2025-08-26T03:52:48Z https://nostr.now Alex Li https://nostr.now/npub1szpa7cypmyd59083qs3pte9lez22lzfu6pl2guhgqx7q09x68y6qquh3td https://image.nostr.build/02e30976f0c0fec5044edf2c2284df9cc653c21dc9f79ff113bab283ad8721c4.jpg https://image.nostr.build/02e30976f0c0fec5044edf2c2284df9cc653c21dc9f79ff113bab283ad8721c4.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj3vhm3f86czcg70dw43w2x9tszuhd33fpxpg2lwkdr5nww2ktrqzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgunggh84lx Got to see the Satoshi statue for the first time at Plan B Lugano, I have to say it looks better than the average bitcoin art I see at conferences <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/b283197ae3921ff3620b130ab8b32f18357f569b84676df9b8f92e079854e191.jpg"> 2026-10-23T21:44:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8awpuu6a937k5nywq0jq0thwmjtm7sznjh749w3hjzsjuzkpljqzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung06hmwz Got to see the 1000 BTC Prius at Tabconf, the first ever car ever purchased with BTC<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/69025c7b0a44a8bb1ab944b01f4696e33c467abe640159051f0c2ce98555da5c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/1e83c61b71660e98f38cdd26fd948276e0aaa1233e8840d75b9624fe6a0e79bd.jpg"> 2026-10-13T23:27:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs29vfht38xhf86gngxyss4s7hhpsfn57mcd89wf2auep2czrg9m2czyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungqrq35q Luxembourg is so underrated, high diversity, rich, public bathroom and transit is clean and free, just walked around and the Grand Duke of the country was chilling in a chair waving at us. The beauty of capitalism in generating prosperity never ceases to amaze me<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/21d6cb8ff2250e31421c381ea0b4227cf7424557a7c271ef0c429cd684a916d5.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/f768f3f3b90c311db7076adc73ef1f1731b712170704223ad1703c41ce73a801.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/d71026d6be3454525ddcc39838770bfe15c979c0c29eeb81c91354904a837233.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/9de324cb174fc579851af9cdf7f2636aa928096a4e4e0a42077adf1a03c65c3a.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/8c403d32f31e2c47cb42ddffa416bec42989db902e28c28c53e804478a84f85a.jpg"> 2026-06-22T20:15:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8sluccc4ffesy6qusuv72dq5wxdp5dl7axffwgzg8ktng77sxqrszyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung0d9g7v Going to Europe in 2026 reminds me of 2007 China, driving a manual car, no drying machines so I dry my clothes in the sun. When in Europe I have to experience life like a European <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/e6490503bc9f1346a2c13fa02168d7800360a771ca1176a752f2b3b5c9fe6fd9.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://blossom.primal.net/768622ef23044396bc6d13c3286809167813cc73a31f5b87263b0121b3fe873b.jpg"> 2026-06-19T09:23:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy40kj5aujarzgdfe4khw0g6u0uyaxglydjhhylk5xgq38c4qxc4czyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgunga8vysz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqyfzklzm5hpyqh0ckytn8c7dzsywnfqh8s5439evt4s4567w7gmxznk9'>nevent1q…znk9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Would love to but we are driving to La Gleize for the Militaria show, gonna be camping in the WW2 battle sites and hanging out with European WW2 gun collectors 2026-06-18T21:02:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswqhs004xa4sdec606u0pr9h279zc3z3zt336ru5n4gkekd56e9lczyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungz02ms5 The problem with Bitcoin today in one image:<br/><br/>Standing room only crowds to watch a billionaire fiat man talk about Bitcoin.<br/><br/>Empty rooms for the people defending the tools that make Bitcoin actually useful for financial freedom.<br/><br/>#freesamourai<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/26f162161e875f5f3c49bed32631ad55cb4c1bebadbd620006a1b7f568dcf079.jpg"> 2026-04-28T22:40:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqy5hcduf5khzan24vfan0hq9wzx0sjthw98nje5yfgrcpvvutnxczyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgunglw082c There’s a zen to long range target shooting that’s hard to describe. Your brain deletes the noise, work emails, deadlines, and trauma all vanish. In the space between heartbeats, there is only your breath and the target.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/52a906e654f11c86e85d8f5b0640f4e3413161bb3b947f891929a4b4bfa0adbb.jpg"> 2026-04-04T20:58:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgs60xjlm99fgf9jxaz68xf32tuwpavvzrxlh3lzz70p4rd3mhqsgzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungh5s382 I was a bit grumpy because my wife was having fun building a snowman while I was shoveling the driveway, turns out the snowman is the best thing ever!<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/8161dddd8757a9869d60997b703ba5ac450a410fb14bc15d05254a3e47aa738c.jpg"> 2026-02-17T21:59:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswga7rtunrheffnaf6gtax9cpzey2yzsmjztqc7vsy25f0745xaqgzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung7nd26s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8tfs7ly93mlqdvvqwetm4zjrnmeq0sncul4q2f99u85humf2skhgaqj5yy'>nevent1q…j5yy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>On the Wikipedia for guns <br/><br/><a href="https://guncadindex.com/">https://guncadindex.com/</a> 2026-02-03T07:04:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9wgg40hacnsgn6a9vrqsg6yjzpl7ygnen3rd9zh3qa00mlpsc8szyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungnmtfgq I’m renewing my Federal Firearms License and had to report that I bought 57 guns in the last 3 years. You don’t need a license for guns in America, but getting one gives you extra privileges. I can have guns shipped to my door and can buy guns out of state without background checks.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/102f2c1d87a7817cfc805c1c5e0921755fb9c4df64d5a6684d85ecc36b09577c.jpg"> 2026-01-26T17:02:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqlvhcjh42ncdzrypzdk375m3qf90qf9f4j5jp5rg0r7799nyy63czyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungrx2aul In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyxqay8ax7xv98297thj59ww9ydegjza407tnrgs7cecjssjhclpqrsg8g8'>nevent1q…g8g8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That’s my Sig P365XL which is perfectly safe, don’t worry I don’t own a Sig P320 2026-01-26T01:43:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfpkhtz8834545k4g9jqn6xnmtk4d7uywua7jua7mr8kmcz4fx92gzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungxfs2tj More Freedom Go Up grants from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span>, bullish for bitcoin in 2026!<br/><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1kx7csfucpaxtad6cqwr2h7pt8h6w6na0tpwkf8uvh6gzujdfnuxqm3uy4f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1kx7…uy4f</a></span> </div> HRF’s Bitcoin Development Fund Announces 1.3 Billion Satoshis (13 BTC) Support for 22 Freedom Tech Projects Worldwide<br/><br/><a href="https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/human-rights-foundation-1-3b-satoshis">https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/human-rights-foundation-1-3b-satoshis</a><br/><br/>The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is pleased to announce 1.3 billion satoshis in grants from its Bitcoin Development Fund (BDF). This round of grants supports projects advancing open-source software development, censorship-resistant communications, mining decentralization, and financial privacy for the more than 5.9 billion people living under authoritarian regimes. Grantee projects will improve the underlying Bitcoin protocol, pilot Bitcoin-based payments for dissident support, and provide grassroots Bitcoin education across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. These efforts strengthen the global freedom technology ecosystem, helping human rights defenders, journalists, nonprofits, and everyday citizens connect, organize, and achieve financial freedom in the face of repression.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span>’s grantees for the fourth quarter of 2025 include:<br/><br/>Stratum V2 (Stratum Reference Implementation)<br/>Much of Bitcoin mining still relies on outdated communications protocols that prevent individual miners from choosing the transactions they mine. This leaves block construction in the hands of mining pools, exposing the network to censorship risks. Stratum V2 solves this fault by enabling home miners to build their own block templates. HRF funding will support software developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1vy80zvg428jm2f3u9cqxdzgmv7sz0zgdn8pja4qqthe272pjhg3qprd324" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bit-aloo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1vy8…d324</span>)</a></span>'s full-time work improving Stratum V2 through performance testing, integration work, and code maintenance, helping individuals regain autonomy within existing pool structures.<br/><br/>Braidpool<br/>Traditional Bitcoin mining pools rely on a centralized structure where the operator controls reward payouts and transaction selection, creating censorship risks. Braidpool addresses this structural centralization by introducing a peer-to-peer, open-source mining pool design where participants collaboratively construct blocks and coordinate rewards without relying on a central operator. With HRF support, software developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fdjtlru769nah566jydz2gapjn4fv586zhdxqax4nasgl0kpkx6sfe39e6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>npub1fdjtlru769nah566jydz2gapjn4fv586zhdxqax4nasgl0kpkx6sfe39e6</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fdj…39e6</span>)</a></span> will contribute to advancing a new, more democratic mining model that strengthens decentralization and transparency.<br/><br/>Open Money, Closed Access: Building Financial Freedom (OMCA)<br/>In conflict-affected and connectivity-constrained environments, communities are often cut off from formal banking services and safe ways to store or transfer value. OMCA addresses these challenges through Bitcoin-based tools designed for low-cost, private transactions and offline-first use. The program supports the development of local financial infrastructure and resilient communications technologies suited to high-risk contexts. HRF’s support enables individuals to save and transact more securely and discreetly during periods of instability.<br/><br/>Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line<br/>As Bitcoin evolves, open-source developers need up-to-date resources that teach them how the system actually works. Learning Bitcoin from the Command Line by BlockchainCommons teaches prospective developers how Bitcoin works through a hands-on curriculum and across multiple languages. HRF’s funding will allow the project to update its curriculum to match the latest changes to Bitcoin’s software, helping grow the global pool of contributors who keep Bitcoin accessible and resilient.<br/><br/>Voices Uncensored: A Bitcoin-Based Platform for Human Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan<br/>In Azerbaijan, the state routinely targets activists and journalists with surveillance, bank freezes, and blocked donations. Voices Uncensored is a Bitcoin-based platform for human rights defenders led by former political prisoner Elchin Mammad. It pairs uncensorable donations and payments with Azerbaijani-language training and educational resources. HRF’s support will equip Azerbaijan’s human rights defenders with the financial independence, privacy, and resilience needed to continue their work under a repressive regime.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Famba<br/>In Mozambique, citizens face chronic inflation, growing debt, and heavy restrictions on their financial autonomy. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rm5vq26rrn8msw6ltnyursy3xjyr4yqa46r3kdv7um8zujekhh3s7u68pk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitcoinfamba</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rm5…68pk</span>)</a></span>, based in Maputo-Matola, provides accessible Bitcoin education and fosters local circular economies. HRF funding will help dissidents and everyday people access permissionless and censorship-resistant money to achieve financial independence in a repressive political and economic environment.<br/><br/>Bitcoin Indonesia & Bitcoin House Bali<br/>Indonesians face growing financial surveillance, inflation, and censorship. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y4qd2zhtn05gnsaaq5xfejzfk4a32638tx6gpp9g8k6e42g9d66qaxhcr3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>BitcoinIndo21</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y4q…hcr3</span>)</a></span>, Indonesia’s pioneering Bitcoin gathering, along with its Bitcoin education center, Bitcoin House Bali, offers training on using Bitcoin to protect incomes, preserve financial autonomy, and navigate restrictive banking systems. HRF’s funding will expand its workshops, meetups, and media outreach to make Bitcoin a practical tool for financial freedom across the country.<br/><br/>The Bitcoin Learning Center<br/>Across Southeast Asia, millions of people face financial surveillance, exclusion from traditional banking systems, and currency instability. The Bitcoin Learning Center, a physical Bitcoin education hub in Chiang Mai, Thailand, brings students from Thailand, Burma, Laos, and Southern China to learn how to counter this financial repression through Bitcoin. HRF support will expand the center’s educational outreach to ensure more people living under authoritarian regimes gain access to open and decentralized financial tools.<br/><br/>Devgitotox<br/>Bitcoin’s reliability and security depend on a robust codebase. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tum2smfph78xesw48x2xsz7uk9agek8mwgs5lsz6zfncut3e4k5q0huma8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>devgitotox</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tum…uma8</span>)</a></span> is a Tanzanian Bitcoin Core developer contributing to Bitcoin’s primary software implementation. Her work focuses on improving wallet upgrades, fixing issues with how transactions are created and shared, ensuring nodes connect reliably to the network, and building software testing tools. HRF’s support of Devgitotox helps strengthen the Bitcoin codebase while empowering more women to contribute to Bitcoin Core.<br/><br/>Stratospher<br/>Bitcoin’s peer-to-peer network can be vulnerable to surveillance and disruption if weaknesses in transaction relay, validation logic, or cryptographic components are not addressed. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1c5dn5g4exe8wqh4wz8w3eq65alz43x78xdwvrj5ey94s25q292ysga0pn2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>stratospher</span> (<span class="italic">npub1c5d…0pn2</span>)</a></span>,<br/>a Bitcoin Core developer from South Asia, strengthens the protocol by improving how nodes (computers running the Bitcoin software) share and spread information, improving validation and cryptographic systems, and enhancing code quality through reviews and testing. With HRF funding, her contributions will help ensure that Bitcoin remains a robust tool for financial freedom.<br/><br/>Sovereign Engineering<br/>Authoritarian regimes actively suppress financial freedom, leaving human rights defenders in need of open and censorship-resistant financial technologies. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsnwrmq5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Sovereign Engineering</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s0v…rmq5</span>)</a></span> is a long-term development program that supports freedom technologists building on Bitcoin, Nostr, and ecash. Already, the program has catalyzed projects like Blossom, which stores data on public servers in a decentralized manner, and npub.cash, a Nostr-native Lightning address for anyone. With this funding, the program will continue to innovate on freedom technologies that protect civil liberties under repression.<br/><br/>OpenSats Initiative, Inc.<br/>Open and transparent funding is key to sustaining many of the freedom technologies human rights defenders rely on today. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10pensatlcfwktnvjjw2dtem38n6rvw8g6fv73h84cuacxn4c28eqyfn34f" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>OpenSats</span> (<span class="italic">npub10pe…n34f</span>)</a></span> is a public nonprofit organization that supports the projects and the individuals building freedom tech by distributing financial support across the ecosystem. With this grant, OpenSats can fortify its operations and continue channeling resources to the builders who keep freedom tech open, secure, and accessible for people living under tyranny.<br/><br/>Africa Free Routing Lightning Developer Bootcamp<br/>Bitcoin adoption is rising across Africa, but access to quality education and development training is often limited or unaffordable. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j8w9vaymagphmvfvkk7tt9cxfneejmctez6yw5nfp0m8qxteptcsjv8nud" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Africa Free Routing</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j8w…8nud</span>)</a></span>’s Lightning Developer Bootcamps address these mismatches by providing structured programs that combine theory, hands-on workshops, and mentorship to software developers. These same developers can then contribute to the Lightning Network and build censorship-resistant financial tools. With HRF funding, the program will expand to ten bootcamps across Ethiopia, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and beyond to foster a continent-wide network of freedom tech contributors.<br/><br/>Programming Lightning<br/>In many repressive environments, the Lightning Network ecosystem suffers from a shortage of skilled developers, leaving censorship-resistant payment tools underbuilt and unevenly maintained where they are needed most. Programming Lightning is an open-source course that will offer self-paced, multi-language learning with hands-on programming exercises. The curriculum will teach anyone to build on Lightning. This grant will help scale a global community of builders to sustain an open payment infrastructure that activists can use to sustain their work under repression.<br/><br/>Zapstore<br/>Authoritarian regimes can censor freedom-tech apps on centralized app stores to control information and limit tools for communication and organizing. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zapstore</span> (<span class="italic">npub10r8…t2p8</span>)</a></span> is an app store built on Nostr, a protocol for decentralized communication. On Zapstore, apps can be independently uploaded and verified by users, without being blocked or removed by dictators. HRF’s support will ensure that dissidents, journalists, and civil society around the world have access to freedom tech without gatekeepers.<br/><br/>Validating Lightning Signer<br/>Most computers running the Lightning Network software today store private keys on the node itself. This creates an online setup where a breach can allow attackers to drain a user’s bitcoin. Validating Lightning Signer (VLS) solves this by separating key management from the node and validating every transaction before signing, enabling true self-custody and resistance to breaches. With HRF support, VLS will lower the barrier for people to safely control and use their own money on the Lightning Network, even in places where financial and digital rights are under threat.<br/><br/>Vexl<br/>Dissidents acquiring bitcoin often need to do so privately to protect their identity, donor networks, and personal safety. Yet centralized exchanges often collect vast troves of personal information and monitor user activity. To address this, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mftv2j67vayavkks8rqev3u8jjhefe86tf80msstfxvpunk9vmps6prkl3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>vexl</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mft…rkl3</span>)</a></span>, an open-source mobile app, allows peer-to-peer bitcoin trading without collecting personal data. With HRF’s support, Vexl can provide human rights defenders and civil society in authoritarian contexts a means to acquire Bitcoin without surveillance and absent gatekeepers.<br/><br/>Dhananjay Purohit<br/>Dictators frequently restrict the finances of online platforms and independent media to silence dissent. To overcome this, open source developer <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1qnw27f2jsqvn05wzpd56m7ykgmepk57p0yrzw8fzc7lfhjkmjmqqmd9r6h" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>DhananjayPurohit</span> (<span class="italic">npub1qnw…9r6h</span>)</a></span> built ngx_l402, a web server module that enables websites and applications to accept bitcoin payments directly for web or API access. With HRF’s grant, Purohit’s work can help embed bitcoin payments into the internet infrastructure layer, keeping the web open, uncensorable, and resistant to centralized financial control.<br/><br/>BTCPay Server<br/>Under dictatorships, traditional nonprofit fundraising channels can be censored, surveilled, frozen, or cut off without warning. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>btcpayserver</span> (<span class="italic">npub155m…dcvg</span>)</a></span> uses the permissionless foundations of Bitcoin to work around this. Using this open-source and self-hosted software, NGOs and dissidents can freely accept Bitcoin and Lightning payments directly into their self-custodial wallets. HRF’s renewed support will ensure censorship-resistant crowdfunding in even the most repressive environments. <br/><br/>Bitika<br/>In Kenya, obtaining bitcoin can be challenging. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1pcwq0j38q90vn85ktxs34ez3pdndq2jxp3s7z6dsw4sx7xuee87qlxeat5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bitika</span> (<span class="italic">npub1pcw…eat5</span>)</a></span> addresses this by allowing users to buy bitcoin directly into their Lightning wallets through M-Pesa (the country’s most widely used financial infrastructure). This makes self-custodial Bitcoin use simple and accessible. This grant will help Bitika improve Kenyans' financial independence by expanding access to censorship-resistant money in an increasingly surveilled payments landscape.<br/><br/>Threads of Freedom: A Bitcoin Graphic Novel and Learning App<br/>Young people, especially women and girls, who live under repressive regimes often lack access to financial education. Threads of Freedom, created by Afghan tech pioneer and founder of the Digital Citizen Fund, Roya Mahboob, provides a culturally-rooted graphic novel and learning app that explains how Bitcoin works and why it matters under tyranny. With HRF support, Threads of Freedom will expand access to education that helps people protect themselves and remain financially autonomous under repression.<br/><br/>About BDF <br/>BDF supports individuals and projects that make Bitcoin and related freedom technologies more powerful tools for human rights defenders operating in challenging political and financial environments. Since launching in 2020, BDF has granted $10.8 million in BTC to 341 projects across 65 countries worldwide.<br/><br/>Learn more about BDF on our website.<br/><br/>HRF is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowable by law. Gifts can be made at HRF.org/DevFund, and proposals for support can be submitted to <a href="https://hrf.org/bdfapply">https://hrf.org/bdfapply</a>.<br/><br/>Follow <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xvf49kht23cddxgw92rvfktkd3vqvjgkgsdexh9847wl0927tqsrhc9as" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>HRF</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xv…c9as</span>)</a></span> on Nostr for more updates on this project and all of our other programs designed to promote freedom and human rights around the world.<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/5788308b17c148c512314f3da4c2887892263b11d3ce28818f26e404f4c742d8.jpg"> </blockquote> 2026-01-14T16:58:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrz24q6ttrvexdl8h2ps8sv5tx9wpl9l36wuldm9a4w3jc92neadgzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgunght5zf6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyff6fc4yxr7f2s5tnmtvxaqtlrs4pzw86qekkpqe7l7kwjp0cgspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgkeny4w'>nevent1q…ny4w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The violation was for “机动车通过有灯控路口时，不按所需行进方向<br/>驶入导向车道”. <br/><br/>There are various ways to translate it, but basically the AI detected I was in a go straight lane and then detected my right turn. My friend who was in the car at the time told me that the violation is given when you illegally cross the solid white lane dividers.<br/><br/>Luckily I only got a fine, no points deducted. Illegal right turns are 3 points deducted, running a red light is 6 points, get 12 points in one year and you lose your license and have to go to driving school to get it back. 2025-12-30T08:52:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspmg4mp8wdyaxn77qe0rpvvgnup9zu56ew4ns836l20vpqy57cwsczyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung5q07cy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0499lkvshul0qg4580q5l09sxss3mp793fg9uc5hvysmz4kzmd3cpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqq65x2z'>nevent1q…5x2z</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I never claimed I was innocent which is why I’m waiving my right to contest the ticket and paying it.<br/><br/>In China you are allowed to cross dashed white lines but not solid white lines. It also depends on each intersection as there are different cameras for different violations (speed, yielding to pedestrians, red lights, etc) and each camera is owned by a different department (public security bureau, traffic bureau, urban management bureau etc) 2025-12-30T08:33:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs024vuzshqccehmtw33wf3gu96clxwyd9axns855q5dfenk80xmhgzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung2uptka Even in low wage China I cannot escape the scourge of self checkout machines<br/><br/> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/123a68aa84c9289833c66b6409adf2689501d51d2fca1b389a1451b9fbdab8de.jpg"> 2025-12-28T05:37:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zpvks4ep5ax4zdrv7dd0849w7a269wd082edtycxwakd9qxeffgzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgunggkd4la Oops almost stumbled into the wrong conference <img src="https://image.nostr.build/f70794b9daf8f0a0d7e09f5496c00e40d080c297575ea5bf4bc0061abfe72564.jpg"> 2025-08-28T00:09:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswn2gnnlsc00kupvz3j3s6fxd87esapj8pj0u2rg4y8xuzzsnds7czyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung4zt93x In Hong Kong the Communist Chinese military garrison is next to Bank of America <img src="https://image.nostr.build/972a658ef103dc6d436ba01e6bab9604eb515c423656e96f0e0a722eb7f0276c.jpg"> <img src="https://image.nostr.build/972a658ef103dc6d436ba01e6bab9604eb515c423656e96f0e0a722eb7f0276c.jpg"> 2025-08-27T22:19:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv2lj6p9d5sw6c9x7adnfff667j94fzhmcf389p7tv7u7q8r6lltqzyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgung8zfusw Any questions that I should ask Alex Gleason for our Pubkey event tomorrow at 7pm? 2025-07-09T20:49:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszg8ulrgunhzuxn84m7s8vupe8jg282w9kn4netllqx0atyxcxayczyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungfkxpkw Another US war in the middle east, what could go wrong? <img src="https://image.nostr.build/44663a0a662fcfe5fb85bc4a09dd96ec961efb9494a5d8ac10699329d97a76f0.jpg"> 2025-06-22T00:17:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9ckv86r4qypjajw7cfz5zpjjveqmkjuaum74jk7aayvz4344avszyzqg8hmqs8v3ks4u7yzzy90yhlyfftuf8ng8afrjaqqmcpu5mgungvlpsgp If I miss my talks in Riga it is because I died in a crazy eastern European taxi I forgot how insane some taxis are 2024-08-22T07:02:52Z