Falling down the #bitcoin rabbit hole can be a scary ride but in the end it's worth it. You understand the world better: the incentives, the unevenness, how the system works in favor for those already at the top.

"The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust. Banks must be trusted to hold our money and transfer it electronically, but they lend it out in waves of credit bubbles with barely a fraction in reserve."