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immutability

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🔐 Immutability as a Civilizational Constraint

Immutability is often framed as a technical feature of Bitcoin. In reality, it is a civilizational constraint—one that forces honesty, responsibility, and long-term thinking. Systems that can rewrite their past eventually lose their future. Bitcoin’s immutability matters because it restores memory where modern civilization has learned to forget.

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Bitcoin: Law Without Priests

Bitcoin is law without priests: a peer-to-peer electronic cash system where proof beats trust. Proof-of-Work converts energy into security, chaining blocks into an unforgeable history. Nodes (not rulers) enforce fixed rules—21M cap, halving, valid signatures—while miners compete for block rewards and fees. The result is permissionless, censorship-resistant, final settlement that makes money borderless, sovereign (via private keys), and independent of policy. Time becomes law; inflation games end.

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