Bitcoin Is Full of Surprises

Bitcoin has been embraced by many individuals with strong right-leaning views on freedom, property rights, and self-sovereignty. Among left-leaning progressives, is often quickly dismissed as irrelevant or a major source of carbon emissions. seems, however, to be full surprises. A rapidly advancing body anecdotal evidence suggests that its adoption may affect causes important mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, accelerating electrification economies, alleviating poverty, supporting human rights for people living under political repression, even though scientific confirmation lagging. In this paper, I highlight how Pragmatist perspective can applied Bitcoin, technological financial innovation well reshape humans perceive use money, preserve wealth, structure governance. first cover Bitcoin’s fundamentals some core concepts Pragmatism, before outlining might surprise progressives. Pragmatism offers philosophical grounding “progressive Bitcoiners” who prioritize environmental social well-being view inclusive deliberative democracy the preferred form