{"id":3741,"date":"2017-01-10T11:09:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T19:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=3741"},"modified":"2021-08-04T09:48:38","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T16:48:38","slug":"hes-alive-julian-assange-used-bitcoin-blockchain-proof-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/hes-alive-julian-assange-used-bitcoin-blockchain-proof-life\/","title":{"rendered":"He&#8217;s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange featured the Bitcoin Blockchain in his most recent public appearance, a live-streamed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/IAmA\/comments\/5n58sm\/i_am_julian_assange_founder_of_wikileaks_ask_me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit AMA<\/a> hosted by Twitch.tv. The Bitcoin Blockchain is the ultimate timestamping software, and we saw Julian Assange read a block hash that he wouldn\u2019t be able to guess correctly. Wikileaks has previously had to turn to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/now-paypal-left-turkey-turks-use-bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> as an uncensorable form of money (donations) when the organization was previously abandoned by established, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/attempts-to-eliminate-cash-are-more-than-a-privacy-disaster\/\">centralized financial institutions<\/a> at the behest of the government.<\/p>\n<h2>Bitcoin Blockchain can be used for Proof of Life and so much more<\/h2>\n<p>A Bitcoin block hash for a valid block that has already been confirmed in\u00a0the Bitcoin Blockchain has the properties that it is 1) it is random every block and 2) it is computationally impossible to figure out beforehand. Bitcoin block hashes have also been reliably used for truly random drawings, as evidenced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/millionairemakers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Millionairemakers subreddit<\/a>. Using a Bitcoin Blockchain block hash as a verification that a video, or article, isn\u2019t pre-recorded may become an Internet standard, soon.<\/p>\n<p>The live-streamed proof that Julian Assange provided is the equivalent of reading the headline off the front page of the New York Times to prove that you are, in fact, alive today. Similarly, Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of Bitcoin engraved the immortal words: \u201cThe Times 03\/Jan\/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks\u201d in the Bitcoin Blockchain Genesis Block to mark the beginning of the Bitcoin Blockchain on January 3rd, 2009.<\/p>\n<h2>But not everything<\/h2>\n<p>To be fair, the reading of the block hash from Bitcoin block 447506 proves that the video we saw was not pre-recorded. It is still feasibly possible that Julian Assange\u2019s voice and face were digitized for our viewing pleasure. While the Bitcoin blockchain can provide Proof of Existence all day, every day for the foreseeable future, it can\u2019t provide <a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/538\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Proof of Free Will<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Featured image made from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitch.tv<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchain.com\/\">Blockchain.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikileaks Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange featured the Bitcoin Blockchain in his most recent public appearance, a live-streamed Reddit AMA hosted by Twitch.tv. The Bitcoin Blockchain is the ultimate timestamping software, and we saw Julian Assange read a block hash that he wouldn\u2019t be able to guess correctly. Wikileaks has previously had to turn to Bitcoin as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/hes-alive-julian-assange-used-bitcoin-blockchain-proof-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;He&#8217;s Alive: Julian Assange Used the Bitcoin Blockchain for Proof of Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15,1],"tags":[338,339],"class_list":["post-3741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency","category-news","tag-julian-assange","tag-wikileaks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>He&#039;s 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