Human Rights Foundation HRF is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization that promotes and protects human rights globally, with a particular focus on closed and authoritarian societies. Human Rights Foundation HRF's Twitter Score is 76 out of 1000 (a Good rating) as of August 2026, ranking #10,505 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Human Rights Foundation HRF was founded by Thor Halvorssen and operates as a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Its work spans civil liberties advocacy, activist education, and financial freedom initiatives, with Bitcoin playing a central role in its strategy for empowering people living under repressive governments. Human Rights Foundation HRF has accepted Bitcoin donations since 2014 and actively promotes Bitcoin and related technologies as practical tools for human rights defenders.
Human Rights Foundation HRF's Financial Freedom program educates activists worldwide and makes grants to advance Bitcoin as a tool for human rights. The associated Bitcoin Development Fund supports individuals and projects working to make Bitcoin and related freedom technologies more effective for those operating in difficult political environments. In June 2024, Human Rights Foundation HRF announced grants totaling 1 billion satoshis from the Bitcoin Development Fund, distributed across 13 projects worldwide, covering areas including education under authoritarian regimes, privacy and Lightning development, decentralized communications, and nonprofit onramps to financial freedom tools.
Human Rights Foundation HRF also maintains the CBDC Tracker, a resource that charts the research, development, and implementation of central bank digital currencies worldwide, offering a reference point for those monitoring state-controlled monetary systems. Human Rights Foundation HRF is affiliated with the Oslo Freedom Forum, a human rights conference it organizes. Human Rights Foundation HRF has accumulated 235,195 followers as of August 2026 and has published 32,328 posts on the platform. Human Rights Foundation HRF has been mentioned by 458 accounts, with 1,653 total mentions.
Human Rights Foundation HRF's portfolio includes Bitcoin Core Project, BTCPay Server, Bitcoin Optech, Open Money Initiative, Brink, COPA, Muun and Bitcoin Developers Academy.
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The accounts that follow Human Rights Foundation HRF include 332 founders, 37 angel investors, 165 influencers and 5 VCs. Among them are Erik Voorhees, Laura Shin, Anthony Pompliano, Joseph Lubin, Udi Wertheimer and H.E. Justin Sun.