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> Some people will say that this essay is a missed opportunity: “How can you write this essay without mentioning crypto even once?”

Or money, for that matter. If beliefs are network effects, then money sits at the base layer of that network.

So not only does Bitcoin (the "crypto" protocol most resistant to centralization) occupy an unusual position in the universe of software networks, but it it's deep, deep down in the base layer of shared beliefs due to the monetary aspect.