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4 mācības no Oslo brīvības foruma: 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: viens, divi, trīs, četri, pieci, seši, septiņi.
Oslo Freedom Forum: Troy Cross On The Idea Of Bitcoin
Pirms nonākam pie strīda, apskatīsim Trojas Krusta skaistos vārdus. Mums viņš pat nav jāiepazīstina, jo viņš to dara pats.
“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/ Uzņēmējs, @feminist_co organizators un @buycoins līdzdibinātājs @ireaderinokun par stabilo monētu pieaugumu Nigērijā: pic.twitter.com/QmZFMEVaeT
- Alekss Gladšteins (@gladstein) Jūnijs 22, 2022
Oslo brīvības forums: Ire Aderinokun par stabilām monētām Nigērijā
Jēdziens “Stablecoins over the Lightning Network” vienmēr bija pieejams plkst o Bitcoin 2022 konference, Kā arī Cilvēktiesību fonds pat piedāvāja 1 BTC velti ikvienam, kurš varētu atrisināt problēmu “nepieprasot apmaiņas vai citu žetonu”. Ir dīvaini, ka viņam Oslo brīvības forumā bija Paolo Ardonino, jo Teters ir tikai tas, "vēl viens simbols". Ardonīno nāks kārta runāt. Pirmkārt, Ire Aderinokun, kopienas organizators un Buycoins līdzdibinātājs, mēģina izskaidrot, kāpēc Nigērijai ir vajadzīgas stabilas monētas.
“Tātad stabilās monētas ir bijusi patiešām laba alternatīva cilvēkiem, jo, ja vēlaties piekļūt dolāriem Nigērijā, pieņemsim, ka vēlaties glabāt savu naudu Nigērijā, bet vēlaties, lai tā būtu dolāros. Tātad jūs mēģinātu atvērt USD denominētus kontus, taču ar to ir tik daudz problēmu, jo viens, tas nav pieejams visiem. Un, otrkārt, tam ir tik daudz dažādu ierobežojumu.
Tas ir tāpat kā, ja jums ir dolāra karte. Ierobežojums tagad ir tāds, ka jūs, iespējams, varat tērēt 20 USD mēnesī, kas ir pilnīgi smieklīgi. Ko tu ar to darīsi? Un tas nav pat nedzirdēts, ka kādu dienu pamostaties un uzzinat, ka valdība tikko ir konvertējusi visus jūsu dolārus Nairā, neatkarīgi no izvēlētā kursa. Tāpēc lielākajai daļai cilvēku naudas vai dolāru glabāšana Nigērijā vienkārši nav risinājums.
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.”
Nu, bitcoin to salabo.
“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…
BTC cenu diagramma 07 vietnē Coinbase | Avots: BTC/USD on TradingView.comOslo brīvības forums: Paolo Ardonino par Stablecoin pamatiem
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 vietā.
“Pasaulē ir daudz vietu, piemēram, Latīņamerikā, Dienvidamerikā, Turcijā, Āzijā, Āfrikā, jums ir ļoti grūti piekļūt bankas kontam. Pasaulē ir 2 miljardi cilvēku, kuriem nav tāda paša līmeņa piekļuves bankas kontiem kā citiem. Tas nav tāpēc, ka viņi ir slikti cilvēki, viņi vienkārši ir pārāk nabagi, lai viņiem būtu bankas konts. Tas ir skumji un pat traki teikt.
Jo iemesls ir tāds, ka bankas konta atvēršana, bankas konta uzturēšana ir ārkārtīgi dārga. Bet tajā pašā laikā stabilajām monētām ir lielisks mērķis. Tie ir lieliski noderīgi daudziem cilvēkiem. Viņi, iespējams, netic kriptovalūtām, taču viņiem ir nepieciešama piekļuve cietām un spēcīgām valūtām, jo viņu ikdienas dzīvē tas ir nepieciešams. Viņiem ir jāaizsargā savi ieguldījumi. Viņiem bērni jāsūta uz augstskolām utt. Un viņu nacionālā valūta to nepieļauj.
Nu, bitcoin fixes that. Without counterparty risk.
25/ Visbeidzot — un tas ir svarīgi — @_elfaro_ pētnieciskais žurnālists @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
- Alekss Gladšteins (@gladstein) Jūnijs 22, 2022
Oslo brīvības forums: Nelsona Rauda smieklīgais paņēmiens
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 tviņš briesmīgs Chivo maks, 7. panta analīze, and constant mentions of the lack of Bitcoin education that the government promised.
Kāda ir Nelsona Rauda 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.”
Par laimi, nevienam neinteresē, kam Rauda tic. Izņemot Aleksu Gladšteinu, kurš kļūdījās, uzaicinot viņu uz Oslo brīvības forumu. Gladšteins nemitīgi tvīto pret Bukeli 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.
Un tas ir mūsu Oslo brīvības foruma pārklājums. Ja vēlaties vairāk, ir daudz: viens, divi, trīs, četri, pieci, seši, septiņi.
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