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0xa820Why We Need a New Gold Standard (and Why Bitcoin Is the Obvious Next Step)
The current financial system isn’t broken — it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do. It just wasn’t designed for you.
It was designed for leverage, opacity, favors, backroom deals, and a never-ending money printer that turns time, trust, and labor into inflation dust. Governments don’t run out of money anymore — they just quietly dilute everyone else’s.
That’s not stability. That’s slow, well-dressed theft.
Gold was never the problem.
The problem was always who controls it, who audits it, and who decides when the rules change (usually on a Sunday night).
Gold required vaults. Vaults required guards. Guards required loyalty. And loyalty, historically, has a very flexible price.
So eventually, someone said: “Trust us, the gold is there.”
Spoiler: it wasn’t.
Fiat money is belief with a logo.
No hard cap. No transparency. No real-time audit. Just promises, debt, and confidence — until confidence leaves the room.
The system thrives on:
Complexity no citizen can fully audit
Institutions too big to fail (but somehow always failing upward)
Decisions made by a few, paid for by the many
And when it collapses? The same people who caused it suddenly discover emergency powers.
Funny how that works.
Bitcoin didn’t try to be clever. It tried to be fair.
Fixed supply
Public ledger
No central authority
No “special exceptions” for friends, cousins, or donors
It doesn’t care who you are. It doesn’t care who you know. It doesn’t care how important your last name sounds in a press conference.
That alone already makes it more ethical than most systems currently in charge.
Bitcoin is not chaos. Bitcoin is rules without favoritism.
And for people used to privilege, that feels like oppression.
Let’s go one step further — because stopping at money is cowardice.
If money can be transparent, why not:
Government budgets
Public contracts
Infrastructure decisions
Identity systems
Voting power
Why do we still accept:
Paper-based bureaucracy
Closed-door committees
“Trust us” governance
Money moving through ten opaque layers before reaching a project
An onchain government doesn’t mean no government. It means a government that can be audited by its citizens.
Every fund movement visible. Every decision traceable. Every vote verifiable. Every rule enforced by code, not mood.
No more:
“We lost the documents.” “The funds were reallocated.” “This was decided internally.”
Internally to who?
Power should not belong to those who control the system — but to those who participate in it.
Transparent systems don’t remove humans. They remove excuses.
They don’t prevent mistakes. They prevent lying about them.
And yes, some people will hate that. Especially the ones who got rich in the fog.
It’s funny, really.
We trust:
Algorithms to fly planes
Code to secure billions
Math to run global markets
But when it comes to government money, we still rely on:
Handshakes
Promises
“Esteemed committees”
And the cousin of someone important
Apparently, that’s where technology becomes dangerous.
A new gold standard isn’t about gold. It’s about verifiable truth.
Bitcoin was the first serious prototype of that idea. Onchain governance is the logical continuation.
Less trust. More proof.
Less power at the top. More visibility for everyone.
If that scares institutions, good. Systems that only work in the dark deserve the light.
And if this feels radical — remember: Every fair system looks radical to those benefiting from the unfair one.
The current financial system isn’t broken — it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do. It just wasn’t designed for you.
It was designed for leverage, opacity, favors, backroom deals, and a never-ending money printer that turns time, trust, and labor into inflation dust. Governments don’t run out of money anymore — they just quietly dilute everyone else’s.
That’s not stability. That’s slow, well-dressed theft.
Gold was never the problem.
The problem was always who controls it, who audits it, and who decides when the rules change (usually on a Sunday night).
Gold required vaults. Vaults required guards. Guards required loyalty. And loyalty, historically, has a very flexible price.
So eventually, someone said: “Trust us, the gold is there.”
Spoiler: it wasn’t.
Fiat money is belief with a logo.
No hard cap. No transparency. No real-time audit. Just promises, debt, and confidence — until confidence leaves the room.
The system thrives on:
Complexity no citizen can fully audit
Institutions too big to fail (but somehow always failing upward)
Decisions made by a few, paid for by the many
And when it collapses? The same people who caused it suddenly discover emergency powers.
Funny how that works.
Bitcoin didn’t try to be clever. It tried to be fair.
Fixed supply
Public ledger
No central authority
No “special exceptions” for friends, cousins, or donors
It doesn’t care who you are. It doesn’t care who you know. It doesn’t care how important your last name sounds in a press conference.
That alone already makes it more ethical than most systems currently in charge.
Bitcoin is not chaos. Bitcoin is rules without favoritism.
And for people used to privilege, that feels like oppression.
Let’s go one step further — because stopping at money is cowardice.
If money can be transparent, why not:
Government budgets
Public contracts
Infrastructure decisions
Identity systems
Voting power
Why do we still accept:
Paper-based bureaucracy
Closed-door committees
“Trust us” governance
Money moving through ten opaque layers before reaching a project
An onchain government doesn’t mean no government. It means a government that can be audited by its citizens.
Every fund movement visible. Every decision traceable. Every vote verifiable. Every rule enforced by code, not mood.
No more:
“We lost the documents.” “The funds were reallocated.” “This was decided internally.”
Internally to who?
Power should not belong to those who control the system — but to those who participate in it.
Transparent systems don’t remove humans. They remove excuses.
They don’t prevent mistakes. They prevent lying about them.
And yes, some people will hate that. Especially the ones who got rich in the fog.
It’s funny, really.
We trust:
Algorithms to fly planes
Code to secure billions
Math to run global markets
But when it comes to government money, we still rely on:
Handshakes
Promises
“Esteemed committees”
And the cousin of someone important
Apparently, that’s where technology becomes dangerous.
A new gold standard isn’t about gold. It’s about verifiable truth.
Bitcoin was the first serious prototype of that idea. Onchain governance is the logical continuation.
Less trust. More proof.
Less power at the top. More visibility for everyone.
If that scares institutions, good. Systems that only work in the dark deserve the light.
And if this feels radical — remember: Every fair system looks radical to those benefiting from the unfair one.
0xa820I Didn’t Quit Social Media — Social Media Quit Me
Building is romantic… until it isn’t.
0xa820The Illusion of Greatness: When Power Blinds Progress
Every time I read posts about Trump or see him on TV, I feel a deep frustration creeping in. Not just because of him as a person, but because of how many people still buy into the illusion he sells. The whole "Make America Great Again" mantra has been repeated so often that it’s lost all meaning—if it ever had any to begin with. And now, with talk of a so-called "golden era" ahead, I can't help but ask: for whom? Because if being "great" means putting money and power above people and the plan...
0xa820Bitcoin at $88K: A Stone Lifted, a Promise Kept
🌄 The journey was wild, but today’s proof that holding onto a dream pays off.
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An analysis contrasts the current financial system with gold and fiat, arguing it serves leverage and opacity while Bitcoin offers fair, auditable rules. It envisions onchain governments with transparent budgets, contracts, and voting. Authored by @0xleonardo.
Why We Need a New Gold Standard (and Why Bitcoin Is the Obvious Next Step)