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Bitcoin and Anarchism

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Bitcoin governance is not a voting democracy; validity is enforced by voluntary rule-following nodes rather than ballots. This aligns with anarchist and cypherpunk ideas about non-coercive coordination.

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Curated resources (3)

• The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (article) Foundational cypherpunk framing for non-state digital coordination.
• BIP 148: UASF SegWit Activation (article) Practical case where rule enforcement came from node operators.
• Cypherpunk Movement (article) Context for the political philosophy around Bitcoin's origins.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Censorship Resistance

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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