Bitcoin Solves This: Hong Kong Police Freeze $9M of Protesters’ Funds

Lacking any central authority for either issuance or custody, Bitcoin has often been described as resistant to confiscation. Recent news out of Hong Kong highlights the importance of such qualities, particularly in an increasingly divided world.
Authorities in the Chinese Special Administrative Region have frozen almost US$9 million of donations received by protesters in Hong Kong. Cutting off financial aid in such a way is one of global authorities’ most effective ways to silence resistan