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cryptokingmylo

I wouldn't be surprised if he is sitting on a massive stash of BTC, wiki leaks was early to adopt and BTC seems like something right up his ally


FatRainbow

Wikileaks is the reason I got into BTC. When I tried to donate to Wikileaks years ago, visa blocked my donation. Bitcoin was away around this. Long live Julian, so happy he is free!


Disastrous_Smell7799

Canadian truckers šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦


MK-801

Yeah nice one me too, I also used to donate to entities like pirate bay, wikimedia, random blogs and more recently the Ukraine war. This is a great outcome for Assange after so much time, good luck to the guy.


Brain_termite

Donate to the Ukraine war? Lol. You realize Julian Assange said these wars are basically transnational elites laundering money?


MK-801

Well whatever, the charity I donated it to seemed legit at the time, I'd have to check my txs to find it exactly. Assange has a point, but not all wars are like that. Which elites are laundering money on the Ukrainian side?


Brain_termite

Ukraine is one of the most corrupt countries on earth. Ever wondered why a number of US politicians had their kids installed in Ukraine companies? Take Biden's son for example. To quote Assange "The goal is to use Afghanistan to wash money out of the tax bases of the US and Europe through Afghanistan and back into the hands of a transnational security elite. The goal is an endless war, not a successful war". Ukraine is the new Afghanistan. It's the same players on a new field.


MK-801

I think there are many differences in the current Ukraine war, compared to the proxy wars/puppeteering in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan again, etc. Those fit Assange's narrative, however I don't think ISR/PAL or RUS/UKR are similar. These two wars are partly a result of a powerful nation going back to its old style of politics. Russia annexing Crimea was the slow start, and I would say the uprisings in early 2000s was the start of the *real* conflict in Palestine (I know it goes back 1000s of years, but around 2004 it got real serious). With Russia, it's certainly more like how the USSR would act. And in Isreal at that time they were really pushing their "claim to the holy land", and also retaliating so savagely that they were getting attacked again, rinse and repeat. But Israel, yeah they rely on a lot American arms and support, so maybe not as relevent as it's still a proxy war in a way, or at least out of the control of most people. Ukraine though started from Putin's continued push into Russian Separatists areas, taking those all over and recruiting the separatists, then trying to take over the rest. I doubt there was a lot of western or transnational security elite planning this. Russian transnational security elite maybe. Anyway of course once a war starts, there are opportunities for profit everywhere, and of course a bunch of Americans saw dollar signs. But I don't believe the war itself wasn't engineered and planned like the Middle Eastern ones probably were. Although a bunch of oligarchs might need some money laundered, there are better ways than to start a massive war. And it's not like they could get tax money from most Russians, they're not that rich. Doesn't make sense to me.


WeakMindedLiberals

lol bro you canā€™t be seriousā€¦..


TheGentileOpressor

Oh brother šŸ˜« no donations for Palestine, Sudan, Congo? Figures šŸ‘šŸ‘


MK-801

I'm not sure of the situation in those African countries, I'd be scared that the money might just be used by some warlord/paramilitary group. I'm pretty active in terms of Palestinian support, however I haven't been able to afford to donate any money to the cause. Fwiw my parents have a Ukrainian family of refugees living in my old grandads house, that's pretty cool of them. A few years ago they had a bunch of Syrians living there, you actually do get rent paid from .gov but it's not as much as if you privately rented.


Cannister7

Alley


nomames_bro

No, he was saying he's probably keistered his private keys for the last 15 years. Right up the ol brown ally


oki_sauce

It's still wrong


EitherInvestment

Ah donā€™t be judgmental now


oki_sauce

Nothing judgemental about it.


KlogereEndGrim

Alley


SpecialX

You're thinking of aisle. As in "I think aisle go to the store today".


Miserable-Example999

Your on the right tract


Action_Clean

*I'll


Cannister7

*whoosh


Wakingupisdeath

Alleles


JTMoney33

grammar ally https://youtu.be/txuWGoZF3ew?si=ji3jHukqPp_YVK15


Sirneko

He is Satoshi


EnjoyTheDrank

He was talking about about bitcoin back in 2014. Iā€™m sure you are right lol


Cocopoppyhead

That single donation is almost the entire goal of $520,000 and is almost double the amount all the other donations in all currencies put together. There are some wonderful people in the Bitcoin community.


deadleg22

I hope the pineapple fund guy tips a chunk. Remember him?!


Generationhodl

I remember him, would love to know how his life is running and what he is doing in his free time.Ā 


crazycalv

OOTL who was he?


deij

In 2017/2018 someone (anonymous) pledged to donate 5,000 bitcoins to worthy causes. He took applications and browsed Reddit and gave it all away ($100,000,000 ish) By the end he donated like 5,100 because people were donating to him. He called it the pineapple fund. A fair amount of the donations were word of mouth - eg something would happen on reddit, people would @pineapple guy and he would donate.


ElonMuskWasHere

What a legend


ahaseeb

Yea but he kinda disappeared . Wonder what he'll be doing now


pezdal

Yes. Or Julian sent it to himself from his secret stash?


GrandWazoo0

Seems like the most likely option


midmagic

Nonsense.


peppaz

Saul Goodman, I mean Ice Station Zebra Associates, was the likely donor.


r4rthrowawaysoon

Probably the secret stash he received in exchange for his Activities that got him in trouble originally.


lldwll

OP is himself as well. To viral the story


OGAcidCowboy

Was posting in another sub about Assange, dude was bagging him out saying the USā€™ relationships with countries like Pakistan and Yemen were negatively impacted by what Assange did, they actually said ā€œsome things are done behind closed doors for a reasonā€ he then said Assange deserved punishment as a traitor. I pointed out that if you murder someone and made it look accidental and you were on CCTV not knowing you were on CCTV and someone hands the police the footage, that evidence would then make the public hostile to you because of your actions. Yet, from my perspective, he was essentially saying that, in this example, the murderer is not at fault, the one at fault is the person suppling police/public with the CCTV footage as without that footage no one would even know there was a crime and no one would be hostile to the murderer, no one would have any idea of any wrong doing what so ever. No negative tension between the public and the murderer. I feel that is a fairly accurate metaphor for what he was infering. He then wrote a ***massive*** response to that, by which point I was done playing with the remnants of MK Ultra and came to /bitcoin instead.


rushedone

ā€˜remnantsā€™ of MK Ultra? If only.


OGAcidCowboy

Well the ones that didnā€™t benefit, you know the ones, the general public that got dosed without ever knowing and lost their minds.


Over-Quarter7110

They are a typical statist who believes government should have a monopoly on violence and murder is justified as long as its in the name of the state.


addi1973

You are in good company here. 12 years detainment without a trial. That would be enough to make anybody who loves democracy cry


Cocopoppyhead

some people are deplorable. You could go further still, if the state doesn't believe CCTV or digital evidence should be used to identify crime, then they should close down the panopticon.


sonofbaal_tbc

so many NSA/Blackrock cum guzzlers on reddit


bobbyv137

wonderfully rich*


Future_P

Some people claimed he send the BTC to himself but we will know the fact sooner or later


jeef_99

Wow and to think, 8 Bitcoin used to just get you a pizza šŸ•. Next thing ya know 8 BTC will get you a charter to the moon šŸŒ™šŸ˜


Cocopoppyhead

Australia sure is remote and barron, but it's not the moon. Lol


VeryThicknLong

Or barrenā€¦


Cocopoppyhead

or that


jeef_99

Australia protects BTC with venomous creatures


deadleg22

I'll sell you a rug for 4 BTC if you want? I purchased it for 11. That's a great deal.


jeef_99

Nah I've been rugged enough in this life already thanks. Trying to Iive rug free now


spacepie77

Or 8 BTC will get you 7 BTC


KiaraELO64

can someone genuinely explain why a millionaire and founder of one of the most influential forums needs 500k in donations to get to australia?? wtf, doesn't make sense to me on so many levels.. Thank you in advance!


sokobanz

He send these btc him self


cure1245

Money laundering.


cheesedanishlover

I kinda don't expect him to have much savings left after more than a decade of state sponsored legal battles against him.


oic123

Also, what about the Assange DAO that raised $53 million in 2022? No way lawyers cost him more than that in just 2 years.


TheGentileOpressor

He was kept in a closet for 13 years. You think lawyers are cheap going against the CIA and such?


Mazarache_

That's one hell of a flight. You could probably fly around the world 50 times with that money. Don't get me wrong , I'm for the liberty of the press ,and he should be free, but c'mon. Just get him 500 bucks to reach Australia . Not to mention that nobody knows if that money will get to Assange. Have you noticed how many organisations are requesting donations these days "for Assange" ? Most are likely a scam .


infernalaffair

The "flight charge" is I think the fine for not handing himself into the police, not the private charter jet.


fonaldduck099

Wow. You can charter a plane for $500, oz or USD?


Narrow-Bee-8354

Yeah man, it would be a total piece of shit tho


z0dz0d

That hunk of junk made the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs.


fonaldduck099

With no fuel.


Substantial-Skill-76

and no pilot


fonaldduck099

5555


YuSmelFani

Thai laugh!


fonaldduck099

It is indeed. Think it's pretty much across Asia, could be wrong on that.


YuSmelFani

KKKK (Thereā€™s a Portuguese laugh for ya.)


EpicRayy

Nah 5555 is exclusive to Thailand. But most asians would understand it


fonaldduck099

Thanks


Pretend-Hippo-8659

With foot pedals, yes.


fonaldduck099

Flintstone Airlines.


MetalGearFlaccid

Welcome to city airlines can I take your order please?


dropthink

His wife Stella tweeted that the Australian government were paying for the cost of the chartered flights back, but that the Assanges would pay them back for the cost. I don't believe it's been made clear if this was part of a deal, or just that she offered to do so, maybe so that the Australian tax payers aren't footing the bill. Additionally, I believe as part of the plea deal, the US wouldn't allow them to just take a normal flight home, basically forcing them to charter a very expensive jet.


Mazarache_

Weird. Maybe they trying to bankrupt him.


userreaddit

According to [this article](https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1915201/Wikileaks-public-pay-Julian-Assange-520K-flight-bill-health-recovery) , "WIKILEAKS is trying to raise more than half a million pounds to cover Julian Assange's "flight to freedom" after it emerged it will land him with a Ā£410,000 bill. The organisation he founded is also seeking a further Ā£110,000 to cover his "health recovery" costs." wtf does 'health recovery costs' mean? I reckon he just wants money to never have to work again (once in Australia), but the dishonesty is tasteless I find


Cocopoppyhead

It's been reported for sometime that his heart is very weak. He will probably need a lot of rehab, both mentally and physically.


userreaddit

So exactly 110,000? Why not 100,000? why not 150,000? That arbitrary 10k looks like a slip-up afterthought. Not a convincing con, especially when zero receipt/ medical quote/budget is attached. Also, source for this reporting of his weak heart please? I recall he had a treadmill at the Ecuador Embassy and was ruining the floors with his skateboarding. Sources: [https://www.businessinsider.com/julian-assange-skateboarding-ecuador-embassy-floors-2018-11?international=true&r=US&IR=T](https://www.businessinsider.com/julian-assange-skateboarding-ecuador-embassy-floors-2018-11?international=true&r=US&IR=T) [https://abcnews.go.com/International/assanges-ecuador-embassy-life-discourteous-aggressive-behavior-bad/story?id=62330593](https://abcnews.go.com/International/assanges-ecuador-embassy-life-discourteous-aggressive-behavior-bad/story?id=62330593)


Cocopoppyhead

he hasn't been in the Ecuadorian embassy for over 5 years. Instead he's been in a pretty harsh maximum security prison, mostly confined to his cell.


midmagic

The guy was confined to a few tiny rooms with no access to fresh air or exercise for years; near the end they refused to allow him access even to a toilet. What makes you think being in jail would make him any stronger? Hint: he had a stroke while in prison.


Cocopoppyhead

It was an intentionally petty move...


CourtImpossible3443

Assange deserves something for his troubles. Not just flight moneys. Also, he deserves to have the resources to do more great things.


Mazarache_

I agree, but don't mask it as "flight money" . And the big problem is how much (if any) of that sum will get to Assange.


TofuAttack

It's literally the cost of the private flight, fronted by the Australian government which he now owes them.


Mazarache_

Holy shot . If that's true , those abominable creatures deserve to be locked away for at least 200 years


Cocopoppyhead

true and he will likely have some high medical bills ahead of him.


userreaddit

Great things? Let's recall that he wouldn't be on the map were it not for the Chelsea Manning leaks (and her bravery in risking prison time)


CourtImpossible3443

Wouldn't have been one without the other... Both of their sacrifices matter.


Cannister7

Cool, I was gonna donate $50 but I guess now I don't have to šŸ˜‚ Seriously though, awesome that people came through for him and he's on his way home.


liberty4u2

freedom money doing freedom things.


Paddygs

Should have gone to David McBride


SeaworthinessSad7300

Agree. That's an awful thing what happened to him just absolutely disgusting


Dettol-tasting-menu

How do we know thatā€™s for Assange? As of yesterday all I saw on Twitter was that bitcoiners asking Stellar Assange to set up a way of accepting bitcoin. I donā€™t yet see any update saying itā€™s now set up? Edit: Oops itā€™s been set upā€¦ spoke too soon itā€™s literally a few posts down lol https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/s/3zfzB6bTVW


Cocopoppyhead

It's verifiable on the free Assange website


etmetm

https://geyser.fund/project/freejulianassange


ZookeepergameRude279

Why does he need donations for a flight? He must be pretty rich no?


Own_Laugh_386

Yeah Iā€™m confused what this is for. Can you explain?


parkranger2000

https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1805863406500544673


Cocopoppyhead

legal campaigns & endless awareness building is very costly.


BadBouncyBear

Donating to a milionaire? Man, I'm relating less and less to bitcoiners by the day, thank god I dont need to relate to you suckers to invest in btc


userreaddit

Something stinks of a lie. I'd like to see the formal Australian government document demanding Assange pay the amount of $520,000. People are literally throwing money at him based purely on his (and his wife's) word. No one has requested any further info just coz "It's Julian Assange. Of course he needs that much for a flight.." Can we please do our due diligence, even with our 'heroes'? No one is totally infallible.


Cocopoppyhead

lead by example my friend.


Rope_Dealer

Fucking legend


Goonerr49

chad move.


djs1980

Got ripped off by the charter company... I work in the business and $520k is a wild, extortionate price šŸ˜…


Cocopoppyhead

Im not sure of the details, but it could have included the security detail from Belmarsh and also on the plane, in Saipan, etc. Someone mentioned that it also includes provision for medical expenses


djs1980

Still sounds like they got taken to town šŸ˜…


coreforthspine

Based anon


EntertainerWorth

FSB


SpaceToadD

Bitcoin is about to get really interesting with Julian Assange free. I can't wait until Assange and Saylor meet...


Cocopoppyhead

I hope it's a few years before we see Julian again. He may need peace and quite for some time to heal the damage inflicted on him.


SpaceToadD

Totally agree he needs some time to heal. Not saying he should go talk to him immediately. Why am I getting downvoted?


MoneyPowerNexis

Has anyone even asked Saylor what he thinks of Assange? As far as I can tell he has never volunteered an opinion. Also think about what business Saylor is in: his company harvests and manage data for corporations and the US government. That meeting might be a bit more awkward than you think.


Raverrevolution

If Assange stays alive


fverdeja

I don't think it will be the friendly exchange you think it will be.


Waynapain

Right on AnonšŸ™šŸ”„āœØ


MeatSlow5404

How did they know how address?


PeNov_79

Nice one!


BITCOIN_FLIGHT_CLUB

Where did all the Wikileaks money go?


YoungStarichok19

I wish they would have thrown me off!)) But seriously, it's very interesting to hear what Julian and Michael will say about bitcoin!


Cocopoppyhead

You should pick up a copy of this mag, there's a lot of Bitcoin/Assange related content in it [https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/collections/magazines/products/bitcoin-magazine-issue-29](https://store.bitcoinmagazine.com/collections/magazines/products/bitcoin-magazine-issue-29)


Old-Calligrapher684

damn man, here if i can get one bitcoin my life would completely change


Due_Specific8149

Help me Iā€™m new to this


DankElderberries420

All in one transmission?!?! >wut


SoDi1203

Ohh tha ass ..she said ā€¦


rayfin

Thanks, Jack šŸ„¹


Used_Ad6860

Wasnā€™t assange an accused rapist? And isnā€™t he extremely wealthy


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Anzu_Yamasaki

RIP


ImogenBeaumont

Bitcoiners had his back, and now he pays them back with them dusted BTCs he's kept in one of them hard wallets somewhere.


Rafayelus

Booyy.


BITMiningLimited

Wow, great to see the support this man still has.


learnsomething88

I had no idea that any private jet to anywhere could cost that much. I thought maybe 150-200k. Is 500k normal for a private jet? The jet looks like a mediocre jet as well from what I saw.


dominosstirfry

Nah usually like around 25k, if you're renting the whole jet, and if you're really rushing the flight


puro_xrp

Andrew Tate took creds on that allegedly


Oxy_shortsqueez

Unconfirmed balance: 212121 satsšŸ˜Œ


[deleted]

Iā€™m just trying to make coconine when I get r


thickstickedguy

anyone can tell me how come he got freed up? i doubt its out of goodwill, this said i m happy he is free


Cocopoppyhead

The British judge gave the US 2 weeks to confirm that Julian would receive a fair trial in the US and that no harm would come to him. They couldn't provide that guarantee, and since then the possibility of release happened. I'd imagine Trump commiting to pardon Ross Ulbrich may have forced the Democrats to release him before Trump gets the credit.


idiotbyvillagewell

Maybe I didnā€™t follow it enough but why he needs half a million for a flight? Is it too risky for him to fly commercial or are there some additional expenses I donā€™t know about apart from actual flight cost? That dude deserves a lot more anyway. Iā€™m just trying to understand


Cocopoppyhead

A condition of release was that he was not allowed to fly commercial. This was the flight the government put him on.


idiotbyvillagewell

Thank you


Zeer0Fox

What airline does he fly?


Head_Comedian_4106

Donate to me


Deep-Philosopher-288

I need that In My life right now, itā€™s rough .


SadLink3583

Give me 0x82F10EAc823B8193119a7EFE67E8125c1847A2a2


Apart_Reporter_1297

Wallet address - 1Au7FtFZgNF8wHPfs3d6CshNecsFSqnRmD Please donate me BTC if anyone have You can donate any amount


Medous4

8 Bitcoin for Julian Assange's flight? Talk about flying in style! āœˆļøšŸ’ø


Financial-Cricket900

Hi any single ladies


brorow1

Looking at the leaderboard of all the people who donated is such a nice thing to see on the fund page. Humans sticking together. [https://geyser.fund/project/freejulianassange](https://geyser.fund/project/freejulianassange)


mookizee

Amazing!!! Im so happy julian is coming back home!


Ok-Health8513

Some have all the luck fresh out of jail and now has half a mil.


Cannister7

Um, did you actually read the story?


Ok-Health8513

What story ? They just posted the donation


MoneyPowerNexis

The donation was to pay for the flight which cost half a million.


Ok-Health8513

What flight costs half a mil


MoneyPowerNexis

I know google has become pretty useless lately. I would suggest asking [perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/search/why-did-assanges-QTSOHx89RwWTR.5mfEn0Xw)


Cannister7

Ok I thought there was something linked there. But even so, it's not that hard to find out, instead of getting all indignant. He wasn't allowed to fly on a 'normal' flight so it was too pay for a private flight.


Basic-Instance-7998

a noble cause well done bitcoiners


Valuable_Talk_1978

Thatā€™s so cool!!!


rudolf_steiner

first ruzki salery after so many years :D


middle_aged_redditor

Exactly.


Temporary_Job_9780

Bro can someone donate me 20-30$ worth of btc, honestly wanna buy cat food for stray cats in my locality I can only feed 2 of them but there's around 15 more cats šŸ˜


SeaworthinessSad7300

Feeding strike cats means that they breed


princemousey1

So donā€™t feed them? Like dude, you gotta learn priorities.


DrFingol

How does a flight cost 500k? Also Assange is a Russian asset responsible for compromising hundreds of agents. Fuck Assange.


dezmd

How do you feel about Snowden? How do you feel about Trump?


cheesedanishlover

Shut up fed boy


Pretend-Hippo-8659

My ass is a Russian asset. Lol. Itā€™s funny how quickly and easily things are called ā€œRussianā€ if the establishment doesnā€™t like it.


FunWithSkooma

BUT BITCOIN IS ONLY USED FOR DRUGS AND HUMAN TRAFFIC!!! BITCOIN IS A TOOL FOR THE CRIMINALS!!!


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darkklown

I'll take 8 btc


bleeepobloopo7766

Soā€¦ You are comparing \* the feat of being broke, failing to save money and getting fired To \* creating wikileaks which has been one of the most important anti-authoritarian websites of all time. Really?