Gigi on Bitcoin and Moral Values

From Gigi’s article
Inalienable Property Rights
The Law, Language, Money, and Morality of Bitcoin

This is why Satoshi chose to build a system with an unchanging soul. This is why the rules have been “set in stone” since day one. Bitcoin’s consensus rules are what provide definitive answers to the ethical questions listed in the opening paragraph. Questions of money production, control, freedom, and sovereignty. Bitcoin embodies moral values; its rules define how the game of money should be played. Stray from these values, and you will destroy what made Bitcoin valuable to people in the first place. Break the moral code, and it will be worthless in the long run.

Gigi

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