Aaron Tolentino

Writing

Writing

Papers, essays and fiction on Bitcoin, block space, society and artificial intelligence.

Essay

Bitcoin Communism: The Blake Fork as a First Experiment

After BIP-110 failed, a minority tried to own the definition of money. The replica remains. The market does not.

September 27, 2026· 6 min· Sociology · Bitcoin · Society
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Fiction

The Nine Fingers of Orange Glass

A short story of horror and care: an intelligence built to survive the night, and a man with nine fingers who learns when to let it sleep.

September 26, 2026· 16 min· Fiction
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Essay

Does Bitcoin Have to Fit Our Definition of Money?

Who claimed the right to decide what counts as monetary, and why the fork turned that argument into a trap.

September 20, 2026· 6 min· Bitcoin
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Essay

The Deflation of Intelligence

Machine reasoning is getting cheaper, and the appetite for it is growing faster. Inference deflates; the bill does not.

September 18, 2026· 11 min· AI · Economics
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From Dolores to Satoshi

A Mexican history of money: from cacao and store tokens to Morelos, banknotes, and Bitcoin as the missing piece of monetary independence.

September 16, 2026· 8 min· Essay
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Honest Pricing

A v1 policy for Bitcoin block space — pricing excess witness payload without banning data, filters, or another fork.

September 12, 2026· 12 min· Essay
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Essay

The Bitcoin Paradox: How We Became What We Swore to Destroy

Bitcoin’s real paradox is not technical — it is human: how a culture of dissent built its own purity tests, status games, and quiet exclusion.

September 8, 2026· 6 min· Essay
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Bitcoin at Seventeen: Growing Up After Bitcoin’s Civil Schism

A reflection on BIP-110, the fork, Bitcoin orthodoxy, decentralization, and what it means for Bitcoin to grow up without losing what made it valuable.

August 28, 2026· 18 min· Essay
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Paper

Magi: Bitcoin Pattern on Anarchic Servers and Primitive Agentic Markets

Proposes a finite digital object for voxel worlds whose issuance is disciplined by a verifiable Bitcoin reserve, analyzing economies shared by humans and autonomous NPCs.

August 27, 2026· Bitcoin · AI & Automation
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Paper

Structural Shift in Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin mining is undergoing a structural transformation as debt-financed Bitcoin demand unwinds and energy allocation is repriced under tighter capital conditions.

March 29, 2026· Bitcoin · Technology
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Paper

Consensus Community

An exploration of the community of consensus and how it is reshaping the world.

March 3, 2026· Society · Governance
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Paper

Computational War

An exploration of how computation, algorithms, and digital infrastructure are reshaping modern warfare and geopolitical conflict.

February 27, 2026· Technology · Governance
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Paper

The Battle of Two Kings: Maximum Profit vs Optimal Profit

A strategic exploration of why maximizing profits is no longer the winning business model, and why the economy of the 21st century rewards optimal profit, customer-centric operations, and transparency.

November 23, 2025· Economics · Innovation
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Wealth Speed Accumulation

Thoughts on the consequences of speed in wealth accumulation in times of central banking.

November 2, 2025· Governance · Economics
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Dual Liquidity in Bitcoin Forks

A comprehensive study on liquidity mechanisms in Bitcoin forks and their implications for the ecosystem.

November 1, 2025· Bitcoin
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Paper

Liberalism vs Conservatism in Bitcoin

Current political philosophies and their influence on the Bitcoin ecosystem.

October 5, 2025· Bitcoin · Governance
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Paper

Liquid Proof of Work Staking

An innovative proposal for combining Bitcoin mining with liquid staking mechanisms to enhance network security and provide additional utility to Bitcoin holders.

October 20, 2024· Bitcoin
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BIP: Partial Non-Fungibility

A technical proposal for enhancing Bitcoin's fungibility through partial non-fungible token capabilities while maintaining core Bitcoin principles.

October 19, 2024· Bitcoin
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