🔒 Paid Article (Sept. 2, 2025): Cathedrals or Casinos — Bitcoin and the End of Disposable Tech

From MySpace to Terra/LUNA, most platforms and tokens are disposable. They promise ownership but vanish with the hype, leaving creators and workers with nothing. Bitcoin is different. It is cathedral-building: slow, covenantal, sovereign, built to last for centuries. This article contrasts disposability with endurance, calling readers to build cathedrals, not art deco houses.

Paid Article (Sept. 2, 2025): Cathedrals or Casinos — Bitcoin and the End of Disposable Tech

From MySpace to Terra/LUNA, most platforms and tokens are disposable. They promise ownership but vanish with the hype, leaving creators and workers with nothing. Bitcoin is different. It is cathedral-building: slow, covenantal, sovereign, built to last for centuries. This article contrasts disposability with endurance, calling readers to build cathedrals, not art deco houses.


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