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#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights

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Bitcoin Project - If Bitcoin Project Didn't Work

If the Bitcoin project didn't work, honestly it's one of the only things that gives me hope because it is an effective way to push back against creeping centralized control. But if whatever reason it failed, I would have very little hope left. The Chinese model of centralizing all of your data and controlling it ultimately is a very, very powerful arch force. That fight will continue on no matter what happens with Bitcoin. There's a huge amount of certainty around Bitcoin. Part of it is an important feature because it's number go up.

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