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Edit: I don't have direct evidence of saving lives (e.g. somebody bribed a guard with bitcoin in order to escape execution), but it's not hard to argue that the
by johndevor 5y ago
Edit: I don't have direct evidence of saving lives (e.g. somebody bribed a guard with bitcoin in order to escape execution), but it's not hard to argue that these resistance organizations do save lives.
* https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/09/09/belarus-nonprofit-helps-protestors-with-bitcoin-grants/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/09/09/belarus-nonprofit...
* https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/10/16/nigerian-banks-shut-them-out-so-these-activists-are-using-bitcoin-to-battle-police-brutality/ https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/10/16/nigerian-banks-shut...
* https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/07/15/russian-activists-use-bitcoin-and-the-kremlin-doesnt-like-it/ https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/07/15/russian-activists...
* https://wikileaks.org/ https://wikileaks.org/
- arcticbull 5y agoIt has niche uses, but so would any other non-PoW crypto or a CBDC.