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Primer on Decentralization

By hifi.bitcoin | HiFi Bitcoin | 24 Jan 2022


The vast majority of governance structures these days, whether in the private sector or the public sector, are extremely centralized. Centralization made a bit more sense before the advent of instantaneous communication brought on by the digital age. After all, it would be extremely difficult to successfully organize a government or corporation if all of the key participants were spread across the world with no way to quickly communicate. In today‘s world though, the need to centralize power and control in a single group or entity has disappeared since technology enables the participation of every citizen and user in governance.

Convincing governments and mega-corporations to give up their power is proving to be rather difficult though. Seeing it through their lens may help us understand: why would they want to willingly give up the power that has helped them accrue significant amounts of wealth over the centuries? Still, acknowledging their biases does not make the status quo tenable or acceptable.

People want freedom. It’s a simple fact and no amount of manipulation can change it. Thankfully, a key tool in humanity’s fight against centralized tyranny was invented in 2008: the Bitcoin blockchain. Bitcoin is one of the only truly decentralized governance structures in existence. No one can be prevented from joining the network and everyone on the network participates equally in its governance simply by choosing which version of the blockchain’s software to run.

The decentralized model propagated by Bitcoin offers a revolutionary opportunity for all peoples to opt out of the controlling communities in which they live today and move to a world of self-sovereignty built on Bitcoin. I’m so convinced that a hyperbitcoinized world will lead to greater freedom and opportunity, that I’d like to help one person better establish themselves on the blockchain by gifting them some Bitcoin:

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hifi.bitcoin
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I am an avid Bitcoin enthusiast. I publish The HiFi Bitcoin Letters, a recurring newsletter on Bitcoin: https://hifibitcoin.substack.com/p/your-bitcoin-one-stop-shop


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