I now feel that his ideas of self sovereignty and "proof of work" do echo a sort of pre bitcoin philosophy.
Maybe it's a reach?
I don't think so. Proof of work is a digital abstraction of something humans value and self sovereignty is also something we value. I'd be surprised if such things weren't discovered a bunch of times.
I bet communes are really fun for awhile. Something about the intent brings us together in a way that's hard to reproduce otherwise. When Bitcoiners talk about citadels they often sound like communes. Only without giving stuff away for free I'm not sure they'll grow anything like communes.
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