{"id":33718,"date":"2020-12-21T13:01:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T11:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=33718"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:16:12","slug":"hrf-explains-how-bitcoin-helps-safeguard-rights-and-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/hrf-explains-how-bitcoin-helps-safeguard-rights-and-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"HRF explains how Bitcoin helps safeguard rights and freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HRF&#8217;s chief strategist, Alex Gladstein, said that millions of people around the world rely on Bitcoin to \u201cescape high inflation, frozen accounts, sanctions and financial isolation.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Gladstein said this in response to a Twitter user who described Bitcoin as a vehicle for speculation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">Yet another $\/\u20ac\/\u00a3 privileged Western journalist, blind to the fact that millions globally rely on Bitcoin to escape high inflation, extortionate remittances, frozen accounts, sanctions, financial isolation.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe he\u2019d read Nigerian journalism to learn?<a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/M3xAc8zAQ3\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/M3xAc8zAQ3<\/a> <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMDUUjlwbp\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/vMDUUjlwbp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gladstein\/status\/1340835463620259841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">December 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To illustrate his point, he cited examples of how people in different countries use cryptocurrency to protect their rights and freedoms.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, decentralised networks, the BYSOL Solidarity Fund transferred more than $500,000 to protesters in Belarus, as their bank accounts could be blocked.<\/p>\n<p>Also, via the BTCPay Server processing service, donations were received by human rights defenders in Nigeria and Hong Kong, and transfers of savings into Bitcoin helped Venezuelan refugees preserve their funds as they left the country, Gladstein noted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cPalestinians, Argentinians, Lebanese, Sudanese and Filipinos are among the populations who find Bitcoin very useful. I could go on and on. This is happening, it\u2019s a global phenomenon,\u201d wrote the HRF\u2019s chief strategist.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Gladstein, Bitcoin is \u201cfar more useful globally than five years ago\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cas a store of value, as a cross-border payments instrument, and as money of freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier, in March, HRF announced that it would accept donations in Bitcoin via BTC Pay Server.<\/p>\n<p>In June, HRF launched a developers\u2019 support fund aimed at enhancing Bitcoin anonymity features.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 full news coverage, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HRF&#8217;s chief strategist, Alex Gladstein, said that millions of people around the world rely on Bitcoin to escape high inflation, frozen accounts, sanctions and financial isolation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2072,1256],"class_list":["post-33718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-human-rights-foundation","tag-privacy-and-personal-data"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"21","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33720,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33718\/revisions\/33720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}