Introducing > Fiction

What if the boldest Bitcoin ideas leapt off podcasts and into living, breathing worlds? Greater Than > Fiction is a micro-publishing lab that transforms the brightest thoughts of leading Bitcoiners into bite-sized stories you can feel, taste and ride.

Each tale begins with a spark from an influential voice; our pilot episode draws on Jeff Booth’s recent appearance on Simply Bitcoin, where he explained the concept behind “eight billion people in service of eight billion people.” We take that thought experiment and follow it to 2037 Mumbai, where teenagers earn lightning sats by helping others around the world—and discover that value, once freed from inflation’s gravity, becomes the ultimate learning playground.

Jai Shah, fourteen, woke to the soft glow of his bedside tally: 6 214 sats—tiny pieces of bitcoin he had earned by fixing neighbours’ gadgets. In today’s world the number rose slowly but what mattered more was what each sat could buy: the price of almost everything kept slipping downwards, as naturally as last night’s tide.

Jai skateboarded to what used to be known as 'school' which was a converted ferry terminal called Harbour Hub. There were no desks in rows, no strict timetables, classes or teachers. Instead, work-benches ringed a wide central court where you could smell solder, fresh bread and salt air all at once.

At nine sharp, Coach Leena gathered the teens of all ages.

“Morning builders! Same rule as always—help a person, log the act, earn sats. Help two people, earn twice. Simple.”

She tapped a wall-screen. Coloured dots represented pupils; thin lightning lines flashed whenever one dot aided another. Even visiting parents understood the picture in seconds.

Jai paired with Maya, thirteen, to repair a fisherman’s cracked radio. They posted a short video of the fix; within minutes an older hobbyist across the city sent 21 sats—a tip for showing a trick he hadn’t known. Maya’s eyes widened.

“It’s like creating money out of thin air.”

“Not quite,” Jai laughed. “We still have to create value—the money just keeps its value instead of melting.”

Prices were chalked on reusable boards. A steaming vegetable pie cost 5 sats; yesterday the same pie had been six. Nobody made a fuss—falling prices were as ordinary as Friday cricket.

Maya nudged Jai. “My gran says when she was our age everything got dearer every year. Could you imagine?”

“Coach says that was the old money game,” Jai replied, munching happily. “Now the game is ‘serve and be served’. Eight billion people helping eight billion people, remember?”

She grinned. “Best multiplayer ever.”

Back inside, a gentle chime sounded over the PA. Coach Leena announced a community bounty: “Design a low-cost phone torch for storm nights. Best idea earns 300 sats.”

Maya sketched a clip-on lens that spread light like a lantern. Jai added a small dynamo crank so it could recharge itself. They uploaded the sketch; a live vote bar climbed beside it as classmates tapped their screens in approval.

By hometime their design topped the vote. The 300-sat reward split automatically: 150 to each wallet. No forms, no waiting. Evening ride

On his bamboo board—also a Harbour Hub build—Jai glided past posters listing today’s stats:

Helpful acts logged: 1 948
Average price drop on essentials: –0.3 %
Total sats paid out: 82 760

The numbers weren’t just bragging rights; they were proof the system worked. Serve, earn, live better—that was the rhythm.

As streetlights flickered on, Jai thought about tomorrow: maybe he’d film a tutorial on wiring the dynamo crank. Somewhere, someone would find it useful; somewhere, a sat would ping back. The loop felt endless, like surf rolling over the harbour wall—value in, value out, forever forward.

He pushed off, wheels humming, and disappeared into the warm coastal night, another bright dot in the great web of eight billion helping eight billion.

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