Thoughts, philosophy, and tactical guides for navigating the collapse of the fiat system.
Distinguishing Bitcoin from the broader cryptocurrency market. Covers hard-money monetary properties (scarcity, durability, divisibility, portability, verifiability), why most altcoins function as speculative tokens rather than money, issuance and governance differences, and the…
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Self-custody principles and exchange counterparty risk for Bitcoin holders. Covers the distinction between owning Bitcoin and owning an exchange IOU, FTX and Mt. Gox failure case studies, hardware wallet setup, private-key responsibility,…
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Historical analysis of the 1971 Nixon Shock and its long-term impact on currency purchasing power. Covers the end of Bretton Woods gold-dollar convertibility, subsequent fiat currency expansion, real wage stagnation, asset-price inflation,…
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Satoshi Nakamoto's role as Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator and the significance of the founder's disappearance. Covers the October 2008 whitepaper publication, the cryptography mailing list origins, the lack of a corporate or foundation…
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Bitcoin's 21 million supply cap explained through monetary scarcity principles. Covers the algorithmic issuance schedule, the difference between hard-capped Bitcoin and inflationary fiat or proof-of-stake tokens, comparisons to gold's stock-to-flow ratio, and…
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Origin essay for the Lila MacKayX "Latchkey" philosophy of financial self-reliance. Covers the 1980s Rust Belt pension collapse, the failure of institutional retirement promises, the generational shift toward self-custodied assets, and the…
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Introduction to Bitcoin as a tool for digital sovereignty and self-custodied value storage. Covers the "Latchkey" framework comparing private-key ownership to physical key control, the difference between permissioned and permissionless money, and…
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