On September 28, 2024, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of the Open Dialogue Foundation and a Ukrainian human rights defender, and Bota Jardemalie, a New York lawyer, Kazakh human rights defender, and Belgian political refugee, took part in the Proof of Work Summit and discussed how the misuse of AML and CFT laws and the weaponization of banking data lead to political repression and financial exclusion, and how activists worldwide turn to P2P Bitcoin transactions, self-hosted wallets, mixers, and other privacy payment instruments to protect human rights.
What strategies do we have to defend the Lightning Network and privacy tools from escalating regulatory attacks? Why do we need to protect Bitcoin mining alongside privacy instruments to safeguard the entire Bitcoin ecosystem? We invite you to watch the entire video of the event:
Source: YT/Proof-of-Work Summit
See also:
- Why should human rights defenders be protected from AML/CFT abuses by authoritarian authorities? (December 11, 2023)
- BTC Coalition: summary of works 2022-2023 (November 28, 2023)
- Joint submission of the civil society coalition: Tools to prevent abuse of FATF anti-money laundering/financing of terrorism rules and address transnational repression (November 27, 2023)
- Bitcoin’s role in Guatemala’s Digitally Safeguarded Democracy (November 10, 2023)
- ”Bitcoin is borderless” Conference — how to combat financial exclusion worldwide? (October 15, 2023)
- “AML/CFT regulations are an open door for abuse” – Lyudmyla Kozlovska at the FATF Global Conference (September 29, 2023)
