Join Nostr
Kind 34235
The Bitcoin Dictator
Published at
2026-07-21 13:58:23 UTC
Kind type
34235
Event JSON
{ "id": "71c597f8ab57f4e5606a7cab13472d1dc69d753dfeff82421c3272d0ce69f724", "pubkey": "6f7db55a0d92aa52d2fb3f52c39c320b04bd2cacbf9fb41d745124e5985d8b25", "created_at": 1784642303, "kind": 34235, "tags": [ [ "d", "goblinbox-yt-ebwdRjXWVKs" ], [ "title", "The Bitcoin Dictator" ], [ "published_at", "1784642303" ], [ "alt", "The Bitcoin Dictator" ], [ "r", "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebwdRjXWVKs" ], [ "source", "youtube" ], [ "imeta", "url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebwdRjXWVKs", "m video/youtube", "image https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ebwdRjXWVKs/hqdefault.jpg" ], [ "t", "bitcoin" ], [ "t", "joenakamoto" ], [ "t", "youtube" ], [ "client", "www.goblinbox.net" ] ], "content": "Salvadorans. Not you. And almost nobody in Bitcoin will say it.\n\nA NOTE ON WHO THIS IS AIMED AT:\n\nThis video is not an attack on El Salvador or its people. For five years I've filmed extraordinary Salvadorans who changed their lives with Bitcoin from the bottom up, because they chose to. \n\nIf a state is going to wrap itself in the Bitcoin flag, those of us who believe in what that flag means have a duty to hold it to those values.\n\n—\n\nWITH THANKS TO:\nClaudia Ortiz — one of only three opposition legislators in El Salvador's 60-seat parliament — for speaking on the record at the Oslo Freedom Forum.\nMike Peterson (Bitcoin Beach) for being one of the few voices on the ground willing to warn the community about state overreach.\nThe Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum.\n\n—\n\nSOURCES \u0026 FURTHER READING:\n• OAS / IACHR on the State of Exception and the suspension of Article 24: https://www.oas.org/en/iachr/jsForm/?...\n• Human Rights Watch — \"El Salvador: New Laws Threaten Free Expression, Privacy\": https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/12/e...\n• Resecurity — the 144GB biometric data leak affecting 5m+ Salvadorans: https://www.resecurity.com/blog/artic...\n• Reporting on Chivo wallet freezing CoinJoin/Wasabi transactions: https://www.nobsbitcoin.com/el-salvad...\n• IMF Country Report on El Salvador (Bitcoin Law amendments): https://www.imf.org/-/media/files/pub...\n• Citizen Lab — Pegasus spyware used against Salvadoran journalists: https://citizenlab.ca/2022/01/project...\n• A Cypherpunk's Manifesto, Eric Hughes (1993): https://www.activism.net/cypherpunk/m...\n\n\nChapters:\n0:00 The questions no one in Bitcoin wants to ask\n01:15 The Oslo Freedom Forum: dismantling dictatorship\n02:03 Q1: Would a real Bitcoin country spy on everyone?\n03:34 \"Stay quiet, or you are next\" — Claudia Ortiz\n04:00 A censorship law with a privacy label\n04:52 Q2: Chivo, your face, and your money\n05:47 Mike Peterson: \"Privacy is a right\"\n06:11 The biometric honeypot leaks\n07:22 Q3: Who was Bitcoin Country actually built for?\n09:20 Punching up, not down\n10:10 Q4: Why is Bitcoin Country so cosy with strongmen?\n10:54 \"F*** the media\" — Stacy Herbert\n12:22 Q5: But Joe, what about Europe?\n13:25 Protect your privacy (sponsor)\n13:43 Q6: Why keep a nation under emergency rule?\n15:12 \"I'm neutral\" — the man who lost three months\n16:35 So, is Bukele a dictator?\n17:42 Why journalism matters\n18:30 Outro\n\nSecure your Bitcoin with the Blockstream Jade (open source, airgapped): \nhttps://oshi.link/ref/9ZYN69/r5NW5yqWE6 \n— promo code CHEERSJOE\n\nFight mining centralisation from home with a Bitaxe from Power Mining: https://shop.powermining.io/products/... \n— promo code CHEERSJOE\n\nSupport my work and help spread Bitcoin education:\n⚡ Send Bitcoin over Lightning: https://pay.blink.sv/joen\n⛏️ On-chain Bitcoin: bc1qks2dewzjk94gqk29f6yej0frjxgt6yl00rfxh9\n\nStart Mining Bitcoin TODAY! Buy a solo miner, called a Bitaxe, here \nhttps://shop.powermining.io/?ref=Chee...\nUse my promo code CheersJoe for a discount.\n\nNeed Fiat money: euros / pounds or dollars but don't want to sell your Bitcoin?\nCheck out LEDN for quick, easy bitcoin backed loans\nhttps://platform.ledn.io/join/cheersjoe  \n\n♻️ 🔥  Heat Your Home with a Bitcoin Miner! ♻️ 🔥 \nYes, it truly works! Check out HeatBit: https://heatbit.com/?ref=cheersjoe\nUse code cheersjoe for a discount.\n\n•Live Off Bitcoin•\n🛒 Pay for everyday items with Bitcoin on Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/buy/?code=c...\n\n\n🗺️ CHECK OUT BTCMAP at https://btcmap.org/ 🌍 \n\n•Follow Me•\n⭐ TikTok: TikTok: joenakamoto_\n⭐ Instagram: Instagram: joenakamoto_\n⭐ Twitter/X: https://x.com/JoeNakamoto\n⭐ Nostr: https://primal.net/joenakamoto\n⭐ Website: https://joenakamoto.com\n\n\nFor any comments or business, MC or hosting enquiries, please write to team@joenakamoto.com\n\nhttps://goblinbox.net", "sig": "5fce5a38eb8e45663de6432b40d0e7c60e3e8ccc0576d0d38a6015cb2adc96381e24e112e9ec556fab5a3cc8ab8e8c65fff98bb155465aa1c63ebedb9d6b7237" }