Two ways to express power: voice and exit. When voice is no longer sufficient, we have one option: exit.
The system is broken. Voice doesn't work anymore, so I'm out. Bitcoin, open source software, and distributed systems. That's our exit.
Buy bitcoin. Build software. End war.
WEEKLY STORE UPDATE
A Letter of Gratitude to Our Community
Before we share where we're headed, we must acknowledge where we've beenβand who made this journey possible.
Eight years ago, we set out to solve what seemed like a straightforward problem: building computing infrastructure owned by communities instead of corporations. What we discovered was that we had chosen to tackle one of the hardest challenges in computer scienceβmathematical democracy at scaleβduring one of the most turbulent periods in technology history.
The problem turned out to be bigger than we anticipated. Much bigger.
Building constitutional mathematics for digital systems meant solving Byzantine Fault Tolerance while maintaining user-friendly experiences. It meant creating economic incentives that reward community benefit over corporate extraction. It meant establishing legal frameworks in multiple jurisdictions while staying true to democratic principles. It meant proving that mathematical governance could work with real money and real consequences, not just theoretical models.
There were momentsβmany momentsβwhen the scope of what we had committed to seemed impossibly vast. When competitors with billion-dollar war chests could simply acquire any solution that threatened their dominance. When regulatory frameworks shifted beneath our feet. When the intersection of cryptography, economics, law, and governance felt like trying to solve four impossible puzzles simultaneously.
Without our community's steadfast support through every iteration, every pivot, every late-night crisis call, we simply wouldn't be here.
To our 94 First Governors who participated in governance votes with real money at stake, trusting mathematical democracy when the concept was barely proven. To our early protocol participants who believed in infrastructure ownership when the entire world was optimizing for rent extraction. To our advisors who guided us through legal frameworks across jurisdictions when the regulatory landscape was shifting weekly. To our families who supported the long journey of systematic building when faster paths always seemed available.
You didn't just provide funding or adviceβyou provided something far more valuable: sustained belief that community ownership of computing infrastructure wasn't just possible, but inevitable. You held steady while we worked through problems that had never been solved before.
As we approach our constitutional momentβthe estimated Q4 2025 launch that will open infrastructure ownership to the worldβwe carry your belief forward into everything we build. This isn't just our achievement; it's the result of a community that understood the importance of the problem and supported the long path to solving it correctly.
Thank you for your patience, your wisdom, and your unwavering support. Now let's build the future of democratic computing together.
The IMF handed El Salvador $1.4Bβbut only if they stopped buying Bitcoin.
Bukele took the money. Then bought more Bitcoin.
The IMF is sharpening its knives, just like theyβve done before.
What happens next? π§΅π