Why I Built Aeon in a Restricted World
Living in Trinidad and Tobago, you learn quickly that the "global economy" isn't always global. Here, Bitcoin is banned, and our access to the outside world is measured in a trickle: the state monitors USD usage so heavily that an individual is effectively capped at **$100 USD a month**. When your ability to participate in the world is throttled by a central gatekeeper, "censorship resistance" stops being a buzzword and starts looking like a survival strategy.