📚 Check Your Financial Privilege: Inside The Global Bitcoin Revolution by Alex Gladstein
Bitcoiner Books #11
In Check Your Financial Privilege, Alex Gladstein reveals that 89% of the global population lacks access to stable currencies and reliable banking systems enjoyed in wealthy countries. For billions living under authoritarian regimes, corrupt governments, or in economies plagued by inflation, traditional financial services are often inaccessible or untrustworthy.
Bitcoin offers a powerful alternative. Gladstein shares stories from Nigeria, where activists use Bitcoin to receive donations despite government crackdowns; from Cuba, where citizens protect their savings against severe currency devaluation; and from El Salvador, where Bitcoin adoption has lowered remittance costs and expanded financial inclusion.
More than just a speculative asset, Bitcoin is a “human rights technology” that empowers people excluded from the global financial system. It provides a decentralised, censorship-resistant way to save, transact, and maintain financial freedom when traditional systems fail. For billions, Bitcoin is not just money, it’s hope.
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