Free Article 1 (Dec. 16, 2025): The Bitcoin Chronicles - 1.B.12 - The First Charter Was Not a Constitution
When the first permanent settlements formed on the Moon, the settlers made a deliberate choice: they refused to write a constitution. What emerged instead was something older, more fragile, and ultimately more powerful — a charter rooted in shared values rather than enforceable law. This chapter explores why freedom failed wherever law arrived too early, and why covenant had to come before governance in humanity’s first sovereign off-world society.