"A power law grows without bound – it never saturates, never plateaus, never collapses from resource exhaustion – but it does so at a decelerating rate." G. Santostasi – The Physics of Bitcoin That is the reason why the mind that thinks and lives in terms of the old paradigm (extraction driven by scarcity) can only attack or try to undermine a scale-free network; otherwise, it would need to rethink its costly business model. Incapable of seeing past the 'beyondless', the ecosystem as a whole now relies on who can see and build beyond what others believe to be 'immutable': perception.

Pumping the market cap of BTC by using it as a store of value won't magically evolve into a medium of exchange; that's perfectly clear. Treating the asset mainly as a store of value hinders the network from continuing to grow organically and securely. The current 'state' of affairs appears to put the network under heavy constraint due to mining pool centralization, rendering it more and more difficult to effectively (and efficiently) grow the network through exchange. To claim that a 'captured' network stops Bitcoin's upward trajectory is to ignore the physics of the protocol, though. A healthy scale-free network must create alternative hubs. Therefore, I genuinely ask: Is Blake2B such a hub? If not, what happens to the assets of those Bitcoiners attempting to earn and spend Bitcoin? What we are trying to build is still a network that allows us to buy groceries as well, aren't we? @Matthew Kratter @Johnny @shadowbip @npub1csmg...cakv @Ricardo Martinez

Looking for a publisher I've finished writing The Measure of Value, an essay exploring the notion of value, closely tied to the deeper meaning behind a concept such as efficiency. What happens when the lens through which we measure value becomes distorted? And how could the effect of a distorted lens possibly influence our daily approach to economics and our very understanding of Bitcoin itself? Bitcoin enters the argument not as the subject of the book, but as one of its consequences. I'm now looking for an established or independent publisher interested in serious non-fiction around economics, monetary thought, philosophy, Bitcoin and the broader question of how we measure value. The manuscript is finished, both in English and Spanish. I'm initially looking at a physical edition including the two versions (a third one, German, is in the making), potentially in the range of 200–1,000 copies. If you know a publisher, editor, literary agent—or simply someone who understands this part of the publishing world—I'd be grateful for an introduction or a pointer. Especially interested in people who might see the book as something broader than “another Bitcoin book.” DMs open.

Six weeks ago, we documented the first transaction of our pilot. Since then, the merchant has continued saving sats. She does not convert back to fiat. No grand strategy. Just a small change in how value is perceived and held. The story is continuity. A first transaction is an event. A repeated choice is the beginning of an economy. Growth Event #009 Oriente Antioqueño, Colombia