Emile Phaneuf III on Nostr: My 3rd of 3 articles (so far) focusing on the climate of ideas that eventually led to ...

My 3rd of 3 articles (so far) focusing on the climate of ideas that eventually led to what we now call "Bitcoin".

This one focuses on: (1) economist David D. Friedman's work on anarcho-capitalism and (2) the science fiction works of Robert Heinlein and Vernor. I show how they inspired the 'crypto-anarchy' of influential Cypherpunks Timothy C. May and Wei Dai.

https://www.aier.org/article/decentralization-and-bitcoin/