I've worked in web software dev since 2006 and very quickly I learned about Free & Open Source software. The idea that anyone can download the source code to an application, audit it, modify it, or fork it is very empowering. I've learned so much because of this practice. I've seen how OSS out performs closed source on security over and over again. I've seen the power that an open protocol can create with RSS, HTML, and JSON. So when I first heard about bitcoin I was immediately interested. At the time I was very new to Austrian economics and the liberty movement so I really didn't get that part of it fully. As I began to learn about how the Federal Reserve worked and how they were stealing our life force (wealth) silently and with little push back I became very anger about it. I followed Ron Paul and he accepted bitcoin which I thought was interesting. Then the 2017 bull market got my attention. I started thinking about what open source money would mean. What if the rules for money were in code? What if it took massive consensus to change the rules instead of appointing some jerk to a board run by the bankers?

If you recall Ron Paul's big push was to audit the Fed. Seems reasonable right? I mean this entity which controls the money supply which affects almost every person on the planet. They should have accountability right? Well, most politicians do not agree. Ron Paul's attempt to audit the Fed failed. He retired and no one is even attempting to do this now. It will never happen. It taught me that the true way to change things isn't to reform existing systems. The way to fix the world is to build something new. Something better. Something that will unseat the status quo. The good news is we already have that thing. Its bitcoin. Its open source. Not tricks. No hidden elites calling the shots. Just those that join the network and run their nodes. Deciding which set of rules to accept. It is a revolution that hasn't been recognized. It will happen though. As many say, gradually, then suddenly.