Tag: liberty

A deep comparison of Bitcoin and CBDCs across privacy, control, monetary policy, and individual freedom. Why central bank digital currencies represent the opposite of Bitcoin's vision.

A comprehensive guide to Bitcoin taxation — capital gains principles, cost basis methods (FIFO, LIFO, Specific ID), taxable vs non-taxable events, record-keeping best practices, and jurisdiction-specific rules for the US, South Korea, and Japan. Not tax advice.

Bitcoin has no CEO or board of directors, yet it upgrades systematically. The BIP process, node consensus, fork mechanics, and social consensus that make decentralized governance work.

From El Salvador's legal tender law to China's outright ban — how governments around the world are regulating Bitcoin and why understanding the regulatory landscape matters even for those who value permissionless money.

Exploring how, for the first time in human history, property rights that cannot be taken even by physical force have become possible — and why this is a civilizational turning point.

From the Canadian account freezes to Venezuelan refugees — four ways the state controls your money and the true economic freedom that Bitcoin technically guarantees, illustrated through concrete examples.

Interest rates are a price reflecting the time preferences of hundreds of millions. What happens when one institution manipulates this?

The principle of complex order that forms naturally without anyone designing it.

The core principle of libertarianism that coercion against others' bodies and property is unjust.

Every person is the owner of their own body and labor. The starting point of libertarian ethics.

When law becomes a tool for taking away property instead of protecting it, it is called legal plunder.

Anarcho-capitalism is a philosophy that advocates for the complete abolition of the state, with all services including law, security, and national defense entrusted to free market competition.

A free market is an economic system in which prices and production are determined by the voluntary exchange of individuals without government intervention.

Methodological individualism is the principle that all social phenomena should ultimately be explained by reducing them to the actions, choices, and value judgments of individuals.

Minarchism is the position that the state's role should be limited to the minimum functions necessary to protect individual rights.

Natural Rights are inherent rights that originate from human existence itself, not granted by the state or laws.

Private Property Rights are the rights of individuals to exclusively use, dispose of, and exchange their property.

Voluntary Exchange is a transaction conducted through the free consent of both parties without coercion or fraud.