A lot of people have been wondering about how to get Bitcoin donations to Julian Assange after @Stella Assange wrote about the need to fundraise for the USD 520,000 to cover his flight on VJT199 to Saipan. I talked with his half-brother Gabriel, who set up this link on their @BTCPay Server instance.

Assange Campaign

cc: @jack @gladstein Verify, don't trust as always. All I can say is that I sent sats to this BTCPay instance, and that it came to me from the same Signal account as when I interviewed Gabriel for articles like the following: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerhuang/2021/06/21/julian-assanges-continued-imprisonment-is-a-test-for-bitcoins-values/

I wrote about how Bitcoin survived China's bans and actually grew much stronger - diving into the details on the level of what was attempted - really showing how Bitcoin thrived despite a very robust attack from a large state adversary - and what lessons can be drawn for future resilience. Hattip to @`jb55`who gave me the whole story of how Damus had to face down Chinese censors firsthand who took the Damus app down and then banned the default relay IP addresses.

Would Mao hold bitcoin?

How Bitcoin Thrived Through China's Bans And Became Much Stronger - Would Mao hold bitcoin?

How Bitcoin became much stronger after China tried to ban it - and what Bitcoiners can learn from the experience.

One of the cool features of Nostr is the automatic translation of different languages in mobile clients. I believe @Damus and @npub1nz64...0w5y both have this feature. It's awesome to follow people from around the world.