A victory of human reason, which, like ~500 years ago after Martin Luther's questioning of a profit-seeking, "sacred" system, led to a society starting to change its worldview. A small thread: My drawing is a representation of the analogy between the individuals Martin Luther and Satoshi Nakamoto, both of whom ushered in the foundation for a complete upheaval in the way entire nations think and ultimately act. As inspiration for this work I have chosen the magnificent bronze fountain "Karolo Quarto", which I was allowed to see and marvel at with enthusiasm in Prague. A souvenir of Emperor Charles IV, one of the most eminent emperors of the late Middle Ages. I was in Prague for the btcprague to showcase my work. Although I knew that this city is one, architectural masterpiece, I was blown away by the brilliance that was presented to me. It is a treat to browse the old town and one thing I became very aware of, like never before. The church exploited its position and the unconditional faith of the people to develop a true money machine. This has led a simple monk from a small village in Germany to shake the entire Western world. Religion and the church were not even remotely conceivable until before modern times. The church was the state and the state was the church. This was reflected in all spheres of life and you can see it most clearly in the way people of that time built their buildings. Prague is a prime example of this. Since the 11th century, sinners have been able to obtain a remission of the penances imposed in confession and the temporal punishments to be served in purgatory in exchange for pious works. First, conditions such as participation in a crusade or a trip to Rome must be fulfilled, then penalties for sins may be redeemed by money. Thus, indulgence becomes a commodity sold by merchants, scholasticism has nothing against it. From 1476 it was possible to purchase indulgences even for the deceased. The door is opened to commercialization. Church leaders ride all kinds of hobbyhorses thanks to lavish incomes, engage in office buying and luxury homesteading, or realize major building projects. For Luther, the sale of indulgences is fraud. It obstructs people's path to true repentance, because it gives the impression that sins can be redeemed through indulgences. The important aspect of repentance in the penitential process is no longer taken into account. On October 31, 1517, Professor Luther, at this time he could be called a "reform Catholic," published 95 theses of disputation on the power and efficacy of indulgences commonly only known. Luther struck a nerve with his criticism, and his initiative made waves. Friends translate the theses from Latin into German, and thanks to printing and reproduction, they are distributed rapidly. The church establishment is alarmed. The trade in indulgences is doing too well to respond to the demands of an unknown monk. After all, the pope, the bishop of Mainz, and money jugglers are pulling the strings. Luther's proposals are listened to and rejected. As a result, Luther feels betrayed and radicalizes himself, taking aim at other central positions of the church and listing all the grievances. The Reformation benefited from the threat to the empire posed by the Turks and from conflicts between Emperor Charles V, the Pope and the French king. Although the emperor does not want to abandon the idea of a universal church, he has to accept compromises with the "Protestants". At the Diet of Augsburg in 1530, Philipp Melanchthon presented the "Confessio Augustana," the first Protestant confession. The division of the church is now unstoppable. The turn from the Middle Ages to modern times is marked by upheavals in almost all areas. Transcontinental trade progressed, and the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus was an important step toward globalization. The money and banking system develops. The invention of movable type by Johannes Gutenberg revolutionizes publishing: Books are no longer the preserve of a small elite, but become accessible to the mass of the population through printing. The physical sciences flourish. Humanism brings the secularization of thought. Starting from the culture of antiquity, humanists strive for a life in which man can freely develop, educate and enjoy the glory of this world. Artists such as Leonardo da Vinci also devote themselves to man. The individual plays an increasingly supporting role in the early 16th century, which is also evident in Luther: ‘Here I stand,’ he reportedly said at the Diet of Worms, ‘I can't help it, God help me, Amen!’. Considering the relevance of faith in God and the power of the church at the time, I find it truly fascinating that a man - in this case Luther - could not help himself and that reason increasingly guided him. His observation of what the church became, an institution for accumulating wealth of a few at the expense of the common people, led to the separation of church and state. I think that when the system in power becomes too radical in its ideology, there will always be one person who sows a seed of resistance and this seed will be protected by the people at all costs until it is fully grown. One of those seeds was sown on October 31, 2008, by Satoshi Nakamoto. It is called Bitcoin and it will reorder the world because it will separate money from the state.

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