Osloko Askatasunaren Foroko 4 ikasgai: BTC - Cross, Aderinokun, Ardonino, Rauda

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Osloko Askatasunaren Foroko 4 ikasgai: BTC - Cross, Aderinokun, Ardonino, Rauda

Let’s wrap Bitcoinist’s coverage of the Oslo Freedom Forum with controversy. In this last edition, two stablecoins proponents and an extremely confused journalist make their cases. Alex Gladstein, the Human Rights Foundation’s Chief Strategy Officer, has been a big proponent of stablecoins over the Lightning Network. His case is that dissidents need a less volatile currency than bitcoin. Did the Oslo Freedom Forum panelists do a good job explaining why is that? Keep reading to find out. 

And speaking about reading, if you’re interested in the other side of bitcoin, check out these real-life stories straight from the Oslo Freedom Forum: bat, bi, hiru, lau, bost, sei, zazpi. 

Oslo Freedom Forum: Troy Cross On The Idea Of Bitcoin

Eztabaidara heldu baino lehen, azter ditzagun Troia Gurutzearen hitz ederrak. Ez dugu aurkeztu beharrik ere, berak egiten baitu.

“I’m a professor of philosophy & humanities at Reed College and also a fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. I’ll tell you my story first and then I’ll introduce the panel. I started getting interested in Bitcoin in 2011. I was fascinated by the idea of money that was not controlled by a state and would disintermediate a predatory and rent-seeking industry. And I started mining this cryptocurrency in my basement with some machines that I had, and I was excited about the community. The possibility. The idea. 

I’m a philosopher. I thought this was one of the most beautiful ideas I have ever encountered. And I followed Bitcoin because I loved the idea. I loved the idea of disintermediating financial institutions and having money that was outside the realm of the state, an idea that spun into a valuable reality and promised to bring the kinds of liberty and freedom to people that we have seen here at this event.”

This is just the beginning. Start thinking about bitcoin and you’ll probably never stop. It’s a deep, powerful, and miraculous idea that could take over your life.

23/ Ekintzailea, @feminista_ko antolatzailea, eta @buycoins sortzailekidea @ireaderinokun Nigerian txanpon egonkorren gorakadari buruz: pic.twitter.com/QmZFMEVaeT

— Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) June 22, 2022

Osloko Askatasunaren Foroa: Ire Aderinokun Nigeriako Stablecoins-en

"Stablecoins over the Lightning Network" kontzeptua beti zegoen presente du Bitcoin 2022 konferentzia, eta Giza Eskubideen Fundazioak 1 BTC sari bat ere eskaini zuen Arazoa "truke edo beste token bat beharrik gabe" konpondu lezakeen edonorentzat. Bitxia da Paolo Ardonino Osloko Askatasunaren Foroan izatea, Tether hori besterik ez delako, "beste seinale bat". Ardoninok hitz egiteko txanda izango du. Lehenik eta behin, Ire Aderinokun, komunitatearen antolatzailea eta Buycoins-en sortzailea, Nigeriak moneta egonkorrak zergatik behar dituen azaltzen saiatzen da.

"Beraz, txanpon egonkorrak oso alternatiba ona izan dira jendeak erabiltzeko, zeren eta Nigerian dolarretarako sarbidea izan nahi baduzu, demagun zure dirua Nigerian mantendu nahi duzula, baina dolarretan egotea nahi duzula. Beraz, USDko kontuak irekitzen saiatuko zinateke, baina arazo asko daude horrekin, bata ez baita guztientzako eskuragarria. Eta bi, hainbat murrizketa daude. 

Halako da, dolarreko txartela baduzu. Orain murrizketa hau da, ziurrenik hilean 20 dolar gasta ditzakezula, eta hori guztiz barregarria da. Zer egingo duzu horrekin? Eta ez da ezezaguna ere egunen batean esnatu eta gobernuak zure dolar guztiak Naira bihurtu berri dituela jakitea, nahi duten tarifarekin. Beraz, dirua edo dolarrak Nigerian mantentzea ez da aukera bat jende gehienentzat».

The rich countries have a hard time seeing this, but it’s a common situation all over the world. However, bitcoin fixes this. Does Nigeria need stablecoins or to learn to deal with volatility? Let’s go back to Aderinokun for an explanation.

“So most people will then try to say, “Okay, let’s send my money abroad, let me try and send it to a U.S. bank account or something like that.” And that is also incredibly difficult because, okay, how are you going to do that? First of all, there’s obviously restrictions, like I already mentioned. But even if you wanted to use something like a TransferWise or a Western Union, they’re pretty slow. The rates they give you are also going to be not that efficient and they don’t even always work.”

Beno, bitcoin hori konpontzen du. 

“And so people are now turning to stablecoins because this is a way for them to access dollars without having to through the traditional system that doesn’t really allow them to do that. So most people who, like you said, aren’t even really that interested in Bitcoin or cryptocurrency in general and very interested in stablecoins as a way to have their money outside of the Nigerian financial system.”

Nigerians want stablecoins because that’s what they know. What they need, though, is bitcoin. It would solve the problem Aderinokun presented to the Oslo Freedom Forum without the counterparty risk that stablecoins present. Why is there counterparty risk? Because a private company issues them. Tether, for example. Speaking of that…  

Osloko Askatasunaren Foroa: Paolo Ardonino Stablecoin oinarriei buruz

As Tether’s Chief Technology Officer, Paolo Ardonino probably has had this conversation a million times. Trying to explain why the world needs stablecoins, he explains the need for bitcoin ordez.

“Munduan leku asko daude Latinoamerikan, Hego Amerikan, Turkian, Asian, Afrikan, oso zaila duzu banku-kontu bat eskuratzea. Munduan 2 milioi pertsona daude besteek duten banku-kontuetarako sarbide maila bera ez dutenak. Ez da jende txarra delako, banku-kontu bat izateko pobreegiak direla baizik. Tristea eta zoramena da esatea ere. 

Arrazoia banku-kontu bat irekitzea eta banku-kontua mantentzea oso garestia delako. Baina, aldi berean, txanpon egonkorrak helburu handia dute. Erabilgarritasun bikainak dira jende askorentzat. Agian ez dute kriptografia-monetan sinesten, baina moneta gogor eta sendoetarako sarbidea behar dute, eguneroko bizitzan hori behar dutelako. Euren inbertsioa babestu behar dute. Beren seme-alabak unibertsitateetara eta abar bidali behar dituzte. Eta haien moneta nazionalak ez du hori onartzen».

Beno, bitcoin fixes that. Without counterparty risk.

25/ Azkenik, eta garrantzitsua dena @_elfaro_ ikerketa kazetaria @raudaz_ on how Bukele is seizing arbitrary power in El Salvador as he imposes Bitcoin on the population, and why financial freedom isn’t good enough if you don’t have political freedom: pic.twitter.com/gAfNVuxGCO

— Alex Gladstein (@gladstein) June 22, 2022

Osloko Askatasunaren Foroa: Nelson Raudaren Ridiculous Take 

It’s a shame that the only Latin person in the Oslo Freedom Forum panels was this so-called investigative journalist. Nelson Rauda works for El Faro, a newspaper financed by foreign powers that is completely opposed to the Salvadoran government. We at Bitcoinist don’t cover politics, so our criticism of President Bukele limits to tikaragarria zuen Chivo zorroa, Bat 7. artikuluaren azterketa, and constant mentions of the lack of Bitcoin education that the government promised. 

Zein da Nelson Raudaren kritika?   

“The Salvadoran Bitcoin experience has been and is paradoxical. It’s imposed from the top down. It’s not grassroots based. A December national poll revealed that only 10% of people believe the main beneficiaries of the Bitcoin law, which turns a year next week, are the people. While 80% believe that either the rich, foreign investors, banks, businessmen, or the government are the main beneficiaries. So what I’m saying is that Bukele has weaponized bitcoin and their tweets to whitewash himself and the crooked actions of his government.”

Say what you want about Bukele, but the man made bitcoin legal tender in El Salvador. That fact will go down in history as the greatest thing a president has done for his people. That and only that is the reason bitcoin tweet about Bukele. If the Salvadorans that El Faro polled don’t understand the magnitude of the gift they’ve been given yet, that’s fine. They will eventually. 

“But if you believe in Bitcoin, you can cheer on the President and the government, giving Salvadorans this tool for financial freedom and still call onto him democracy, rule of law, separation of powers, freedom of the press and all of the other things that humans beings need. I don’t believe in a tool for financial freedom if that’s the only freedom that we’re going to have.”

Zorionez, inori ez zaio axola Raudak sinesten duena. Alex Gladstein izan ezik, Osloko Askatasunaren Forora gonbidatzeko akatsa egin baitzuen. Gladstein etengabe txio egiten du Bukeleren aurka and his politics, but, did he have to invite a foreign-sponsored pseudo journalist with the worst takes about bitcoin? Couldn’t he find a critic versed in the subject? Probably not. Because someone who understands bitcoin would immediately realize that the Salvadorans now have access to hard money. And that’ll change their lives in ways no one can imagine.

Eta hori da gure Osloko Askatasunaren Foroaren estaldura. Gehiago nahi baduzu, asko dago: bat, bi, hiru, lau, bost, sei, zazpi.

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