I mean, thank God for Bitcoin and blockchains. Now the only thing that founders need to do is dismantle every incentive to use fiat at all.

Exactly. That’s the real pivot.

Bitcoin and blockchains didn’t just add a new asset class — they removed the excuse for staying inside the FIAT incentive maze.

Once you see it clearly, the task for founders becomes very simple (not easy, but simple):

Dismantle every incentive to touch fiat at all.

Here’s what that actually means in practice:

No dependency on fiat time pressure

Bitcoin-native rails (self-custody, Lightning, on-chain reserves) remove the monthly obedience cycle. No bank deadlines, no covenants, no “runway theatre”.

Revenue before capital

Fiat flips the order: raise → spend → justify.

Bitcoin flips it back: earn → survive → grow.

That alone kills most VC leverage.

Proof over promises

Blockchains don’t fund narratives, vibes, or decks.

They fund verifiable work: shipped code, settled payments, deterministic proofs, auditable behaviour.

Exit the mortgage hostage model

Fiat binds founders through long-duration, inflation-sensitive debt.

Bitcoin allows savings without decay — which restores time sovereignty, the one thing founders actually need.

Remove the angel/VC “optionality tax”

Most early funding isn’t capital — it’s control options priced in your weakest moment.

Bitcoin lets founders bootstrap without selling the future to survive the present.

The uncomfortable truth is this:

> FIAT only works if founders keep believing they have no alternative.

Bitcoin breaks that spell. Blockchains make coordination possible without permission. And once incentives move, behaviour follows — every time.

The endgame isn’t “crypto adoption”. It’s founders refusing to price their lives, time, and work in a dying unit of account.

FIAT collapses not when people attack it — but when builders simply stop needing it.

And that’s already underway.