Human Rights Foundation
The Human Rights Foundation is a nonprofit that campaigns against tyranny; it runs a Bitcoin Development Fund (per the Cypher Tank judges list).
What it does
The Human Rights Foundation is a nonprofit that campaigns against tyranny; it runs a Bitcoin Development Fund (per the Cypher Tank judges list).
Background
Wikipedia describes the Human Rights Foundation (HRF) as a non-profit founded in 2005 by Thor Halvorssen Mendoza that focuses on human rights, with an emphasis on authoritarian regimes, and organises the Oslo Freedom Forum; its chairman is Yulia Navalnaya and its head office is in the Empire State Building in New York [Wikipedia]. Its programmes listed on its own site include Financial Freedom and AI for Individual Rights [hrf.org].
At Plan ₿ Week Lugano 2026
Alex Li, Bitcoin Development Lead running the HRF Bitcoin Development Fund, is a Cypher Tank judge. Events: Cypher Tank.
Listed from the public Plan ₿ Week schedule (planbweek.com, checked 21 October 2026). Being listed here does not mean any partnership with this site.
Scope: Bitcoin or not
Human rights nonprofit, not a company.
References
- Human Rights Foundation: official site (hrf.org) hrf.org
- planbweek.com/events/cypher-tank.html planbweek.com
- Plan ₿ Week 2026: Cypher Tank planbweek.com
- Wikipedia: Human Rights Foundation en.wikipedia.org
- Human Rights Foundation: about and programmes (hrf.org) hrf.org