{"id":810637,"date":"2024-12-07T10:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/wikileaks-uses-bitcoin-to-preserve-76911-afghan-war-logs\/"},"modified":"2024-12-07T10:18:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T16:18:08","slug":"wikileaks-uses-bitcoin-to-preserve-76911-afghan-war-logs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/07\/wikileaks-uses-bitcoin-to-preserve-76911-afghan-war-logs\/","title":{"rendered":"WikiLeaks Uses Bitcoin to Preserve 76,911 Afghan War Logs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WikiLeaks<\/a>, led by Julian Assange, is launching Project Spartacus<\/em> to protect 76,911 secret documents about the war in Afghanistan. These documents<\/a>, which expose U.S. military actions, civilian casualties, and interrogation methods, will be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain<\/a>. This ensures they can never be erased or hidden.<\/p>\n

Why It Matters<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When the Afghan War Logs were released in 2010, they revealed crucial truths about the war in Afghanistan, including details the public had never known. To make sure this important information can never be lost, Assange\u2019s team is putting it on Bitcoin\u2019s blockchain, where it will remain accessible forever. Even if WikiLeaks\u2019 website is shut down, these documents will stay online.<\/p>\n

How It Works\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Project Spartacus<\/em> will use Bitcoin\u2019s blockchain to store these 76,911 files as small pieces called satoshis, using a tool called Ordinals. The process will start on December 12, 2024, and will take time because of the large number of documents. Once they\u2019re on the blockchain, they cannot be changed or deleted.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this project is more than just storing documents\u2014it\u2019s also about remembering Julian Assange\u2019s role in the fight for free speech. Assange\u2019s team isn\u2019t trying to raise money from this project; instead, they want to honor his legacy by putting these important files on Bitcoin, a decentralized system that can\u2019t be controlled or stopped by any government.<\/p>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s Power to Protect Free Speech<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What makes this project special is Bitcoin\u2019s ability to protect information from censorship.<\/p>\n

Julian Assange\u2019s story is closely linked to Bitcoin\u2019s early days and its mission to resist censorship. When traditional banks cut off WikiLeaks\u2019 funding, Bitcoin became a lifeline, raising over $30 million to support Assange\u2019s legal efforts. This showed the world how Bitcoin could stand strong when other systems failed.<\/p>\n

Assange\u2019s use of Bitcoin proved how the cryptocurrency could help protect free speech, keeping WikiLeaks operational even when global financial systems tried to block it. Bitcoin\u2019s creator, Satoshi Nakamoto<\/a>, even noticed the growing attention the currency was getting in 2010, and worried about the spotlight on Bitcoin.<\/p>\n

But Assange showed how Bitcoin could support free speech<\/a>, making it a real-world example of its power to resist censorship.<\/p>\n

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WikiLeaks, led by Julian Assange, is launching Project Spartacus to protect 76,911 secret documents about the war in Afghanistan. These documents, which expose U.S. military actions, civilian casualties, and interrogation methods, will be stored on the Bitcoin blockchain. This ensures they can never be erased or hidden. Why It Matters When the Afghan War Logs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":810638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4041,39262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-810637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bitcoin","category-wikileaks"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}