Bitcoin, Human Rights, and the Future We're Building

Written by Brianna Honkawa d’Estries, Founder of Evento Last year, I published a piece in Forbes titled “Empowering Human Rights Through Bitcoin and Open Source Software.” It explores how Bitcoin is being used around the world to resist censorship, build financial autonomy, and support human rights. To some, Bitcoin is an investment or a hedge against inflation. But to many more, it’s a tool for survival — a way to raise funds when no one else will process them, to move money freely when banks