Many of us came to #Bitcoin because of this new system's potential to (re)distribute power.

Ideas from political philosophies such as #Libertarianism and #Anarchy permeated much of the early discourse in the Bitcoin space.

But in recent years, a sense of #authoritarianism and #elitism has crept in, making this space feel less unique and more like many traditional spaces.

I recently sat down with Hannah Rosenberg of Lightning Labs to discuss this shift, whether or not human beings are unavoidably hierarchical, and if the circle of those who believe in earlier Bitcoin vision can be expanded.

Enjoy!

As someone who documents #Bitcoin adoption around the globe, I was surprised that I hadn't known more about the incredible work that the team from Bitcoin Research ( @BitcoinResearch ) is doing in #Bolivia 🇧🇴 until I recently researched it and communicated with a member of the team.

Not only are the Bitcoin Research team members — Achachilabtc, @Juancho, and @GA₿RIELA — avid Bitcoin educators, but they also work closely with developers to help develop Bitcoin tools specifically for the Bolivian context (tools like a version of @Mostro for Bolivians). The team also even contrubutes to academic literature on Bitcoin.

More than anything though, I can tell that the work that the Bitcoin Research team does comes directly from the heart and out of genuine concern for their fellow countrypeople.

And so it was an honor to document this work in a piece I recently published for @Fedi below.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.