Oslo Freedom Forum and Why Bitcoin Matters
The annual conference showcases people and ideas working to increase freedom throughout the world.
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May 24, 2022 at 8:19 p.m. UTC
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Book Excerpt: 3 Stories of Bitcoin Changing Lives Outside the 'Dollar Bubble'
Alex Gladstein describes how Bitcoin offered entrepreneurs in Nigeria, Sudan and Ethiopia a much-needed, financial resource for helping their families and communities throughout their countries.
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Mar 28, 2022 at 11:50 p.m. UTC
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The Transformation of Money
Summaries of two major conversations around the history and future of money.
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Mar 20, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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'Bitcoin Is the Revolution': An Interview With Alex Gladstein
Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation says Bitcoin can support the cause of freedom around the world. Here's how to get involved.
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Jun 24, 2021 at 8:02 p.m. UTC
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Is Bitcoin a Trojan Horse for Freedom?
A reading of Alex Gladstein’s recent essay.
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Jun 13, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
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The Node: Bitcoin, Warts and All
If mass adoption is the aim, we might as well tell the truth about what that world looks like. The whole truth.
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Apr 9, 2021 at 5:56 p.m. UTC
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Governments Couldn’t Ban Bitcoin Even if They Wanted
A reading of Human Rights Foundation CSO Alex Gladstein’s latest essay.
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Feb 28, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
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Will Wall Street Ruin Bitcoin? Featuring Ben Hunt and Alex Gladstein
As traditional financial institutions line up to get into bitcoin, a debate on whether it can stay permissionless and censorship resistant.
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Dec 15, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. UTC
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How the Fed Fans the Flame – The Best of The Breakdown June 2020
Guests from the crypto investor Ari Paul to Harvard prof Dr. Vikram Mansharamani discuss bitcoin, the economy and social unrest.
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Jun 29, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
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Summer 2020 Is Funding Season for Open-Source Bitcoin Development
The maker of Wasabi Wallet becomes the latest firm to support crypto coders with a 1 BTC donation to the Human Rights Foundation's Bitcoin Development Fund.
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Jun 25, 2020 at 6:54 p.m. UTC
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