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John Shipton is a good man
You should all check out the film Ithaka about his struggle to free his son Julian. It is profoundly moving
The film is also a good reminder of why Wikileaks was created: because the largest protest in history failed to stop a war
Julian saw this and decided to use software to change the world… leaks submitted to his platform ultimately helped end the war in Iraq
Bitcoin also played a key role in the story in helping sustain Wikileaks through donations and also, later, through becoming the internal currency of the organization
People always ask: what’s Bitcoin’s use case? The funny thing is that the “use case” is no different than what it was in 2011: giving people money that governments can’t stop ✌️
IMF essay doesn’t have any formal translations yet but will keep you posted
I just received a DM on here from someone who is currently translating my IMF essay into Thai:
“I believe that Thai people, Bitcoiner or not, can benefit from getting the whole picture of the actions done by these institutions” 🔥
At the same time, there are Chinese free souls on here trading messages with us, basically saying no great firewall can stop them and nostr is an island of freedom in a sea of censorship
This is very ALIVE
I learned about it from #[4] on his TFTC appearance maybe 5 years ago 🔥
Can’t believe this isn’t satire
If you work on Bitcoin/Lightning wallets, this is well worth a read
Anita is doing tremendous work
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/top-bitcoin-lightning-wallets-in-slow-internet
We got her fam. 🤙
Get your questions ready and join us for a live discussion with Mandibles author Lionel Shriver this Friday at 11 ET / 1600 UTC.
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Absolutely epic
Here’s a fun profile of her
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/01/lionel-shriver-is-looking-for-trouble
Devfund @ hrf dot org
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We’ll be giving more grants. Submit an idea today!
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Today HRF announced 2 billion sats in gifts from its Bitcoin Development Fund to projects worldwide
We are delighted that we could gift $50k of this to #[0] for his awesome work on nostr and Damus ⚡️
Other recipients include the Africa Bitcoin Conference, the Qala Fellowship, core developer Vasil Dimov, Lorban (for their important work on Stratum V2), and Bitcoin Myanmar, a new group that will be producing Bitcoin educational content for people trapped inside Burma’s military dictatorship
More info at the link. Next round of gifts to come in May!
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/hrf-donates-2-billion-satoshis-bitcoin-projects
Sure, but here we’re talking about the monetary policy…
Honored to be doing this for press freedom
#FreeAssange
https://twitter.com/ithakamovie/status/1627492027771256833?s=46&t=CQYqWdYWwtq1YcNnXg7UIQ
