🚨 When the banks closed their doors… Bitcoin opened one
In late 2010, after WikiLeaks published thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables known as Cablegate, the organization came under an unprecedented financial blockade.
Major payment companies — Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Bank of America, and Western Union — suddenly stopped processing donations.
The result? The organization lost about 95% of its revenue overnight.
At the time, Bitcoin was still in its infancy.
Satoshi Nakamoto himself warned in December 2010 that WikiLeaks’ use of the emerging currency could bring significant pressure on it, saying it had “kicked the hornet’s nest.”
But WikiLeaks waited.
On June 14, 2011, it officially announced that it would accept Bitcoin donations.
This was one of the first moments when the cryptocurrency proved its real-world value:
It could operate outside the control of traditional banking systems
It offered genuine resistance to censorship
And decentralized digital money could protect freedom of expression from political and financial pressure
When every traditional door had closed to WikiLeaks…
Bitcoin opened an alternative one.
A very early moment, but one that cemented an idea that remains alive today:
Financial freedom isn’t a slogan… it’s technology.
#BTC #crypto #money #freedomofmoney #blockchain $BTC
In late 2010, after WikiLeaks published thousands of U.S. diplomatic cables known as Cablegate, the organization came under an unprecedented financial blockade.
Major payment companies — Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Bank of America, and Western Union — suddenly stopped processing donations.
The result? The organization lost about 95% of its revenue overnight.
At the time, Bitcoin was still in its infancy.
Satoshi Nakamoto himself warned in December 2010 that WikiLeaks’ use of the emerging currency could bring significant pressure on it, saying it had “kicked the hornet’s nest.”
But WikiLeaks waited.
On June 14, 2011, it officially announced that it would accept Bitcoin donations.
This was one of the first moments when the cryptocurrency proved its real-world value:
It could operate outside the control of traditional banking systems
It offered genuine resistance to censorship
And decentralized digital money could protect freedom of expression from political and financial pressure
When every traditional door had closed to WikiLeaks…
Bitcoin opened an alternative one.
A very early moment, but one that cemented an idea that remains alive today:
Financial freedom isn’t a slogan… it’s technology.
#BTC #crypto #money #freedomofmoney #blockchain $BTC