Satoshi Notebook | Bitcoin Is Orthogonal

Bitcoin Is Orthogonal

bitcoin achieves perfect monetary existence by standing completely orthogonal to physical reality - pure in its financial ontology, untangled from real-world utility, intersecting with physical existence only at the point of value transfer.

The Perpendicular Plane

traditional forms of money are entangled with physical reality - gold serves industry, commodities have utility, fiat requires infrastructure. this entanglement corrupts their monetary essence. bitcoin exists on an entirely different plane.

       bitcoin stands perfectly perpendicular to physical reality - touching it only in the dimension of value transfer, while remaining untethered from any real-world utility or material function.
     

Pure Financial Ontology

bitcoin achieves perfect monetary existence by focusing solely on its role as money:

       • no industrial use cases to consider

       • no physical utility to maintain

       • no real-world functions to fulfill

       • no material properties to preserve

       • pure monetary essence without dilution

The Point of Intersection

while everything else in the world exists primarily in physical reality with monetary properties added on, bitcoin inverts this completely:

       it exists purely in the monetary dimension, intersecting with physical reality only at the precise point of value transfer - the perfect expression of money's essential function.
     

Freedom from Physical Utility

bitcoin's orthogonality creates unique properties never before seen in money:

       • value unaffected by industrial demand

       • function independent of physical properties

       • existence separate from material reality

       • purpose aligned purely with monetary essence

       • perfect focus on value transfer alone

The Monetary Dimension

in standing perpendicular to physical reality, bitcoin reveals the true nature of money - that it exists in its own dimension, separate from the physical world it helps coordinate.

this perfect orthogonality is not a bug but a feature - it allows bitcoin to serve its monetary function with absolute purity, untainted by the compromises that come from serving multiple purposes. in being nothing but money, it becomes perfect money.