Jun 25, 2021Sovereignism Part 4: The Rise of Property and Organized CrimeA 12-part essay series exploring the disruption of the nation-state and the subsequent amplification of individual sovereignty during the Digital Age. This series is loosely based on the 1997 masterwork: The Sovereign Individual. “Exodus believes in empowering the individual to control their wealth and financial destiny and has provided financial…16 min read16 min read
May 6, 2021Sovereignism Part 3: Mega-Politics, The History and Logic of ViolenceA 12-part essay series exploring the disruption of the nation-state and the subsequent amplification of individual sovereignty during the Digital Age. This series is based on the 1997 masterwork: The Sovereign Individual. “Exodus believes in empowering the individual to control their wealth and financial destiny and has provided financial support…Bitcoin20 min readBitcoin20 min read
Feb 10, 2021Sovereignism Part 2: Bitcoin, The Ultimate Offshore BankA 12-part essay series exploring the disruption of the nation-state and the subsequent amplification of individual sovereignty during the Digital Age. This series is based on the 1997 masterwork: The Sovereign Individual. In Sovereignism Part 1, we explored the creative destruction of nation-states wrought by the technologies and self-organizing socioeconomic…Bitcoin21 min readBitcoin21 min read
Jan 25, 2021Sovereignism Part 1: Digital Creative DestructionA 12-part essay series exploring the disruption of the nation-state and the subsequent amplification of individual sovereignty during the Digital Age. This series is based on the 1997 masterwork: The Sovereign Individual. Digital Creative Destruction “Technology is advancing much faster than our ability to understand its implications.” — Ken Goldstein Statism is a…Bitcoin18 min readBitcoin18 min read
Nov 28, 2020Bitcoin is HopeHope moves us forward, and our values chart the way. Money is intended to be a safe harbor for economic value—not a constant cause of stress, worry, and entrapment, as it is in the world today. A fundamentally dishonest money, fiat currency ruins our relationships with the intrinsic entropy of…21 min read21 min read
Nov 2, 2020Our Most Brilliant IdeaIdeas ambulate humanity across history. A new and useful idea is an innovation, which can benefit everyone for the rest of time. Therefore, it is critical we construct socioeconomic structures conducive to the creation of new ideas: civilization can only advance amid an everlasting flow of fresh knowledge. Free trade…Ideas20 min readIdeas20 min read
Jul 5, 2020Masters and Slaves of MoneyMoney is a tool for trading human time. Central banks, the modern-era masters of money, wield this tool as a weapon to steal time and inflict wealth inequality. History shows us that the corruption of monetary systems leads to moral decay, social collapse, and slavery. …Bitcoin36 min readBitcoin36 min read
Mar 28, 2020The Number Zero and BitcoinSatoshi gave the world Bitcoin, a true “something for nothing.” His discovery of absolute scarcity for money is an unstoppable idea that is changing the world tremendously, just like its digital ancestor: the number zero. Zero is Special “In the history of culture the discovery of zero will always stand out as one…Bitcoin39 min readBitcoin39 min read
Published inThe Bitcoin Times·Dec 20, 2019Bitcoin and the Tyranny of Time ScarcityEconomics is the social science of cooperating and competing to overcome the immortal tyrant of time scarcity. In this never-ending struggle, one of our most important tools is money—a socioeconomic emblem of human time. …Bitcoin25 min readBitcoin25 min read
Nov 9, 2019An Open Letter to Ray Dalio re: BitcoinAn open letter to hedge fund colossus Ray Dalio regarding his worldview, the forces of financial nature, and how Bitcoin is bound to reshape both. Introduction Ray, your ability to penetrate the opaque realm of economics and share its secrets in an easy to understand language is one of your greatest…Bitcoin104 min readBitcoin104 min read