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- In the history of world Wikileaks and Julian Assange have been key the promoters of crypto in its initial phase
- The major names always highlighted that have boosted the crypto ecosystem are: Satoshi Nakamoto, Nick Szabo and Julian Assange
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are inherently political! It is the money of freedom and it is a direct challenge to the global system of financial tyranny. We as the crypto community should understand the take and rally behind pro Crypto supporters and its advocates.
Julian Assange and Wikileaks have been long supporters and advocates for the cryptocurrency. They have helped the crypto world to boom in a phase when no one was even aware with the term crypto.
Wikileaks Julian Assange Explained
On observing one can comment that Bitcoin and WikiLeaks are intertwined. The early fledging movements suggest that both had their roots in the cypherpunk community. Bitcoin’s funding allowed the organization to continue after MasterCard and Visa refused to process any more transactions for WikiLeaks.
When WikiLeaks posted some confidential military information in March 2010, including a video that showed civilian casualties, and a detailed record of the Afghan War, the payment system Paypal froze WikiLeaks account to fund the operation. Claiming that they do not support illegal activities and false data. Furthermore, the joint effort by MasterCard, Visa, Paypal, Western Union and Bank of America choked off 95% Wikileaks funding. This is when the journalistic organization turned to Bitcoin for donations beings the only available way to raise and store funds
Julian Assange and WikiLeaks established a payment channel through Bitcoin on June 14, 2011. It was after the asset price boomed and the community of miners and users started growing. It would not be wrong to state that WikiLeaks saved an emerging Bitcoin community from excessive political pressure and heat. Same as it was saved by the Bitcoin from plunging into financial dissolution. DataCell EHF is the one to credit for this success.
Datacell EHF is a network provider in Iceland with founder Andreas Fink. Amid all the panic, DataCell EHF endeavoured to save Wikileaks by administering its payments even after Iceland Supreme Court’s decision to halt fundings! The old payment processor of Wikileaks has now come up with a big mission to start low cost internet for the West African population.
Wikileaks Julian Assange and Satoshi Nakamoto
Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, in no doubt, stands prime in the list of initial cryptocurrency believers and promoters. Satoshi was open to developing the Bitcoin protocol and devised the first version of the software.
Rumours suggest that Nick Szabo can be the mysterious Satoshi as he is the developer of smart contract technology and the Bit Gold algorithm of decentralized virtual currency. He is also a well-known lawyer, cryptologist and a prime individual to promote cryptocurrency in its initial phase. Some rumours and Mcafee also observe Satoshi Nakamoto as Indian.
Furthermore, Bitcoin donated to WikiLeaks at the time of crisis. Julian Assange also commented that he made around 50000% return on Bitcoin as result of the US government imposed financial blockade on WikiLeaks.
Charlie Lee: Litecoin Creator
Litecoin creator Charlie Lee is a computer scientist of JAPAN and an icon in the crypto industry. He was a developer on google before creating Litecoin. Lee learnt about the blockchain in 2011 through an article and immediately bought a bitcoin for $30. In the same year, he created an open-source cryptographic protocol and called it Litecoin.
Roger VER: CEO of Bitcoin.com
Roger VER is called “Bitcoin Jesus” for his promotion of Bitcoin. At an early age, he started his business venture and made his profit by buying and reselling hard drives at school. In 1999 Ver launched an online personal computer accessory shop, which he still runs to this day. Around 2011 he heard about bitcoin and started investing heavily in this technology. He started to post advertisements on billboards and the Internet.
Roger VER also started lecturing school children about the technology and distributed them free tokens which earned him Bitcoin Jesus’s title. In crypto-verse Roger is known for Advent support of Bitcoin Cash, one of the forks of Bitcoin.
Wikileaks Julian Assange, Satoshi Nakamoto, Cypherpunks are some major incidents in World History that have severely boosted crypto space in the World. These were all the initial supporters that picked crypto from scratch and took it to new heights. This is just one story there are still several cryptocurrency innovators and supporters who are yet to make a dent in the Universe; Cajutel can be one of them.
With a background in journalism, Ritika Sharma has worked with many reputed media firms focusing on general news such as politics and crime. She joined The Coin Republic as a reporter for crypto, and found a great passion for cryptocurrency, Web3, NFTs and other digital assets. She spends a lot of time researching and delving deeper into these concepts around the clock, and is a strong advocate for women in STEM.
