I typically believe bitcoin fixes everything in one way or another 😂 but there is so much nuance to this… like how is human trafficking defined? Or what’s considered child exploitation? Prostitution has been around forever and bitcoin helps those in that profession tremendously… but if the prostitute willingly has a pimp and he’s using it to keep her earnings it’s not helping her at all. Does that make her a victim of human trafficking?

I taught dance in one of Georgia’s poorest counties. It was a known secret that a lot of kids who were “kidnapped” were actually sold by their guardian. Bitcoin (and bitcoin education) can definitely help communities like that. If someone is snatched from the airport or off the street or sold by a roommate/frienemy I think a bitcoin standard could change the incentives for the criminals but idk if it will eradicate it.

There is so much evil in the world and bitcoin has and will bring light to such darkness but people have to take responsibility for themselves and stand honestly in truth. Demons have to be called by name and cast away. Unfortunately, it feels like polite society frowns upon that and because of it communication and means of change never come.

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Thank you for this response. I’m so freaking clunky talking about it so I need to smooth it out. 💜

I’m never including willing and consensual adult behavior when I’m talking about human trafficking. Trafficking and exploitation includes the use of force, fraud and or coercion. Outside of the U.S. by definition it can include what we call human smuggling but I try to stick to the U.S. legal definition of trafficking.