Decay
if money is crystallized human energy, then storage becomes the paramount concern. every form of decay represents irretrievable loss of human life force. the search for perfect money is the search for perfect storage.
Physical Decay
the material world is in constant entropy:
• paper money deteriorates and burns
• real estate crumbles and requires maintenance
• art degrades and can be destroyed
• physical goods rust and rot
• hard drives fail and corrupt
Environmental Decay
nature constantly erodes stored value:
• fires consume wealth
• earthquakes demolish infrastructure
• storms wreck improvements
• climate change threatens assets
• time degrades everything physical
Trust Decay
human systems inevitably degrade:
• custodians prove untrustworthy
• agreements get broken
• promises are forgotten
• relationships deteriorate
• systems get captured
Monetary Decay
fiat systems are designed to leak value:
• debasement dilutes value
• monetary policy redistributes wealth
• financial friction extracts fees
• currency controls trap value
• systemic risk threatens everything
Human Decay
our own imperfections compromise storage:
• passwords are forgotten
• keys get misplaced
• mistakes are made
• death creates succession problems
• human error is inevitable
The Quest for Perfect Storage
understanding money as energy crystallizes our requirements:
• environmentally impervious
• trustlessly secure
• monetarily incorruptible
• human error resistant
The Mathematical Solution
bitcoin achieves perfect storage through pure mathematics:
The Storage Imperative
if money is human life energy, then imperfect storage is more than inefficient - it's moral failure. every unit of value lost to decay represents irretrievable human effort, creativity, and time. the imperative to find perfect storage isn't just financial - it's ethical. bitcoin isn't just better money - it's better preservation of human life force.