How Bitcoin & Nostr Fix Life & Death Problems

About this episode

Derek discusses his experience at an AI hackathon focused on creating tools for human rights activism in the wake of a tragic event in Rwanda.

Derek just got back from Nashville, where he attended an AI hackathon at Bitcoin Park sponsored by HRF. His team of four built an app called Zuka for a human rights activist whose family survived the Rwandan genocide. The catalyst: a Rwandan YouTuber with 60,000 followers was jailed and died in custody for speaking out against the government. They wanted a tool that keeps speaking even when the human behind it is silenced.

People in this episode

Host: Derek

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• Nostr
• human rights
• AI hackathon
• activism
• Rwandan genocide

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• Nostr
• human rights
• AI hackathon
• activism
• Rwanda
• genocide
• YouTuber
• app development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: HRF, Bitcoin Park

Places: Rwanda, Nashville

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