Hello Steemit users, I hope you're all having a wonderful day!
I'm launching a Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency website and this Steemit blog, called thebitcoinbullet.com. By way of introduction, here's my about page from the website. There's not much there today, but it's coming.
Steemit allows me to get the posts out without having to worry about all the website technical which I'm still trying to figure out right now, so you all can be my test net. My goal is to try to spread knowledge and awareness of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies, so some of my content may be a little behind the tech knowledge curve here on Steemit. (Because you're all so smart you already know how awesome Crypto is!)
Now, about thebitcoinbullet.com
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Concord Hymn"
On April 19th, 1775 in Concord Massachusetts a group of men stood ready to oppose the most powerful force on the planet with little more than lofty ideals and hunting rifles. Despite being outgunned and out-trained these men stood their ground in opposition to tyranny. The events of that day have faded into legend, so nobody knows who it was that fired that first shot, but that its impact was felt around the world is undeniable.
The men and women of the American Colonies had lived as proud and loyal British citizens, but throughout the years they learned to feel the pinch of heavy handed government and high taxes. The time had come for them to stand up to a King and government they felt was out of touch with their needs. What followed was a bloody war, then a wave of change circled the globe.
In the wake of the revolution, a new nation was born, a nation designed to protect individuals from the power of government. It wasn't perfect, but the nation born went on to become the most prosperous and powerful nations in the world. With the high value citizens placed on individual liberty, it seemed the nation would continue its era of wealth and liberty indefinitely, but it was not to be.
As generally happens, people became complacent. In the U.S., and around the world people gradually forgot the wars that were fought to make men free. Governments became larger and larger, until eventually, they became too large to be sustained. Gold and silver couldn't be extracted from the people quick enough, governments needed a way to create money to sustain growth, so central banks were created and allowed to manipulate the money in order to support all the wars, social programs, and deficit spending.
The results have been devastating. Since the Federal Reserve Act in 1913, the U.S. Government has steadily increased in size, and as the U.S. goes, so goes the rest of the world. Governments now have the power to enact laws that spend taxpayer money before it's created, then borrow the money from the Federal Reserve system with interest. This guarantees continued raises in taxes because the government has already spent the money by the time new budgets are passed.
The end result of all the currency manipulations worldwide is that humanity is less free than it should be. True, there are advances in society, but the progressions are lethargic due to the vast resources being sucked out of humanity by the leaches that control the Central Banks. People all over the world are experiencing lower wages, longer working hours, higher unemployment rates, evaporation of savings, and disappearance of opportunity for upward mobility. At the same time, a very select few individuals have compiled vast wealth, so much so that a few individuals control enough wealth to feed the entire world several times over, yet people still starve.
The situation may appear dire, and the way out hidden, but all isn't lost. Fortunately, not all the great individuals of the world were born in the Enlightenment. Recognizing that the monetary system is the leg that holds the table up, an unknown genius calling himself/herself Satoshi Nakamoto designed a system that allows individuals to opt out of the corrupt banking systems that are robbing the world of so much wealth, and allowing gigantic governments to expand indefinitely.
In 2009 Satoshi gave his invention to world free of charge, and thus firing the latest "shot heard round the world." The shot is the invention of the Blockchain. The bullet, is Bitcoin.
By firing the Bitcoin Bullet, Satoshi started a worldwide revolution. Not a revolution against governments, but a revolution against systems of control. What's more, Satoshi found a way for humanity to throw off the chains of oppression without violence. This new revolution is a revolution of ideas. The more the idea is spread, the more liberty is spread.
TheBitcoinBullet exists to help this new revolution succeed. By spreading awareness and educating people in the ideas and use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, TheBitcoinBullet hopes to be a part of increasing adoption and thus freeing the world.
Won't you join the revolution?