LostVirginian

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by LostVirginian

April 19 2026 · Edited Apr 19, 2026
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Bitcoin Fixes This, Maybe

The diagnosis in Bitcoin discourse is largely right. The prescription — "Bitcoin fixes this" — gets claimed with more confidence than the evidence supports, and this is an engineer's case for holding the two at different confidence levels.

by LostVirginian

March 9 2026
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Has Bitcoin Been Domesticated?

From cypherpunk experiment to institutional asset: what happens when a rebellious technology becomes respectable?

by LostVirginian

October 13 2025
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Why Do I Work for Fiat?

A decade of U.S. wage data shows that while the average American’s income has barely grown after inflation, it has collapsed in Bitcoin terms — from 145 BTC in 2014 to barely 1.5 BTC in 2023. This piece explores what that means for the value of human labor in a world of infinite fiat and finite Bitcoin.