BR #15: I got censored 4 times

(2-minute read)

Launching a Bitcoin educational platform has come with its annoying censorship challenges:

1. When I started this newsletter, my email marketing provider banned me for no apparent reason, except that I was using the "Bitcoin" word. After 10 days of me convincing them that I am not a scammer, they finally allowed me to use their platform :)
2. Last week, I posted my first video on YouTube. Two days later: my account was restricted! :) Fortunately, reactivating that one took just a few hours.
3. But Instagram wasn't that easy. I created an account, added my logo, and was immediately restricted...even before I posted! I tried restoring the account several times...and eventually got permanently restricted..pfff. I am not giving up though. The fight goes on.
4. Most of you probably know me from LinkedIn where I am particularly active. I always had a minor fear that some of my writing might get me in trouble....and he we are: yesterday I got a video censored.

I am sharing these struggles not to complain, but to draw attention that censorship is real and unfortunately widespread. Hell, I am really not an important person, I don't have a huge following...and yet I get censorship issues. This is wrong. And it is dangerous for our freedoms.

These censorship cases make me ever more determined to keep educating and onboarding new people into bitcoin: the only money, which cannot be censored!

Just like information can be censored, so can your fiat money. While I have not experienced financial censorship (yet), I know other Bitcoin educators who have.

I was also shocked when a year ago thousands of Canadians got their bank accounts and credit cards blocked due to them donating a few dollars to the organizers of a legal, peaceful protest... This is unacceptable!

But I fear we will face many more such informational and financial censorship cases.

And we need tools to fight back to maintain our freedom of speech and property rights!

The Bitcoin protocol is the tool protecting our property rights!

The Nostr protocol is a new censorship-resistant tool for protecting our freedom of speech. It was founded by Twitter's founder and they just released a great 25-minute documentary about it.

Coming back to my video which got censored: I have now posted it on Twitter, where Elon Musk is defending free speech (as long as you don't make fun of him personally ;)

What do you think of that?

Obviously, the clown face and the circus background music were not part of the original video.

But even without those additions, it is scary to me how childish, amateurish, and even derogatory the President of the European Central Bank and her team appear to be.

In all seriousness, do you trust Christine Lagarde with your savings? For real???

If you are reading this newsletter, you are probably at least slightly questioning the credibility and sustainability of the fiat system. And rightfully so.

You are probably either a Bitcoiner, a crypto investor, or you are making your early steps to exploring bitcoin as a savings tool.

In any of those cases, I am here to help you learn how to better navigate the turbulent financial times ahead. I am working hard on a few educational products based on your questions to me. So if you have more questions, doubts, problems, reply and I will let you know if I can help.

Finally, in the past week, I have received an inflow of questions if now is a good time to buy BTC : )

• Short answer: If your time horizon is +18 months, absolutely yes. (This is not financial advice)
• Long answer: You are fully responsible for your actions and inactions. I can only help you with knowledge and data. Then it is up to you to decide what to do as per your age, goals, risk-tolerance, family, job, business, etc.

Here is my latest YouTube a few of you asked me if now is a good time to buy BTC