My Bitcoin story is long and touches upon my earliest memories before Bitcoin came onto the scene. It is not anchored in tech but rather in a belief that we don’t realize the extent to which money, or more precisely the control of money, influences how we perceive ourselves, others, and the world around us. Imagine how we’d treat each other if no one controlled money (rules, not rulers) and we were forced to conduct trade with each other as specialists. Prejudice would still exist, but would hierarchies be based on arbitrary characteristics, like physical appearance? How would the dominant…