Hong Kong has been engulfed in a series of protests as tensions over its relationship with Mainland China have been inflamed by recent proposed extradition legislation to the Mainland. Cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin were built to address several of the most pressing points in the Hong Kong protests, which are at the forefront of what it means to protest against a state equipped with all of the sophisticated technologies of the 21st century and the unrestrained ability to weaponize those capabilities against its citizenry. Many cryptocurrencies are moving towards enabling transactional anonymity, and a host of tools exist to make it easier to anonymize transactions.