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On May 2, the Bitcoin.com podcast series Humans of Bitcoin published an interview with early bitcoin supporter Jason King who became a moderator for Reddit forum r/bitcoin in late 2012. During the interview, King tells podcast host Matt Aaron how the forum r/bitcoin went from a fun area on the web to an environment filled with censorship and manipulation.
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One technologist’s imprisonment and execution in Syria exemplifies the parallel use of technology for both liberation and repression – and why bitcoin and other censorship resistant tech is needed in such areas. Meet Bassel Khartabil.
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No sooner had the victims of the Christchurch attack fallen than governments were clamoring to mine the tragedy for political capital. Despite the shooting having been live streamed on Facebook, antipodean officials have directed their ire against fringe websites in a desperate bid to control the narrative and criminalize curious civilians.
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Blockchain payments firm Ripple has announced the latest release of XRP Ledger, including code that toughens its resistance to alteration.
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Dave Rubin, the founder and the host of the Rubin Report, has left Patreon with Dr. Jordan Peterson and has begun to develop an alternative solution, possibly involving crypto. Sharing his Bitcoin address in a statement, Rubin said: This is why Dr. Jordan Peterson and I are leaving Patreon and working on an alternative. It’s
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Anti-government activists in Thailand are using crypto tech to help prevent authorities from censoring “Rap Against Dictatorship,” a controversial music video that has gone viral in the country. The video, which excoriates Thai government and military authorities on a number of social issues, has achieved runaway success in Thailand, amassing more than 28 million views
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**On Today’s Episode Of The Cryptoverse:**
Today, in additional to the normal segments, I bring you a conversation I had with Jeremy Kauffman from LBRY.io. This is a project I have been watching for about a year. As a content creator it’s of obvious interest to me. More so than that, there is the opportunity for listeners and viewers to share in the wealth that is generated from my content. If you want to know how, relax and listen.
Interview segment starts at 6:55
Computer science student, Krysztof Okupski, has developed software which can be used to send messages via the Bitcoin network. With his software it would approximately cost 50 cents to send an A4- text via the Bitcoin network. This highly accessible and inexpensive method to send texts could be a very attractive way for dissidents to circumvent censorship and to spread messages across state borders.
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