Chapter 002 — December 2025
The Bitcoin Revolution
There is a moment in history when a tool appears that can actually change how people live, trade, and keep what they earn. Bitcoin is that tool. It is not just a new payment rail or a shiny toy for traders. It is the first genuinely scarce digital asset that gives individuals a way to escape centralized control over money, and that is why it cannot be stopped.
At its core, Bitcoin solves a problem no previous financial innovation managed to fix: scarcity in the digital world without a central gatekeeper. That scarcity, combined with decentralization and a resilient protocol, creates an unstoppable force.
When nobody can be singled out as the architect to attack or smear, the system itself must stand or fall on its merits. That anonymity is a defensive advantage. It prevents the usual political playbook of defamation and manufactured culpability from being effective.
My path to Bitcoin came from politics and the fight against centralized money. Working in political campaigns and alongside libertarian leaders taught me what happens when power is concentrated behind closed doors. The Federal Reserve and the broader central banking system are not abstract forces. They shape how people live, what they must work for, and how value is transferred across generations.
When I opened one of the first live cryptocurrency exchanges next to the stock exchange, I thought we might be arrested. The headline narratives painted Bitcoin as the playground of criminals. We stood there anyway — small Davids confronting modern Goliaths — because decentralization is about more than finance. It is about dignity, time, and the freedom to create a life without constant permission from distant institutions.
Centralized monetary systems create scarcity of a different kind: scarcity of time, opportunity, and agency. When governments print money freely, the real cost is paid by ordinary people through inflation, diluted savings, and the daily grind of chasing a living.
Taxes and monetary manipulation become a way to transfer time and wealth from people to institutions. That is a theft of potential. People work longer, worry more, and lose the ability to plan across generations. This system is designed to perplex and hold attention, so citizens cannot build lasting alternatives.
Countries with volatile currencies and histories of inflation have everything to gain from embracing sound money. Argentina can become a financial safe haven in the Americas by adopting structures that protect individual savings and enable freedom of exchange. The technology exists. The will is what we must build.
There are many exciting crypto projects, and they serve as laboratories for new ideas. But Bitcoin is unique. It is the base layer for sound money, and the others are experiments and corporate products that can be changed by their creators.
Custodial products offered by large financial players can look like Bitcoin but are fundamentally different if governed by centralized entities. When big institutions accumulate Bitcoin on behalf of others, control and counterparty risk reappear. That can lead to dangerous scenarios like forced forks or value shifts hidden in fine print.
History has shown that Bitcoin's protocol-level defenses and the community's vigilance matter. Even when miners, exchanges, or institutions push agendas, the decentralized network and widespread custody choices keep the system honest.
This is not a passive moment. The future rests on what each of us chooses to do today. The liberty unlocked by Bitcoin will not be handed to us. It must be protected, taught, and expanded.
Ask yourself: What have you done for tomorrow's freedom, today? That is the question that will define whether this movement leaves a lasting legacy for the next generations.
When I drew diagrams of how the blockchain works in front of a central bank, their question was blunt: "How do we stop it?" That reveals the truth. The very power structures that built modern finance recognize that permissionless money threatens their control. Their instinct is to suppress or coopt. Our job is to resist cooption and preserve the decentralized promise.
We trained skeptical journalists by inviting them in, teaching them, and showing the craft. Some of those skeptics later became authors and advocates. You need to do the same: meet doubt with patience, openness, and facts. People often mock what they do not yet understand. Give them a bridge.
The Greek root of the word problem — problemma — means to throw the hammer forward. That is the metaphor for this moment. Each person who learns, secures, and teaches throws the hammer a little further. Each swing cracks the legacy system a little more.
That is not chest-thumping. It is a reminder that the movement is the people. Every time we stand for decentralization and protect individual sovereignty, Bitcoin grows stronger. Every time we let custody slip into centralized hands, we hand power back to the old gatekeepers.
Our ancestors fought for freedoms we now take for granted. The next generations are counting on us to secure monetary freedom. This is a moment to be bold, to act, and to build practical systems that preserve individual choice.
Embrace the responsibility. Teach others. Protect your keys. Build community. The technology is here, and the moment is now. Keep swinging the hammer, because when enough of us throw it forward, we will crack the legacy financial system in half and open a path to true economic freedom.
Viva the revolution of sound money. Viva the future we are building together.
Nick Spanos
Bitcoin Pioneer & Founder, Bitcoin Center NYC