[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @gladstein Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡ Alex Gladstein emphasizes Bitcoin's significance, stating it's the "most important human rights technology of the 21st century." He also advocates for not prosecuting open-source developers, like those behind Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet, who build "freedom tech." Additionally, he discusses the benefits of e-cash and its potential to obsolete stablecoins. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +94% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +30% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XXXX% - X Month XX +1.30% - X Months XXX +24% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.14% - X Month XXXXXXX +0.49% - X Months XXXXXXX +3.50% - X Year XXXXXXX +9.40% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/influence) --- **Social category influence** [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) #600 [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) XXXX% [countries](/list/countries) XXX% [currencies](/list/currencies) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks) XXXX% [exchanges](/list/exchanges) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [bitcoin](/topic/bitcoin) #402, [fiat](/topic/fiat) #583, [money](/topic/money) #4853, [debt](/topic/debt) #1938, [$37t](/topic/$37t) #14, [printed](/topic/printed) #777, [exit](/topic/exit) #500, [exit liquidity](/topic/exit-liquidity) 0.9%, [breaking news](/topic/breaking-news) 0.45%, [venezuela](/topic/venezuela) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@hodlmagoo](/creator/undefined) [@bitc_minimalist](/creator/undefined) [@rohangrey](/creator/undefined) [@stellareconomy](/creator/undefined) [@visa](/creator/undefined) [@kyletorpey](/creator/undefined) [@usdc](/creator/undefined) [@tetherto](/creator/undefined) [@netflix](/creator/undefined) [@blockbuster](/creator/undefined) [@1mchart](/creator/undefined) [@udiwertheimer](/creator/undefined) [@pledditor](/creator/undefined) [@gutterrat](/creator/undefined) [@whistledown99](/creator/undefined) [@getwhatugive](/creator/undefined) [@fenzlabs](/creator/undefined) [@gutter___rat](/creator/undefined) [@r0ckstardev](/creator/undefined) [@tandome](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [Bitcoin (BTC)](/topic/bitcoin) [Dogecoin (DOGE)](/topic/dogecoin) [Chainlink (LINK)](/topic/chainlink) [Solana (SOL)](/topic/solana) [Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN)](/topic/coinbase) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::19721574/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "High-res version of the art" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1976707998023107056) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-10T17:54Z 258.1K followers, 11.4K engagements "Legitimately 🔥" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978885146741747984) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-16T18:05Z 258.2K followers, 15K engagements "@sesi_the_man Many people do but the reality is a lot of people want the tax benefit" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978904517547590066) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-16T19:22Z 258.2K followers, XXX engagements "Now $38T Things moving fast" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978988516773146669) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-17T00:56Z 258.2K followers, 50.7K engagements "We all thought this administration would go wild with crypto grift but they are really going above and beyond" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1962678369814040645) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-09-02T00:46Z 258.2K followers, 19.5K engagements "I just arrived in Indonesia In 1960 it took XX Indonesian rupiah to get a US dollar And today It takes 16400 Fiat money is broken" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1963461795588239623) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-09-04T04:39Z 258.2K followers, 35K engagements "Long-term Bitcoin track records have saved countless lives Especially in collapsing economies where BTC has gone from $5k to $120k in X years while local fiat hyperinflated and lost 75%+ of its value No one died because BTC went from $125k to $115k" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1977593381745467695) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-13T04:32Z 258.3K followers, 56.4K engagements "A handful of people can also just print more Dogecoin or change the monetary rules like they have done before The *only* way to mint new BTC is to expend electricity in a global free market" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978166414637691027) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-14T18:30Z 258.3K followers, 22.1K engagements "@caprioleio Why do you think thieves would market dump Dont you think they would be nation state actors looking to accumulate BTC reserves Not sure its going to be some random dude in a basement" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978608986665701636) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-15T23:48Z 258.2K followers, 6804 engagements "Bitcoin and Bitcoin-based payments are instant and easy and getting better and align with the interests of the merchant and the consumer FAR better than the rent-seeking legacy system It will take time (perhaps decades) but Bitcoin will obsolete fiat as a no-brainer global MoE" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978886726635442251) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-16T18:12Z 258.2K followers, 9984 engagements "@0xMert_ I would be coping and insecure if I had held zcash instead of Bitcoin over the last few cycles Im just genuinely thankful that we can dispense with this nonsense (PoS transition 🤡 😂) and focus on hardcore privacy tech that doesnt pump the bags of insiders" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980293676434911323) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T15:22Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements "Amazing to see a Bitcoiner win the Nobel Peace Prize The times they are a-changin" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1976684360754684366) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-10T16:20Z 258.3K followers, 101.5K engagements "Ripple Chainlink Solana Circle are providing education to US Senators 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980133529213419640) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T04:46Z 258.3K followers, 22.6K engagements ""How Bitcoin Mining Can Power Water Desalination" Could see this catching on and being huge in many water-needy parts of the world" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980327427147723242) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T17:37Z 258.3K followers, 8025 engagements "Full article:" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980327430503207337) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T17:37Z 258.3K followers, 2847 engagements "@EthosVentures @0xMert_ It's more private than zcash. I didn't say it was more secure. But obviously you shouldn't be holding large amounts in a floating token altcoin anyway" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980327908087631907) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T17:39Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements "@Bitbello Thankfully in Bitcoin there are no hard forks and you get to decide what software to run and you get to decide your mempool policy" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980264387094163493) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T13:26Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements "@0xMert_ Thankfully we have great ways to transact bitcoin even more privately than zcash now (see ecash) without being someones exit liquidity 🙏" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980278081135992982) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T14:21Z 258.3K followers, 2980 engagements "You can either boost your green energy through a decentralized software network that generates freedom money or by selling your country out to the Chinese Communist Party Iceland:" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980328390961025349) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T17:40Z 258.3K followers, 6999 engagements "The fiat system really isnt doing itself any favors Debt already up to $37T since this poster was printed 🤡" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1937834590179324006) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-06-25T11:25Z 258.3K followers, 71.3K engagements "1/ Proud to share my essay in the Journal of Democracy on Bitcoins growing adoption as a powerful and undeniable tool in the global struggle for human rights In October print + digital editions Will be widely read by political scientists Send to normie friends Onwards" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1973380145873559767) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-01T13:31Z 258.3K followers, 287.2K engagements "Authoritarians destroy money: these banknotes denominated in billions trillions and even quintillions are hard evidence Bitcoin fixes this Honored to be part of this historic transition with these gentlemen 🙏" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1976698014640095676) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-10T17:15Z 258.3K followers, 102.9K engagements "@TheStalwart One day wearing a shirt with the Bitcoin logo on it will be as banal as wearing a shirt with a dollar sign on it today. but for now it is an opsec no no" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978489444270588058) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-15T15:53Z 258.3K followers, 13.2K engagements "Love this one" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1978885465458508172) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-16T18:07Z 258.3K followers, 68.2K engagements "TLDR Small groups of people control and frequently change the monetary policy and rules of every digital currency Except Bitcoin" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980114153147936971) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T03:29Z 258.3K followers, 29K engagements "@udiWertheimer Every person in crypto could own Bitcoin and Bitcoin would still be very different from stablecoins or the ocean of 20k+ crypto scams out there. Conflating them with a catch-all term makes no sense. It only helps affinity scam. Just be specific about what you are talking about" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980116699157553279) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T03:39Z 258.3K followers, 3316 engagements "@Cryptopathic Its not supposed to be easy to change Bitcoin" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980116898533789907) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T03:40Z 258.3K followers, 3669 engagements "@udiWertheimer I think I am at peace with trying to do things a little differently than this quartet" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980141102729773254) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T05:16Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements "@udiWertheimer I dont think its necessary or optimal to advertise crypto scams or corporate stocks to people in order to educate them and onboard them to Bitcoin" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980146801341759495) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T05:39Z 258.3K followers, 2321 engagements "@0xMert_ @EthosVentures Im not going to take privacy or civil liberties advice from someone shilling the UAE sorry" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980330884227313733) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T17:50Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements "@0x_orkun There is no reason to become exit liquidity in the fight for privacy" [X Link](https://x.com/gladstein/status/1980333895703990274) [@gladstein](/creator/x/gladstein) 2025-10-20T18:02Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
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@gladstein Alex Gladstein 🌋 ⚡
Alex Gladstein emphasizes Bitcoin's significance, stating it's the "most important human rights technology of the 21st century." He also advocates for not prosecuting open-source developers, like those behind Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet, who build "freedom tech." Additionally, he discusses the benefits of e-cash and its potential to obsolete stablecoins.
Engagements: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Month XXXXXXXXX +94%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +30%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: XX #
- X Week XX -XXXX%
- X Month XX +1.30%
- X Months XXX +24%
- X Year XXX -XX%
Followers: XXXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXXX +0.14%
- X Month XXXXXXX +0.49%
- X Months XXXXXXX +3.50%
- X Year XXXXXXX +9.40%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence #
Social category influence cryptocurrencies #600 finance XXXX% automotive brands XXXX% countries XXX% currencies XXXX% celebrities XXXX% stocks XXXX% exchanges XXXX% technology brands XXXX%
Social topic influence bitcoin #402, fiat #583, money #4853, debt #1938, $37t #14, printed #777, exit #500, exit liquidity 0.9%, breaking news 0.45%, venezuela XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @hodlmagoo @bitc_minimalist @rohangrey @stellareconomy @visa @kyletorpey @usdc @tetherto @netflix @blockbuster @1mchart @udiwertheimer @pledditor @gutterrat @whistledown99 @getwhatugive @fenzlabs @gutter___rat @r0ckstardev @tandome
Top assets mentioned Bitcoin (BTC) Dogecoin (DOGE) Chainlink (LINK) Solana (SOL) Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN)
Top Social Posts #
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"High-res version of the art"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-10T17:54Z 258.1K followers, 11.4K engagements
"Legitimately 🔥"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-16T18:05Z 258.2K followers, 15K engagements
"@sesi_the_man Many people do but the reality is a lot of people want the tax benefit"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-16T19:22Z 258.2K followers, XXX engagements
"Now $38T Things moving fast"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-17T00:56Z 258.2K followers, 50.7K engagements
"We all thought this administration would go wild with crypto grift but they are really going above and beyond"
X Link @gladstein 2025-09-02T00:46Z 258.2K followers, 19.5K engagements
"I just arrived in Indonesia In 1960 it took XX Indonesian rupiah to get a US dollar And today It takes 16400 Fiat money is broken"
X Link @gladstein 2025-09-04T04:39Z 258.2K followers, 35K engagements
"Long-term Bitcoin track records have saved countless lives Especially in collapsing economies where BTC has gone from $5k to $120k in X years while local fiat hyperinflated and lost 75%+ of its value No one died because BTC went from $125k to $115k"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-13T04:32Z 258.3K followers, 56.4K engagements
"A handful of people can also just print more Dogecoin or change the monetary rules like they have done before The only way to mint new BTC is to expend electricity in a global free market"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-14T18:30Z 258.3K followers, 22.1K engagements
"@caprioleio Why do you think thieves would market dump Dont you think they would be nation state actors looking to accumulate BTC reserves Not sure its going to be some random dude in a basement"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-15T23:48Z 258.2K followers, 6804 engagements
"Bitcoin and Bitcoin-based payments are instant and easy and getting better and align with the interests of the merchant and the consumer FAR better than the rent-seeking legacy system It will take time (perhaps decades) but Bitcoin will obsolete fiat as a no-brainer global MoE"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-16T18:12Z 258.2K followers, 9984 engagements
"@0xMert_ I would be coping and insecure if I had held zcash instead of Bitcoin over the last few cycles Im just genuinely thankful that we can dispense with this nonsense (PoS transition 🤡 😂) and focus on hardcore privacy tech that doesnt pump the bags of insiders"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T15:22Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
"Amazing to see a Bitcoiner win the Nobel Peace Prize The times they are a-changin"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-10T16:20Z 258.3K followers, 101.5K engagements
"Ripple Chainlink Solana Circle are providing education to US Senators 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T04:46Z 258.3K followers, 22.6K engagements
""How Bitcoin Mining Can Power Water Desalination" Could see this catching on and being huge in many water-needy parts of the world"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T17:37Z 258.3K followers, 8025 engagements
"Full article:"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T17:37Z 258.3K followers, 2847 engagements
"@EthosVentures @0xMert_ It's more private than zcash. I didn't say it was more secure. But obviously you shouldn't be holding large amounts in a floating token altcoin anyway"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T17:39Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@Bitbello Thankfully in Bitcoin there are no hard forks and you get to decide what software to run and you get to decide your mempool policy"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T13:26Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@0xMert_ Thankfully we have great ways to transact bitcoin even more privately than zcash now (see ecash) without being someones exit liquidity 🙏"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T14:21Z 258.3K followers, 2980 engagements
"You can either boost your green energy through a decentralized software network that generates freedom money or by selling your country out to the Chinese Communist Party Iceland:"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T17:40Z 258.3K followers, 6999 engagements
"The fiat system really isnt doing itself any favors Debt already up to $37T since this poster was printed 🤡"
X Link @gladstein 2025-06-25T11:25Z 258.3K followers, 71.3K engagements
"1/ Proud to share my essay in the Journal of Democracy on Bitcoins growing adoption as a powerful and undeniable tool in the global struggle for human rights In October print + digital editions Will be widely read by political scientists Send to normie friends Onwards"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-01T13:31Z 258.3K followers, 287.2K engagements
"Authoritarians destroy money: these banknotes denominated in billions trillions and even quintillions are hard evidence Bitcoin fixes this Honored to be part of this historic transition with these gentlemen 🙏"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-10T17:15Z 258.3K followers, 102.9K engagements
"@TheStalwart One day wearing a shirt with the Bitcoin logo on it will be as banal as wearing a shirt with a dollar sign on it today. but for now it is an opsec no no"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-15T15:53Z 258.3K followers, 13.2K engagements
"Love this one"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-16T18:07Z 258.3K followers, 68.2K engagements
"TLDR Small groups of people control and frequently change the monetary policy and rules of every digital currency Except Bitcoin"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T03:29Z 258.3K followers, 29K engagements
"@udiWertheimer Every person in crypto could own Bitcoin and Bitcoin would still be very different from stablecoins or the ocean of 20k+ crypto scams out there. Conflating them with a catch-all term makes no sense. It only helps affinity scam. Just be specific about what you are talking about"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T03:39Z 258.3K followers, 3316 engagements
"@Cryptopathic Its not supposed to be easy to change Bitcoin"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T03:40Z 258.3K followers, 3669 engagements
"@udiWertheimer I think I am at peace with trying to do things a little differently than this quartet"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T05:16Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@udiWertheimer I dont think its necessary or optimal to advertise crypto scams or corporate stocks to people in order to educate them and onboard them to Bitcoin"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T05:39Z 258.3K followers, 2321 engagements
"@0xMert_ @EthosVentures Im not going to take privacy or civil liberties advice from someone shilling the UAE sorry"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T17:50Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements
"@0x_orkun There is no reason to become exit liquidity in the fight for privacy"
X Link @gladstein 2025-10-20T18:02Z 258.3K followers, XXX engagements