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We have our top post of Q4 in, so let's select the top ~econ post of 2025.

Each of these posts have been awarded 41,833 sats for being the best of their quarter.

Please read these great posts and vote on which should rank as the top post of the year.

Q1 Top PostQ1 Top Post

Bitcoin and (Monetary) Economics—Properly (Bitcoin Policy Institute) by @denlillaapan

A breakdown of three economists' thoughts about bitcoin and monetary economics.

Q2 Top PostQ2 Top Post

Who Are the Companies Hoarding Bitcoin? (Financial Times, Philip Stafford) by @denlillaapan

Continuing his saga of trying to understand bitcoin treasury companies, Den finds a piece that he has relatively few disagreements with.

Q3 Top PostQ3 Top Post

Pleb Economist #8: What game theory can teach us about Bitcoin and self-custody by @SimpleStacker

Some neat game theory about how the existence of self-custody keeps custodians (more) honest, even if no one is choosing to self-custody.

Q4 Top PostQ4 Top Post

MONEY CLASS OF THE DAY: Money Illusion and Unit Bias, Bitcoiner style by @denlillaapan

Den's stated mission is to make us all less stupid when it comes to understanding money. Here he explains that fiat sucking as a store of value doesn't imply that it is failing as a medium of exchange.

Q1 Bitcoin and Monetary Economics23.1%
Q2 Who's Hoarding Bitcoin?0.0%
Q3 Game Theory of Self-Custody61.5%
Q4 Money Illusion and Unit Bias15.4%
13 votes \ poll ended

yeeeehaaaa!

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You have pretty good odds

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Or terrible odds... People have to pick 1/3 of his articles and the votes may get split, and because I never learned how to read properly, I assume this is just a popularity contest.

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...AND I'M POPULAR?!

no way I can repeat this for 2026 -.-

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83 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark 3 Jan

I actually assumed you'd lose... 😁

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losing I can repeat, no probs

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I assume it’s pristinely about the merits of each piece…but, yes, any hypothetical sycophants better organize their picks.

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Really strong set of posts if I had to choose one, Q3 (Pleb Economist #8) stands out for clearly explaining why self custody matters at a system level that said, Den’s Q4 piece does important work correcting common money misconceptions. Hard to go wrong here great signal all year.

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Yes, these are all good options, and there were many others that didn't make the cut.

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LET'S GO SIMPLESTACKER OMG!

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