This article is part of a six-part educational series in cooperation with the non-custodial, peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange Vexl.

“Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”

– Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2

Almost 10 years ago, I met Mottomorashi Hinin, a Russian going by a Japanese name, in an anarchist bar.

He was introduced to Bitcoin in 2012, and has since been making a living helping out with various hacking projects. Over beers, he said something to me that resonates to this day. Fiat money, he said, was really just “weaponized spreadsheets”. “How else do you explain that I cannot get a bank account just because I was born in the wrong country.”

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