“Self-interest seems to take precedence over everything else – but these are so skillfully and unalterably guided by the rules of the network that everyone benefits.
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Bitcoin makes no promises to anyone and has no vision. Bitcoin makes no contracts and has no sanctions. Bitcoin also has no values. Maybe we can project them in, but Bitcoin just exists to begin with. And works. And through technology based on hard rules, something even greater is created: A global cooperation that puts the individual first while adding unparalleled value to the whole.”