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SAIF - The Cyber-Cult

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This is definitely my favorite essay to come out of SAIF so far. Been thinking on it a lot. We could say that Muslim Bitcoiners are hyperstitional nodes in a swarm-based, rather than movement-based, refusal of Riba money. We're cultivating a decentralized praxis of memeing anti-Riba money into existence

This is something I really want Muslim Bitcoiners to understand. We all want the Ummah to get orange-pilled. Great. But it’s not gonna happen through the usual pathways. We won't unite under some political party and vote in a Muslim Bitcoin state. Muslims aren't going to get Bitcoinized, especially not in the anti-Riba cypherpunk sense we envision, just because a bunch of scholars say it’s halal or some Muslim country adds BTC to its reserves. The only viable path I see is the formation of localized cyber cults that operate like a swarm where we constantly meme and agitate. By cult I don’t mean it in a negative way, but as a collective formed around memes, lore, aesthetics, symbols, shared mythos and principles. It's decentralized, kinda non-hierarchical, and permeable. It shifts and adapts across both cyberspace and meatspace. When we say “Bitcoin is anti-Riba money", it's hyperstition. That means Muslim Bitcoiners have to act as if this financial Hijra is already underway. We’re not here to build another NGO or Islamic finance startup or dawah institution. Those models are outdated and gay. We have to stay culturally viral and organizationally minimal! Bitcoin Majlis is meant to be a node and a beacon. Something others can mirror, fork, build on. It’s also a catalyst for a broader emergence of the rise of an “anti-Riba cypherpunk” and a Muslim form of “toxic Bitcoin maximalism.” Because Bitcoin gives the Muslim, any muslim that wants to break free, the tools for actual digital and financial vicegerency in hypemodernity. Praxis looks like: – memes, images, language that embody “toxic” anti-Riba sovereignty – memetic agitation against apologetic discourse (“fiat Muslim,” or this idea that Bitcoin is wajib not just halal, Islamic banking is fiat, etc) – going from cyberspace to meatspace like local Majlis meetups, regional hubs, zakat and sadaqa over Lightning, and Muslim Bitcoin summits This should all sound familiar if you've been following us. We’re already doing this. I’m not saying this is some abstract theory. I’m saying this is the only path I see. The goal is for the cult to die. Make a world where Bitcoin Majlis doesn’t even need to exist anymore. Because Riba is dead and delegitimized. Because Bitcoin is finally understood as a tool for Islamic civilization that can actually engage with and outlive hypermodernity. View quoted note →