Re:Cryptonomicon: Among the Bitcoin maximalists
by rvz on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:55PM
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> It's becoming clearer that Bitcoin is the "currency" of the far right.
Does this extend to all cryptocurrencies or is it just Bitcoin?
A Ukrainian organization called 'Come back Alive' who have just been de-platformed by Patreon [0] are now turning to Bitcoin donations [1]. Does that make them far right?
Or maybe the starving Afghans who are under sanctions due to the Taliban are trying to survive by using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies managed and accepted by NGOs helping them survive [2]. Perhaps they are all far-right too?
[0] https://blog.patreon.com/on-the-removal-of-come-back-alive
[1] https://decrypt.co/93810/patreon-suspends-ukrainian-ngo-come...
[2] https://theintercept.com/2022/01/19/crypto-afghanistan-sanct...
It's becoming clearer that Bitcoin is the "currency" of the far right. For those of us who consider this ideology abhorrent and counter to the ideals of a free and democratic society it's good to have that out on the table and on full display.