Bitcoin City. Year 2060.
Founded in 2023, this city on the eastern coast rose to become one of the largest in the world thanks to its monetary sovereignty amid global chaos. Its architecture—an eclectic mix of Soviet brutalism and postmodern Japanese cyber-aesthetics—stood as a testament that human will could rewrite the rules of the game. One fascinating aspect was that the city had no government. It was built on techno-democracy, placing no trust in banks, governments, or elections. It was fully decentralized.
Godzilla, evidently, was not part of the equation.
October 13. 06:37 AM. The Decentralized Autonomous Network (DAN) sensors detected a seismic anomaly, but no threat was identified. Within seconds, the beast—ancestor of 20th-century nuclear miscalculations—emerged in all its majesty, reconfiguring the city’s style into ashes. By 08:22 AM, 80% of Bitcoin City lay in ruins.
The network survived. The physical infrastructure was reduced to dust.
In the days following the attack, the top priority was to save lives. Engineers and journalists arriving from other cities were astonished: the physical city was gone, but its economic system remained fully operational.
Crypto journalists from Bankless Media shared their experiences. "I never thought a mnemonic seed could be the same as a bank account—but reality proved otherwise." Thanks to policies adopted since 2025, 7 out of 10 citizens had backups of their private keys stored in geographically distributed secure devices, located in city-states in the Andes, the Arctic, and other regions as well as other measures. The blockchain never stopped.
The design of a low-trust system worked flawlessly. Funds remained intact, scattered across nodes outside the city. The timechain hadn’t been destroyed—it kept generating blocks, indifferent to the chaos around it.
What did this city have?
The stock-to-flow model1, originally developed in the 2020s, had evolved by 2050 to include climate, political, and migratory variables. According to this model, with 99.2% of the total 21,000,000 BTC already mined, 1 bitcoin was estimated to be worth 7.6 million USD.
Seven million. That price was upheld not only by programmed scarcity but by a demand that had become not just economic but structural. Bitcoin was woven into the financial DNA of many autonomous cities. Bitcoin City’s public treasury had been established in 2023 with a weekly DCA policy of buy 52 bitcoins per week, accumulating 110,000 BTC by 2060 for emergency reserves and infrastructure funds—a modern-day Marshall Plan. The buildings were gone, but the neighborhood multisig wallets and citizen-run nodes operated on portable devices, holding the capital needed for reconstruction.
Starchain, which had acquired Starlink back in 2032, enabled 98% of mobile nodes to be fully operational again in less than 12 hours. Volunteer teams activated portable antennas, and off-chain transactions enabled the transfer of funds from community wallets.
Through the DAO, the city issued a block grant of 0.5 BTC (~3.8 million USD) per neighborhood for rebuilding homes, hospitals, basic infrastructure, and more. Smart contracts were embedded directly in on-chain scripts, and citizens signed them using the Lightning Network.
Construction companies—urgently needing to get materials moving—only wanted payment in bitcoin. They refused to accept dollars. It was the only way to preserve value in a post-catastrophe world, blurred by a nuclear lizard, as comedians joked. The US dollar remained the most used currency, true—but since the Lake Wars of 2053, where Bitcoin City refused to finance pro-dollar blocs, the dollar never recovered from the reckless money printing used to buy weapons. Even today, 15 years later, they’re still paying for it.
Monetary theory had already anticipated the externalities of physical collapse—but what emerged was something new: the dust economy. Economists began referring to Lightning Network dust transactions as micro-finance in its purest form: carpenters charging 3,000 sats per board, doctors 1,500 sats per stitch, and children selling their toys for 150 satoshis.
It was no longer about the price—it was about efficient, frictionless circulation. The combination of Lightning and community nodes restored commerce without POS systems, without KYC—just by unlocking your keys.
Decentralization was no longer a nerd’s wet dream—it was a necessity.
At the University of Prague, Professor Jakub Tetek published one of the first academic papers on Bitcoin City’s restructuring and its economic miracle: an 80% recovery within 12 months, without central bank intervention. In his study, Jakub highlighted several key factors:
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A scarce and sound store of value: Bitcoin had been accumulated over decades through disciplined saving. Its stock-to-flow ratio in 2060 was practically infinite—ensuring price stability.
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Instant liquidity with no external validation: Private keys were enough to access capital. No approvals. No red tape.
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Decentralized infrastructure: The blockchain remained unaffected. Parallel systems like NOSTR (for communications) and Fedimint (for local governance) continued running without disruption.
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Programmable trust: Emergency funds were released based on code, not politics. No one could steal or divert them.
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Financial education since 2023: Citizens knew how to use their keys, sign transactions, and operate without middlemen. They weren’t victims of the system—they were the system.
At Nakamoto Square Garden, the city’s financial district beside the statue of Satoshi Nakamoto, elementary school children recited a poem about the lessons learned:
The roar shook our souls We ran from the monster Without kings or bankers Eyes lit with fire Ruin became the norm But one block was enough For the flower to bloom again
December 31, 2061. Bitcoin City was 100% operational.
The new buildings were modular and powered by subterranean nuclear energy. The first municipal DAOs voted on budget priorities via the Lightning Network, while citizen contracts were executed through multi-signature schemes based on reputation and rotation.
Bitcoin didn’t rebuild the city—it acted as its immune system and did what it does best: keep producing blocks no matter what. Analysts continue dissecting the catastrophe from every angle, but the greatest achievement was proving that a non-coercive monetary system could survive Godzilla.
If it can survive Godzilla, it can survive any government.
Annex I: Bitcoin Accumulation Strategy via DCA (2023–2060)
Objective:
To accumulate a total of 100,000 BTC through a weekly Dollar-Cost Averaging (DCA) strategy, starting in 2023 and ending in 2060, to serve as a long-term treasury reserve for Bitcoin City.
Mathematical Model
Let
- \( \text{BTC}_{\text{total}} \) = total Bitcoin to be accumulated
- \( Y_{\text{start}} \) = starting year = 2023
- \( Y_{\text{end}} \) = ending year = 2060
- \( W \) = number of weeks per year = 52
- \( T \) = total accumulation period in weeks
- \( \text{BTC}_{\text{weekly}} \) = amount of BTC to be bought each weekThen
T = (Y_{\text{end}} - Y_{\text{start}}) \times W = (2060 - 2023) \times 52 = 1{,}924 \text{ weeks}The weekly BTC purchase amount is
\text{BTC}_{\text{weekly}} = \frac{\text{BTC}_{\text{total}}}{T} = \frac{100{,}000}{1{,}924} \approx 51.98Result
To reach the target of 100,000 BTC by 2060, approximately 51.98 BTC must be purchased every week starting in 2023 and maintained consistently until the end of 2059.
This accumulation plan assumes:
- Continuous market access
- Sufficient fiat or capital reserves
- No significant regulatory or liquidity constraints over time
Implications
Such a strategy ensures a predictable accumulation path, reducing exposure to volatility through DCA, and positions the city with a robust reserve aligned with Bitcoin’s increasing scarcity — especially post-2140, when no more BTC will be mined.