#Genesis Archives

Over Bitcoin’s history, it has endured many dramatic moments, not all of which were merely swings in the coin’s price. One need only recall the events surrounding the activation of the Segregated Witness protocol, the Bitcoin Cash hard fork, and the wars that preceded them over block size.

According to a recent report by the rights advocacy organisation Freedom House, the coronavirus pandemic has negatively affected global freedom on the Internet. For ten years running, users have faced a broad erosion of their rights, and this trend is contributing to a crisis of democracy worldwide.