Dharma and Bitcoin
10 posts
- 1
Impermanence and Fiat Currency
The Buddha's teaching on impermanence reveals the inevitable fate of every fiat currency in history
- 2
Dependent Origination and Decentralization
How the Buddha's teaching on interdependence mirrors Bitcoin's decentralized network
- 3
Emptiness and Trustlessness
The Diamond Sutra's 'do not dwell in appearances' and Bitcoin's trustless design point in the same direction
- 4
Heart Sutra and Trustless Systems
The Heart Sutra teaches that form is emptiness and emptiness is form. Bitcoin teaches that trust is vulnerability and trustlessness is freedom. The resonance between these ideas runs deeper than metaphor.
- 5
Before Observation, There Was Nothing
Emptiness and the quantum observer effect point in the same direction
- 6
The Middle Way and Austrian Economics
How the Buddha's Middle Way and the Austrian School both reject extremes in favor of natural balance
- 7
Karma and Voluntary Exchange
The Buddhist law of karma and libertarian voluntary exchange share a common core: actions have consequences
- 8
Non-Attachment and Sound Money
Where Buddhist non-attachment meets Bitcoin's fixed supply and the philosophy of sound money
- 9
Proof of Work of the Mind
The structural kinship between the hard repetition of Zen practice and Bitcoin's proof of work
- 10
The Strength Not to Let Go
The patience of virya paramita and the philosophy of HODL, and why simply enduring is the hardest practice