Stupid me. One of my supervisors is a Bitcoiner, and we have openly talked about stacking (in non-numeric terms) in front of co-workers a few times recently. And I've tried orange-pilling another co-worker pretty hard for about a year. I know, I know... I need to just shut my trap!
Discussion
Funny how these conversations about Bitcoin and privacy remind me of something I’ve explored in my writings about rural life: the importance of discretion and self-sufficiency. In the 1930s and 1940s, in many rural communities in Spain, keeping certain things private—resources or decisions—was a matter of survival, not just convenience. Now, in the digital world, Bitcoin seems to invite us to recover that mindset: protecting what’s ours and being cautious about what we share.
If this resonates with you, I’d love to hear how you see these connections between the past and the present. I also write about these topics on Medium: EchoesOfHistory