Assange Documentary Adopts Bitcoin-Only Screening After Streamers Decline

Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is distributing his Julian Assange documentary, The Six Billion Dollar Man, through a Bitcoin-only global pay-per-view event on June 27, 2026. Major streaming platforms praised the film but refused to carry it, prompting the use of BTC and Nostr as a censorship-resistant distribution model. The screening charges 0.01 BTC, roughly $760, with Jack Dorsey backing the approach and a post-film panel featuring Edward Snowden. This builds directly on WikiLeaks' 2011 pivot to Bitcoin after traditional payment processors blocked donations, reinforcing BTC's role in financial sovereignty and independent media.