In December 2010, Visa, Mastercard, PayPal and Bank of America all cut off WikiLeaks in the space of three weeks, with no court order and no conviction behind it. Donations collapsed 95% in a month. So WikiLeaks turned to the one payment rail no senator could lean on. Bitcoin was trading around 6 cents. Satoshi Nakamoto was horrified. He posted a plea on the Bitcoin forum warning that "WikiLeaks has kicked the hornet's nest, and the swarm is headed towards us." Within days he made his final…

wikileaks@wikileaks20h ago

He's back @JulianAssange https://t.co/scTh8nnvjI