๐ The Bitcoin Chronicles - Arc 2.H.1 - The Cost of Instant Truth
Once entanglement bridges were physically seeded across worlds, settlement and verification became effectively instantaneous between connected systems. Bitcoin provided neutral finality. Sovereign nodes distributed participation. But simultaneity carried a cost. This installment explores the psychological, ethical, and political strain of living in a civilization where truth and settlement arrive faster than institutions โ or humans โ can metabolize.