<ul><li>Julian Assange spoke to the legal affairs and human rights committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.</li><li>Assange dubbed himself a journalist engaged in legally-protected activities.</li><li>WikiLeaks began accepting Bitcoin after global financial institutions placed WikiLeaks in what the founder called a “Financial Blockade.”</li><li>Assange views Bitcoin as an important innovation, but other blockchain use cases as just—if not more—important.</li><li>Assange sees great potential for blockchain and journalism.</li><li>Assange credits Bitcoin with “seeing us through the extralegal US banking blockade.”</li><li>Assange believes blockchain has a higher purpose than Bitcoin.</li><li>The Council of Europe released a report about Assange’s incarceration, calling him a “political prisoner.”</li><li>Assange apologized for his “faltering words” and “unpolished presentation” during his speech.</li><li>Assange is a man who played a large role in the emergence of Bitcoin.</li></ul>

Julian Assange thinks blockchain has a higher purpose than Bitcoin

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