The final day of 2024 was Wednesday and socially-minded Bitcoin supporters from Kenya, Canada, Russia and other countries gathered to discuss the future of Bitcoin. Oslo Freedom Forum As part of the Financial Freedom Track, they will be sharing their thoughts on the potential for Bitcoin to help those in need around the globe.
Alex Gladstein is Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation (HRF)The day began with a discussion on why Bitcoin was essential to human rights. Then he read out two important passages of Lyn Alden’s book Broken Money: Why Our Financial System Is Failing Us And How We Can Make It Better Invite the author to the stage.
Alden began with a short overview of monetary and financial history, before stressing that Bitcoin provides anyone around the globe access to an open and free currency. financial system. She said that Bitcoin has now been around for 15 years and it is more mature, easier to use, as well as liquid. This makes it a better asset and network in the context of human rights.
Hadiya MasiehThe founder of the Groundswell ProjectShe then presented her lecture entitled “How Bitcoin Can Fund Counter-Terrorism.” She emphasized how she has taught Somali women to use Bitcoin to raise money for campaigns of female candidates.
Noble NyangomaThe CEO of the Bitcoin Innovation HubMasieh spoke shortly after, and discussed the work She works with Ugandans refugees who, for the most part, aren’t yet citizens of Uganda and can’t open bank account in their country. She said that Bitcoin was essential to these refugees.
“With Bitcoin, no one is going to ask you ‘Where is your national ID?'” said Nyangoma.
A number of moving speeches were given by Farida NabouremaTogolese activists and the Executive Director for the African Bitcoin Conference. She described a horrifying experience when she needed emergency surgery in Ghana, but almost missed out on it due to not having enough local currency with her.
Although she had enough money in her own currency to pay for the treatment, the hospital would not accept the money. She was trying to make the point that Africa was divided economically by its many currencies, which are not inter-changeable.
She explained that Bitcoin fixes this, as it helps create a world — especially in Africa — in which the situation she experienced in that Ghanaian hospital could have been avoided.
Ben Perrin (better known as Ben Perrin) will be speaking before the lunch hour. BTC SessionsThe presentation was on the use of bitcoins in an environment with high fees. Alex LiA member of HRF announced that the 10 winners of of it Bitcoin Development fund grants For software developers that create tools for the Lightning Network to enhance privacy, to build decentralized communications or to provide technology tools to Human Rights Defenders.
Afternoon Sparrow Wallet Lorraine Marcel, the founder and CEO of Bitcoin DADABitcoin, an educational platform and virtual community for African Women, has shared several stories about how Bitcoin helps to catalyze significant change in the lives of her students, and those that her organization supports.
“Before Bitcoin I could not really see a true way of getting financial freedom or independence for me or my sisters back at home,” Marcel, during her speech.
She continued to say that her organization uses Bitcoin as a tool for fundraising to fund an initiative to provide feminine hygiene products to students and educational material to girls in Kibera, which is one of Africa’s largest urban slums.
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The afternoon session begins. Christian KerolesInterview with the Director of Financial Freedom, HRF Luthando NdabambiCommunity Leader Bitcoin EkasiThe circular Bitcoin-based economy in South African townships is a great example of this. Ndamambi said to Keroles that he, and others from his community, had no way of saving before Bitcoin, so they didn’t think much about the future.
“I tell people in my township, ‘When you think about Bitcoin, think about saving for your kids,'” said Ndabambi.
Peter McCormack was the host of The What Bitcoin Meant Mike Brock is the Head of Podcasts. TBD Anna Chekhovich at Block and Alexey Navalny, Alexey Navalny CFO Anti-Corruption Foundation HRF Bitcoin Adoption Lead. They discussed the benefits of Bitcoin for democracy and its effects on the crackdown on privacy-focused Bitcoin wallets in the US.
“For us to receive donations, we [have to] provide our donors with high-level security tools for payments,” Explain Chekhovich
“If there is a tiny chance that your personal data is going to be leaked to the government and they will put you [in] jail, of course you will not make a donation. That is why privacy tools are crucial, and at the Anti-Corruption Foundation, we are very concerned about that. We try to do everything we can in order to provide safety to our donors,” She added.
“If we are deprived of these privacy tools we will not be able to accept bitcoin donations, because we cannot put our donors at such a huge risk.”
Dulce Villerreal is the CEO and founder Dulce Librería de Satoshi Library of Satoshi, a Bitcoin Hub that offers Bitcoin education materials and classes. financial She expressed concern about more than 50 millions people living under dictatorships throughout Latin America. central bank digital currencies (CBDC() is only going to empower the autocratic leadership on Africa.
She’s therefore on a quest to make Bitcoin universal by training people around the globe to use it. work Bitcoin is here to stay.
“Our mission is to make Bitcoin technical training accessible in your own language,” Villarreal, said “At Librería de Satoshi, our goal is to foster the next generation of Bitcoin contributors, entrepreneurs, educators.”
Jack Mallers, the founder and CEO at StrikeMatt Odell is the Managing Partner of Ten31 The co-founders of OpenSats. Both men discussed how profitable Bitcoin businesses can contribute to an open economy.source Like Strike, which announced that it would donate $100,000 to charity. OpenCash AssociationCalle, the founder of the non-profit, supports these developers.
“Through my work with HRF and coming here, there is a duty that I have to make sure Bitcoin is successful, although not maybe in my shareholders’ [or] in my corporation’s immediate interest,” Explained Mallers “That’s part of the game theory that makes the whole project work. And so no matter your role, we’re all on the same team. If Bitcoin is better, we’re all better off for it.”
The conference ended with some strong words from those who had gone the extra mile to help ensure we were all better off thanks to Bitcoin.
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Source: bitcoinmagazine.com