Bitcoin as spooky “roundabout way”:
On Halloween 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper detonated a paradigm shift, presenting Bitcoin as a cryptographic marvel to transform finance.

„All we can do is by some sly roundabout way, introduce something that they can’t stop.“ - Hayek

Laid bare was a p2p electronic cash system, designed to sidestep traditional banking controls through decentralization. The whitepaper hit amidst the global financial crisis, highlighting Bitcoin’s fixed supply (21m) as a counter to inflationary fiat currency. Bitcoin's advent tackled double-spending while removing intermediaries, birthing a movement around self-sovereignty.