Bitcoin transcends traditional political alignments: decentralized, uncensorable, and beyond state control, it challenges the very foundations of modern power.

Born in 2009 as a decentralized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin quickly exceeded the boundaries of technological innovation to become a widespread social and economic phenomenon. Its nature has attracted the attention not only of investors but also of political thinkers and activists. Too often forgotten is that the movement that led to the creation of bitcoin originates from the Cypherpunks who merged punk culture (late 70s) with computer culture. This article analyzes Bitcoin’s (non) political identity and how it embraces ideas from both the right and the left.

...read more at atlas21.com