Re-branding bitcoin for the Early Majority Bitcoin has always had a branding problem. Not because it lacks power or purpose, but because it feels somehow foreign and Abstract. Technical. A system built in code, discussed in charts, and denominated in unitssatoshis, that mean little to the average person navigating everyday life. For many, Bitcoin isn’t rejected. It’s…
What is emani?
In Toki Pona—a beautifully simple constructed language—the word mani means money, value, or wealth. Because Bitcoin feels like magic compared to the legacy financial system, we’ve added a prefix: emani translates to “enchanted money.” But emani isn’t a new coin, a token, or a fork. It is simply a localization standard for Satoshis. Bitcoin will…
To free the Masses you must first free the individual.
The masses do not want to be free. From the subtitle of this piece, you might conclude (who could blame you?) that I’m a bit pessimistic about freeing The Grand CollectiveTm *. Nothing could be further from the truth; We find ourselves facing insurmountable obstructions and things appear pessimistic. Do not disrepair my brothers and…
No Stupid Ideas, the stupid case for crypto.
Betting on the future. In my opinion, the distinction between Bitcoin and Crypto is that they both represent two very different bets about the future. The Bitcoin bet is that humanity has finally stumbled upon a tool that enables us to govern ourselves and manage resources in a way that benefits everyone peacefully. It’s the…