Bitcoin Is Human Rights Technology

<em><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is sponsored by</span></em> <a href= "https://nexo.io/get-started?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=fixed&utm_campaign=coindesk_podcast_jun22"> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Nexo.io</span></em></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span></em> <a href= "https://near.org/?utm_source=Breakdown%20Podcast&utm_medium=Podcast"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">NEAR</span></em></a> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span></em> <a href= "https://ftxusapp.onelink.me/LKX9/breakdown"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">FTX US</span></em></a><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span></em><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Crypto critics have been emboldened lately. The New York Times this week published an article seemingly meant to convince people that because early bitcoin mining was concentrated, bitcoin’s ideal of decentralization was somehow compromised. The newspaper also published a Paul Krugman op-ed saying that bitcoin hadn’t found any uses in 15 years. That op-ed happened to come out on the same day that 21 human rights activists from around the world</span> <a href="https://www.financialinclusion.tech/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">wrote an impassioned letter</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">to U.S. politicians about why crypto had been essential to their work. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">-</span></em></p> <p><a href= "https://nexo.io/get-started?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=fixed&utm_campaign=coindesk_podcast_jun22"> <strong><em>Nexo</em></strong></a> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">is an all-in-one platform where you can buy crypto with a bank card and earn up to 16% interest on your assets. On the platform you can also swap 300+ market pairs and borrow against your crypto from 0% APR. Sign up at</span></em> <a href= "https://nexo.io/get-started?utm_source=coindesk&utm_medium=fixed&utm_campaign=coindesk_podcast_jun22"> <em><span style="font-