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: bir, iki, üç, dört, beş, altı, Yedi.
Oslo Freedom Forum: Troy Cross On The Idea Of Bitcoin
Tartışmaya geçmeden önce Troy Cross'un güzel sözlerini inceleyelim. Onu tanıtmamıza bile gerek yok çünkü kendisi yapıyor.
“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/ Girişimci, @feminist_co organizatör ve @jeton satın alın kurucularından @ireaderinokun Nijerya'da stablecoin'lerin yükselişi üzerine: pic.twitter.com/QmZFMEVaeT
— Alex Gladstein mı? ⚡ (@gladstein) Haziran 22, 2022
Oslo Özgürlük Forumu: Ire Aderinokun, Nijerya'daki Stablecoin'lerde
“Yıldırım Ağı üzerinden stabil paralar” konsepti her zaman mevcuttu. Bitcoin 2022 Konferansı, Ve İnsan Hakları Vakfı 1 BTC ödülü bile teklif etti "Bir takas veya başka bir jetona ihtiyaç duymadan" sorunu çözebilecek herkes için. Paolo Ardonino'nun Oslo Özgürlük Forumu'nda olması garip çünkü Tether tam da bu, “başka bir simge”. Ardonino konuşma sırası alacak. İlk olarak, topluluk organizatörü ve Buycoins kurucu ortağı Ire Aderinokun, Nijerya'nın neden istikrarlı paralara ihtiyacı olduğunu açıklamaya çalışıyor.
“Yani stablecoin'ler insanların kullanması için gerçekten iyi bir alternatif oldu çünkü Nijerya'da dolara erişmek istiyorsanız, diyelim ki paranızı Nijerya'da tutmak istiyorsunuz ama bunun dolar cinsinden olmasını istiyorsunuz. Yani USD cinsinden hesap açmayı denersiniz, ancak bununla ilgili çok fazla sorun var çünkü bunlardan biri herkes tarafından erişilebilir değil. Ve iki, üzerinde çok farklı kısıtlamalar var.
Sanki bir dolar kartınız varsa. Kısıtlama şu anda, muhtemelen ayda 20 dolar harcayabilirsiniz, bu tamamen saçma. Bununla ne yapacaksın? Ve bir gün uyanıp hükümetin tüm dolarlarınızı, seçtikleri oranda Naira'ya çevirdiğini öğrenmeniz hiç duyulmamış bir şey değil. Bu yüzden Nijerya'da para ya da dolar tutmak çoğu insan için bir seçenek değil."
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.”
Well, bitcoin fixes that.
“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…
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Oslo Özgürlük Forumu: Paolo Ardonino Stablecoin Temelleri Üzerine
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 instead.
“Dünyada Latin Amerika'da, Güney Amerika'da, Türkiye'de, Asya'da, Afrika'da olduğu gibi pek çok yer var, banka hesabına girmekte gerçekten zorlanıyorsunuz. Dünyada diğerlerinin sahip olduğu banka hesaplarına aynı düzeyde erişime sahip olmayan 2 milyar insan var. Kötü insanlar oldukları için değil, sadece bir banka hesabına sahip olamayacak kadar fakir oldukları için. Söylenmesi bile üzücü ve çılgınca.
Bunun nedeni banka hesabı açmanın banka hesabı bakımının son derece pahalı olmasıdır. Ancak aynı zamanda stablecoin'lerin de büyük bir amacı var. Onlar tüm birçok insan için harika bir yardımcı programdır. Kripto para birimlerine inanmayabilirler, ancak günlük yaşamlarında buna ihtiyaç duydukları için sert ve güçlü para birimlerine erişmeleri gerekir. Yatırımlarını korumaları gerekiyor. Çocuklarını üniversitelere falan göndermeleri gerekiyor. Ve ulusal para birimleri buna izin vermiyor.”
Well, bitcoin fixes that. Without counterparty risk.
25/ Sonunda — ve daha da önemlisi — @_elfaro_ araştırmacı gazeteci @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 mı? ⚡ (@gladstein) Haziran 22, 2022
Oslo Özgürlük Forumu: Nelson Rauda'nın Saçma Görüşü
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 to korkunç Chivo Cüzdan, Bir Madde 7 analizi, and constant mentions of the lack of Bitcoin education that the government promised.
Nelson Rauda'nın eleştirisi nedir?
“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 bitcoiners 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 bitcoiners 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.”
Neyse ki, kimse Rauda'nın neye inandığını umursamıyor. Onu Oslo Özgürlük Forumu'na davet etme hatasını yapan Alex Gladstein hariç. Gladstein Bukele'ye karşı sürekli tweet atıyor 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.
Ve bu bizim Oslo Özgürlük Forumu kapsamımız. Daha fazlasını istiyorsanız, çok şey var: bir, iki, üç, dört, beş, altı, Yedi.
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Source: https://bitcoinist.com/oslo-freedom-forum-cross-aderinokun-ardonino-rauda/