity, Bitcoiners Are Fixing The Fragmented World
While global elites tout financial surveillance through CBDCs, Bitcoiners are demonstrating the human goodwill made possible through self sovereignty. This is an opinion editorial by Nozomi Hayase, Ph.D., who has…
As Financial Surveillance Intensified In 2022, Bitcoin Is Needed By Individuals And Nations Alike
A rise in financial censorship this year, perpetrated by citizens’ own governments and adversarial nations alike, calls for Bitcoin. This is an opinion editorial by Kudzai Kutukwa, a financial inclusion…