Reaching Everyone, Pt III: Why #bitcoin Matters — #privacy, Freedom and Authority
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Reaching Everyone, Pt III: Why Bitcoin Matters — Privacy, Freedom and AuthorityICYMI on In The Mesh, read the next parts there first.This article is the third in a four-part series by Matt ฿ (@MattoshiN) and Wassim Alsindi (@parallelind) on the use of Bitcoin and the technology stack built atop it to assist those living under oppressive regimes or in conflict zones, and those seeking to flee them. Read the first and second instalments.By Kevin Durkin for In The MeshBitcoin is, above all, agnostic. It serves anything, and anyone, with no regard for who users are or what their intents might be, provided they play by the rules — rules, not rulers. What one may see in the network, protocol and currency is a context-dependent Rorschach test: one person’s rat poison is another’s meal ticket. While (...)