About Anita Posch

Anita Posch is a Change Maker and Freedom Tech advocate, renowned Bitcoin educator, author, founder of the online academy Crack the Orange as well as founder of Bitcoin for Fairness, a non-profit initiative that has a strong focus on Bitcoin adoption in the Global South through education, knowledge sharing and capacity building on the ground.

Anita's focus is on promoting Freedom Tech like Bitcoin and Nostr, which empower individuals and the civil society in achieving financial freedom, digital privacy, self-sovereignty and protection from governmental and corporate surveillance.

"Sounds illogical, but by using Bitcoin you support human rights globally and help to make the world more fair." - Anita Posch

Anita Posch

Anita Posch has worked with the Human Rights Foundation at the Oslo Freedom Forum and other events to teach the leaders of large grassroots organizations about Freedom Tech best practices and Bitcoin use-cases. Anita also regularly tests popular Bitcoin and Lightning applications in difficult environments with poor internet connectivity, and grades them, providing a valuable window into pain points for developers.

Since 2020, Anita has tirelessly traveled to difficult political climates like in Zimbabwe or Ghana to support local communities, activists and journalists in learning about how to use Bitcoin safely. See the yearly BFF reviews to learn what Anita Posch and Bitcoin for Fairness have achieved since 2022.

Anita has been sharing her experiences and learnings from her time in the Global South in many keynotes at conferences, interviews and podcasts to audiences in Western countries.

Through her book (L)earn Bitcoin, her online learning platform Crack the Orange as well as her YouTube channel, Anita aims to inspire people worldwide, unleashing their creativity and innovation with the freedom to exchange value privately and securely. Her work with Bitcoin for Fairness has been widely recognized on the ground, and her efforts have been featured in various international Bitcoin and traditional media outlets, including Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, What Bitcoin Did, Bayern2, Deutschlandfunk, Radio FM4, and ARD television.

Bitcoin for Fairness and Anita Posch offer a Crack the Orange scholarship program to enable aspiring Bitcoin educators, developers and community builders from the Global South to expand their knowledge and offer educational programs in their region. So far 100 students from over 30 countries applied and over 50 individuals (from Argentina, Burundi, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe) finished the program.

Anita Posch's Bitcoin Story

Anita Posch tweeted about Bitcoin as early as in 2011, but dismissed it at that time, because she thought it's just another payment system like PayPal. In early 2017 she attended a talk highlighting Bitcoin and open blockchains and the positive impact they could have on society. She immediately realized that a permissionless, censorship-resistant and inflation-proof money-technology could free anyone who's being disenfranchised by current financial power dynamics. Bitcoin is unstoppable money that can be used by anyone regardless of who they are. It's neutral, not controlled by any company or government, while at the same time being an internet protocol, financial rails built for the common good.

"Bitcoin might be our only tool to secure the human right to privacy and freedom of transaction. It’s a medium of liberation for billions of people and a defense mechanism for privacy in our ever more digital lives." – Anita Posch

Bitcoin is money from the people, for the people. Its mathematical rules can't be corrupted - neither by governments nor by billionaires. This guarantees a level of fairness which cannot be achieved in traditional human driven systems. It gives underprivileged individuals, such as people from developing nations, women, and oppressed minority groups the chance to participate globally in a free and private manner with each other. This freedom to exchange value, unleashing people's creativity and innovation, is what drives Anita Posch.

Social Media Platforms

Anita Posch is using Nostr as her main place to post and comment, she is using Bluesky, sometimes Twitter (less and less since Elon Musk's take over) and very seldom LinkedIn. Find over 400 videos by Anita Posch on YouTube and her work on GitHub and Medium.

Anita Posch is NOT on Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok or any other platform and she never asks you to invest, for your trades or similar.

Speaker Info

Book Anita for your event

Anita Posch is a world-renowned speaker. She has spoken at conferences around the world for instance in Accra / Ghana, Cape Town / South Africa, Nairobi / Kenya, Lusaka / Zambia, San Salvador / El Salvador, Prague / Czech Republic, Lugano / Switzerland, Riga / Latvia, Bali / Indonesia, Vienna / Austria or Nashville / USA.