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The Satoshi Papers Explores The Role Of The State In A Post-Bitcoin World: An Interview With Natalie Smolenski
- The Satoshi Papers is a new book edited by Bitcoin anthropologist Natalie Smolenski, which features inputs from various academics on Bitcoin and the upcoming shifts in politics and power it may bring.
- The book features contributions from Andrew M. Bailey, Avik Roy and Leopoldo Bebchuk and includes articles on the evolution of war finance and dispute resolution without the state.
- Smolenski founded the Texas Bitcoin Foundation, which is an education-focused charity to inform the policy conversation about theoretical and scientific issues in the Bitcoin space.
- According to Smolenski, Bitcoin exists in tension with, but does not necessarily undermine the nation-state.
- Bitcoin offers an alternative to government-issued currencies, but the presence of an alternative does not mean that government-issued money will go away, it forces governments to accept the reality that they do not have a monopoly over what their people use as a store of value.
- The Satoshi Papers is a unique collection of different voices from various social sciences about Bitcoin and is the only book of its kind that includes academic treatments of Bitcoin.
- The essays explore what kind of force Bitcoin has, significant political and geopolitical trends, and what this tells us about the nature of money as a social phenomenon.
- Academia has been reluctant to discuss Bitcoin because it exists in a highly-politicized tribal environment and is identified with political enemies.
- The book aims to blow open the horizon of political possibility and educate on the notion that individual emancipation does not require the state.
- The book has unique crossover appeal that is comprehensible and accessible for both an educated lay reader and a scholarly reader.
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