Bitcoin Donor Exposed? Here’s Who Likely Sent $500,000 To Julian Assange
An anonymous donor within the Bitcoin community has contributed 8 BTC, valued at approximately $500,000, to assist with the travel expenses of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as reported by Bitcoinist yesterday. This financial support facilitated Assange’s return journey via chartered flight, an option necessitated by his prohibition from commercial airline travel. According to Stella Assange, […]
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An anonymous donor has significantly contributed to the cause of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, by covering almost the entire cost of his travel expenses as he transitioned from detainment to freedom. This donation of 8 Bitcoin (BTC), valued at nearly $497,000 at current market rates, nearly fulfills the total appeal of $520,000 outlined […]
Prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a cruise missile against a free internet, and Bitcoin could be next.
As the prosecution of Julian Assange continues, can the cryptographic technology that helped WikiLeaks restore history now be used to defend the freedom of its founder? The post Political Prosecution Of Julian Assange Calls For Nonviolent Cryptographic Defense appeared first on Bitcoin Magazine.
Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, still confined in the Ecuador embassy in London, revealed interesting bits of WikiLeaks - and Bitcoin - history in an AMA (Ask Me Anything) open Q/A session on Reddit today. The AMA was dedicated to Assange's new book "When Google Met WikiLeaks." Julian Assange Saves Bitcoin from WikiLeaks. In a comment on Reddit, Julian Assange says he has written about Bitcoin in his new book, and highlights the following footnote: On 5 December 2010, just after VISA, MasterCard, PayPal, Amazon, and other financial companies started denying service to WikiLeaks,....
On Monday, a British judge rejected the U.S. request to extradite the Australian editor, publisher, and activist Julian Assange. Following the U.K. judge’s decision, the current president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, has offered Assange political asylum in the country. Meanwhile, Wikileaks has gathered hundreds of thousands of dollars in crypto-asset donations since the founders’ arrest in April 2019. US Extradition Requests for Julian Assange Denied The world recently watched a United Kingdom judge reject the United States’ request to extradite the Wikileaks....