I have looked at this subject throughly, The subject of Anarchy is really quite relative. Anarchy was the precursor for Communist Russia. Collectivism is a western model of Anarchist philosophy, I personally feel individualism is how I view Anarchy as relevant. In Anarchist thinking, Use implies ownership, So you can not own anything you are not using. It belongs to the collective, Or in the case of Russian communism it belongs to the state. This is not really copacetic with bitcoin, Because bitcoin is the ultimate preservation of private property ownership. To participate in the network just requires running a node, And you have equal political power to all other node runners. Your power could be measured in sats, But ownership just requires using a wallet and the knowledge of a seed phrase. Libertarian Values place capital ahead of humanity, And bitcoin doesn’t really do this either. I think bitcoin supports individualism more than anything because it encourages people to take responsibility for their own financial resources and privacy and security are both central to bitcoin. There is no privacy in Anarchy, In state led minimal government there is always a leadership, And in individualism there is every man for himself, I think the greatest truth. If someone truly loves you how much money is irrelevant to them helping you. Money is a tool not a limb.
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Thinking that Libertarians put capital before humanity or that in Libertarianism it’s every man for himself is incredibly reductionist. Libertarianism is ALL about voluntary interaction, which inevitably means voluntary governance (not government). The fact that we reject a coercive State based on the monopoly of legal violence does not mean we can’t organise voluntarily. Libertarians are not lawless, nor do they lack humanity.
The primary example of libertarian values at work is the United States not fully ratifying the human rights movement around healthcare, Housing as a human right, Education as a human right, And freedom of movement as a human right like it has been in Europe. Call me a socialist but this was done in the name of corporate profits. The difference between the United States and a developing country is that in times of economic turmoil, The unhoused can go out and risk their remaining human rights to steal resources, But in undeveloped countries they would otherwise die because of a lack of resources. I personally don’t think bitcoin is libertarian, I think it is individualism. I have bitcoin, It helps the network collectively, But it also preserves my private ownership right. Anarchism is also not a correct description of bitcoin market operation, Because use implies ownership, And when you do not use something ownership transfers to the collective. In bitcoin I have a private ownership of a collectively owned asset and it’s value increase directly benefits only me against a failing and unending government. You can give bitcoin to poorer people but at that point you cease to own it. You can use your bitcoin to organize groups but at that point you have dedicated your bitcoin to a political agenda. Bitcoin is for the individual.