Thread by @gladstein

1/ Here are 25 brief, minute-long lessons and moments of insight on the under-discussed yet critical relationship between human rights and money

All filmed at the @OsloFF last month in Norway

First: @nic__carter on why Bitcoin is the world's only depoliticized monetary system

2/ Afghan entrepreneur and humanitarian @RoyaMahboob on how the legacy financial system is misogynist and how Bitcoin helps gives financial rights to women:

3/ Russian democracy advocate and @navalny campaign manager @leonidvolkov on how Bitcoin helps support human rights activism against Putin:

4/ Togolese democracy advocate @Farida_N on why the struggle for human rights needs to include financial rights:

5/ Belarusian human rights advocate and @bysolfund organizer Jaroslav Likhachevskiy on how Bitcoin helped support Belarus's democracy movement:

6/ Senegalese cypherpunk and developer @diopfode on why the future of finance in Africa will be based on Bitcoin:

7/ Lightning engineer at @Blockstream and @base58btc educator @niftynei on the difference between permissioned and permissionless financial systems and how Bitcoin differs from Central Bank Digital Currencies:

8/ Macroeconomic analyst and investor @LynAldenContact on why Proof-of-Work is Bitcoin's key innovation and can't be replaced by Proof-of-Stake:

9/ @Core_Scientific founder @DarinFeinstein on how Bitcoin can provide private property rights to people around the world in a way nothing else can match:

10/ @Strike founder and CEO @jackmallers on why a censorship-resistant financial settlement layer could change the world:

11/ Privacy advocate @J9Roem on why a money for the world must pass the censorship test:

12/ @Okcoin CEO Hong Fang (@hfangca) on how Bitcoin differs from the legacy financial system:

13/ RHR and Citadel host and privacy advocate @ODELL on how cash is a human rights tool worth protecting in the digital world:

14/ @MuunWallet founder Dario Sneidermanis (@esneider) on why citizens of countries like Argentina understand the importance of monetary self-custody:

15/ Financial freedom advocate and @btrustteam board member @obi on how the Nigerian Naira has been devalued over time and how a digital alternative is necessary:

16/ Venezuelan entrepreneur Mauricio di Bartolomeo (@cryptonomista) on what happens when money collapses in your country, and why people turn to tools like Bitcoin to escape:

17/ Nigerian investor, developer, and @btrustteam board member Abubakar Nur Khalil (@ihate1999) on why the future of finance will be Bitcoinized, not dollarized:

18/ @Lightning Labs CEO and co-founder @starkness on how Bitcoin could not only give people access to a new monetary system but also provide access to the US dollar:

19/ Author and investor @JeffBooth on why the current fiat monetary system is unsustainable:

20/ Bitcoin author, developer, and educator @jimmysong on how oppression is deeply ingrained into our current financial system:

21/ Monetary base analyst Matthew Mežinskis (@crypto_voices) on the evolution of Central Bank Digital Currencies:

22/ Philosopher and environmentalist Troy Cross (@thetrocro) on why the dream of creating money outside the realm of the state is worth pursuing:

23/ Entrepreneur, @feminist_co organizer, and @buycoins co-founder @ireaderinokun on the rise of stablecoins in Nigeria:

24/ Tether and @bitfinex CTO @paoloardoino on why, as long as we're in a fiat standard, everyone should have access to the dollar:

25/ Finally -- and importantly -- @_elfaro_ investigative journalist @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:

26/ The full talks are available here:

youtube.com/user/OsloFreed…

The videos were made by the talented @Rafael_Rubio__

Would definitely recommend working with him!