Written by: hitesh.eth
Translated by: Shan Ouba, Jinse Finance
2029. Bitcoin has become a new consensus among global investors. This year, its price broke through $500,000, but this was not a sudden surge, but a continuous battle lasting ten years: narrative reversal, government compromise, institutional rule modifications. Now, billions of people worldwide are hoarding "sats" - Bitcoin's smallest unit - in various ways. Just as people once bought gold jewelry to pass down through generations, families now sit together calculating how many sats they can leave for their descendants.
Sats have become a new asset class - requiring no regulation to prove its value. They are purchased like collectibles, stored in decentralized vaults, and viewed as family heirlooms passed down through generations. Those millennials who mocked Bitcoin in their 20s are now experiencing unprecedented FOMO. This is no longer a competition of status, but a race for survival. Sats are no longer just currency; they symbolize a pass. A pass to community, resources, and security.
Bitcoin is now the most popular financial instrument in human history - surpassing gold, stocks, and even government bonds. This asset has achieved the highest compound return over the past 20 years and is now included in every financial advisor's standard investment portfolio. Customer managers who once sold mutual funds and insurance plans now begin to promote Bitcoin with the same professional smile and skilled language.
Even developed countries' treasuries now hold Bitcoin as a hedging tool - a scenario unimaginable ten years ago. Over 100 listed companies have included BTC in their balance sheets. This is not just a hedging asset, but the foundational layer of a new economic order.
Those who held Bitcoin early on and remained steadfast without selling during global skepticism have become the new elite. They call themselves "Bitcoiners". But this is more than an identity, it's a movement, a philosophy, a new religion. Its moral cornerstone is monetary freedom, self-education, and non-traditional marriage contracts.
They drafted their own laws, wrote their own code, and formed alliances that reject state control. They did what governments feared most - they opted out of the existing system.
They established "Bitcoin Island" - a sovereign island nation located somewhere in the Pacific, completely funded by BTC. Initially with only 100 citizens, it now has over ten thousand residents - mostly early users, developers, investors, and thinkers. The island has its own passport, decentralized identity system, and has become a tourist destination. Blue skies, clear waters, no taxes, psychedelic rituals, privacy protection... everything illegal elsewhere becomes legal and accessible through self-regulation. Every transaction is recorded on the public chain, yet freedom is absolute.
But the island has begun to rot.
Now billionaires, Bitcoiners have started to treat outsiders as inferior. A subtle colonial mentality is growing. They exchange sats for services - but with an imperialistic tone, aiming for submission. As the external world's economy collapses, the island begins to reshape itself as a new power center - the next "America". Outsiders voluntarily sign submission contracts in desperation and hunger. Bitcoiners no longer hide their dominance but begin to enjoy it.
And at the core of this movement is Satoshi Nakamoto.
Bitcoin's pseudonymous creator has become a deity. Not just symbolically. Globally, there are now over 100 "Satoshi Temples". Weekly rituals are held - people chant SHA-256 hash, meditate on decentralization principles. These temples are also recruitment centers. Potential candidates are screened, and if deemed "qualified", they are sent to Bitcoin Island for training. The religious fervor around Satoshi has reached a level of deification - his white paper has become a combination of the new Bhagavad Gita, Quran, and Bible.
And outside the island - another scene unfolds.
The global economy is in ruins. America's debt bubble finally burst. The post-Bretton Woods system could not withstand the pressure of artificial markets, and dominoes fell. Inflation reached unprecedented levels. Fiat currency collapsed, savings zeroed out. People lost jobs, housing, and even sanity.
AI agents - products trained on the entire human internet memory - took over white-collar jobs. Programmers, writers, lawyers, consultants... none were spared. Even psychotherapists were replaced by highly personalized AI companions. Enterprises improved efficiency through AI but laid off millions of employees. "Human inefficiency" found no place to exist. We optimized ourselves to self-extinction.
To escape, people chose the "metaverse".
The new middle-class toy is no longer a car or house, but a VR headset. This headset became the window to a better life - the only life worth having. In the metaverse, they can design their houses, lovers, and jobs. They are gods in a sandbox. Interpersonal relationships changed. Physical intimacy was replaced by sensory simulation. People spend 80% of their time in virtual space. 90% of communication happens on digital platforms. Families are just avatars in the same virtual room. Touch has disappeared. Eye contact has been forgotten. Consciousness begins to blur. Reality becomes an option.
And the real world grows darker.
Nuclear strike discussions become commonplace. Every country has its hand on the button. Everyone feels threatened. News spreads conflict rumors daily. Major cities restart evacuation drills. Children learn survival strategies. The world falls into collective panic, and the metaverse becomes the last refuge.
But in the chaos, heroes emerge.
They wear no capes, nor are they funded by billionaires. They are teachers, programmers, philosophers. They have no weapons, only consciousness. These people - called the "Cryptic Circle" - begin to help people "unplug", teach them to breathe, to feel, to remember what "being alive" means. But before awakening others, they first must cleanse their own mental ecology.
Spirituality has become a business. Workshops, courses, "master coins" proliferate. Every meditation center becomes a paid app. Speculators turn healing into performance, draining people's wallets with false promises. People begin to feel betrayed by "inner work", and the term "spirituality" loses meaning.
So these superheroes begin to reshape this field. They return to classic texts, practice silent meditation, help others one-on-one. No price tag, no labels, only pure intent. They are slowly building a new culture - not based on control or escape, but centered on "balance".
Some still believe in the crypto world - not its current state as a casino, but the technology behind it: cryptography, privacy, decentralized value transfer. They still believe these technologies have liberating power. But what pains them most is seeing the crypto world become a scam.
The tools they once considered sacred are now used to deceive the innocent. Worthless meme coins, Ponzi farms on the blockchain, influencers dumping on followers. People lost trust, seeing crypto as a playground of the dark web. The original believers - cryptographers - were shattered.
But they did not give up.
A new movement was born. "Crypto Anarchist Manifesto 2.0"
This is not just text, but a digital charter. A manifesto calling for builders, not speculators. It aims to form an alliance of enterprises adhering to crypto's original spirit - transparency, privacy, value exchange. They begin to build tools, not issue tokens; build systems, not speculate. A new era has begun.
The "Crypto Anarchist Manifesto 2.0" spreads like wildfire through encrypted channels, transmitted via QR code tattoos at underground gatherings, and whispered across zero-knowledge networks. It does not promise wealth, but demands integrity. It criticizes those extremists who have become oligarchs, questioning every project that claims to "change the world" but only aims to pump prices. Most importantly, it reminds the world why Bitcoin—and crypto technology broadly—was originally born: to break the monopoly on "trust".
This underground revival has no glamour. No grand conferences, no internet celebrities, just Git commits, research papers, and anonymous nodes reconnecting like neurons reactivating in a dormant brain. Small collectives gather again in abandoned buildings, forests, and repurposed bunkers. They are not just coding, but also contemplating: Can identity be rebuilt without government intervention? Can a child born in 2030 live a life free from surveillance? Can value distribution escape profit incentives and be achieved solely through protocol incentives?
In this silent storm, the "hidden circle" and "crypto anarchists" begin to converge.
They realize that achieving freedom is not just a technical matter, but must also be spiritual. One cannot meditate in a surveillance society; and if the soul remains hollow, even the most powerful privacy technology is futile. Thus, they began "merging"—code and consciousness as one. They wear no robes, do not build blockchains for billionaires. They create libraries for free thinkers, deploy nodes in temples. Their "law" is online rate, their mantra: "Verify, then trust". Their crypto practice is as sacred, precise, and altruistic as others' prayers.
By 2030, a whisper begins to spread in the most unexpected corners of the earth:
"Decentralized soul."
No one knows its origin, but it becomes the slogan of a new era.
Bitcoiners have built fortresses on their islands—but the true future is being quietly constructed in the ruins, completed by those who still remember "why we set out".
The real restart will not begin from the top, but will sprout from underground. Quietly, persistently, decentralized.
