For Freedom: Julian Assange Subject of NFT Drop At Venice Biennale
Imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is the subject of a new NFT collection that features at this year’s Venice Biennale art exhibition. The collection, This Cannot Be Erased, is a collaboration between Greek artist Miltos Manetas and acclaimed British composer Howie B. Assange, who is currently fighting extradition to the United States, is not involved […]
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Esteemed artist Miltos Manetas will tokenise 50% of his Julian Assange portraits, with the goal of raising awareness for the imprisoned activist. To further cement the blockchain connection, proceeds of the NFT drop will enter a DAO that forms part of the Venice Biennale Festival’s Internet Pavilion, a tech tent founded by Manetas in 2009. Named This Cannot Be Erased, the special collection of 111 NFTs will grant buyers access to one-of-one digital versions of hand-painted portraits created by Manetas over the last two years. The collection will be divided into three phases during which 37....
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.
Prosecution against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a cruise missile against a free internet, and Bitcoin could be next.
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, […]
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,....