The Big Gunt on Nostr: No one forces anyone to use bitcoin, nor does anyone need anyone else’s permission. ...
No one forces anyone to use bitcoin, nor does anyone need anyone else’s permission.
The power in incomprehensibly
large numbers makes bitcoin work.
For the same reason, bitcoin favors the individual. Normally the men with the biggest sticks make the rules, but no army in the world can break strong cryptography.
Beautiful and silent, the bitcoin network sits blanket-like atop the earth’s topography, robust in its unstructured simplicity.
Anyone can transfer bitcoin to anyone, anywhere, erasing borders and linking humanity. On a video call, hold up a barcode. On a message app, click one button. Or just whisper 12 words.
Or don’t whisper. Take those 12 words privately rattling around in your head and walk across a border.
They may contain $1B of bitcoin, but forget them, and lose your bitcoin.
Peaceful and provably resistant to coercion, why does bitcoin generate such intense animosity?
#bitcoin
The power in incomprehensibly
large numbers makes bitcoin work.
For the same reason, bitcoin favors the individual. Normally the men with the biggest sticks make the rules, but no army in the world can break strong cryptography.
Beautiful and silent, the bitcoin network sits blanket-like atop the earth’s topography, robust in its unstructured simplicity.
Anyone can transfer bitcoin to anyone, anywhere, erasing borders and linking humanity. On a video call, hold up a barcode. On a message app, click one button. Or just whisper 12 words.
Or don’t whisper. Take those 12 words privately rattling around in your head and walk across a border.
They may contain $1B of bitcoin, but forget them, and lose your bitcoin.
Peaceful and provably resistant to coercion, why does bitcoin generate such intense animosity?
#bitcoin