Bitcoin Magazine From Hotel Rwanda to Bitcoin: Anaïse Kanimba’s Fight for Freedom Enters a New Chapter Before coming to understand Bitcoin, Anaïse Kanimba didn’t view it as anything more than another asset for “crypto bros” to trade. But after learning about what problems Bitcoin solves — from cheaper, faster remittances to serving as money for the unbanked to helping pro-democracy activists to raise funds without doxxing their donors — Kanimba has seen the Bitcoin light, so to speak. We discussed the arc of her coming to understand Bitcoin in a recent interview I conducted with her: In the interview, she admits that she was downright confused when she first came into contact with Bitcoin proponents and developers at the Oslo Freedom Forum. “When I arrived at the Oslo Freedom Forum and saw a Bitcoin area, I was very, very confused,” laughed Kanimba in the interview. “What are these people doing here?” she thought to herself — before learning that they were there to help. Embracing Freedom Tech and Bitcoin While working to free her father, Paul Rusesabagina, well known for saving the lives of over one thousand people during the 1994 Rwandan genocide (as depicted in the film Hotel Rwanda), who had been abducted and jailed by the Rwandan government, Kanimba’s sister and cousin, both of whom were also advocating for the release of Rusesabagina, learned that Pegasus spyware had been installed on their phones. It was at this point that they learned the importance of protecting and maintaining their privacy in the digital space, especially as they advocated for the release of their father from Rwanda’s autocratic regime. “A lot of people from the freedom tech movement came to us and helped us create better [privacy] boundaries for ourselves, to find tools that would protect [us] through our advocacy,” said Kanimba. While learning about digital privacy practices, Kanimba also learned more about Bitcoin. She quickly saw its value as a fundraising tool. “People were scared to donate to [the] legal defense fund [for my father] because they were scared to be [connected to it],” recounted Kanimba, highlighting the fact that Bitcoin enables users to transact while protecting their identity. Kanimba would later learn about the aforementioned use cases for Bitcoin, which quickly made her a believer in the technology. “I could relate very quickly to the challenges that Bitcoin is trying to solve,” said Kanimba. “Thinking about my previous [work] in development, I was able to connect a lot of the dots, and I saw this as a really incredible tool that can save the lives of people, specifically the people at the bottom of the ladder who are trying to make ends meet, people who are fighting against autocracy,” she added. 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Anaïse Kanimba’s struggle for liberty takes a fresh turn, transitioning from her experiences in Hotel Rwanda to her involvement with Bitcoin.
