Crypto is Censorship-Resistant Movement Infrastructure

The industry's greatest destiny is to empower activists to out-coordinate evil.

The crypto industry is branded as a giant internet casino. And critics are right that the technology enables money laundering and other dark applications.

But if we only use blockchain for casinos and crime, we're wasting its most redeeming utility beyond wealth preservation:

To challenge the most powerful forces in the world.

Challenging power is unnecessarily dangerous, even though it’s essential for a free and flourishing society.

Too often, people with capacity to expose evil and corruption are assassinated, tortured, and disappeared before they get a chance to do so.

We must focus more on building infrastructure that enables:

• Uncensorable journalism. Truth that threatens power gets silenced first.

• Secure internal communications. Activist personal data and communications must stay protected from surveillance and hacking.

• Unstoppable fundraising. Governments can tell PayPal to shut down accounts. They can't shut down Bitcoin or ZCash.

Timothy C. May had it right: "Cryptography is the ultimate form of non-violent direct action."

Let’s prove him right.