Crypto’s Sanction-Slipping Power: Why Bitcoin’s Neutrality Is Its Greatest Humanitarian Asset

Decentralized networks such as Bitcoin’s don’t know national allegiance, they only know math. And when you’re trying to get your savings out of an ATM, or send a payment to relatives in a war-torn environment, someone else’s politics is the last thing you want standing in the way of you and your loved ones’ well-being … Read more

Why Are ‘Bitcoin Group’ and ‘Bitcoin Revolution’ Such Popular Searches on Google?

Google searches can reveal a lot about the perception of the masses when it comes to bitcoin. This post examines two popular Google search terms in recent months and years, and seeks to explain why these terms continue to pop up, what knowledge can be gleaned by looking into them, and the effects of “Google … Read more

The Government Can’t Stand Decentralized Innovations Like Bitcoin, so It Tries to Ruin Them

Feeding the homeless, affordable medicine, an easy-to-use gas can design, starting a small business to meet the needs of one’s community — borderless, permissionless P2P electronic payments. These are all simple, practical activities and tools that can be leveraged in decentralized fashion to benefit human societies immensely. So why do we see governments consistently and … Read more

Anti-Corruption Group Proves Crypto’s True Power: You Can’t Confiscate Math

Last week in Russia, state agents tore apart the offices of FBK, a privately funded anti-corruption foundation, freezing group assets and more than 100 bank accounts. Officials are using suspicion of money laundering as justification for targeting the largely bitcoin-funded group, possibly in a bid to quell their hand in upsetting Moscow politics. This case … Read more

Nonprofit Eatbch Shows How Every Little Microtransaction Helps

Last April news.Bitcoin.com reported on the Bitcoin Cash-powered nonprofit organization ‘Eatbch’ and since then the group has not only been feeding people in Venezuela, but has also expanded its outreach to help citizens in South Sudan. Eatbch continues its progress by helping those in need, and this past week during the BCH Stress Test Day … Read more