Niko LaamanenFounder, Publisher at Konsensus Network

How Bitcoin Could Change Sci Fi Storytelling Forever

8 Feb 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, the speaker argues that if Bitcoin were the primary digital exchange in the universe of his anthology story "The Big Slash," the negative events depicted could not occur because a truly decentralized network would preclude the necessary conditions. He emphasizes that decentralization imposes concrete constraints on world‑building, eliminating plot devices that rely on centralized control or manipulable digital systems. The conversation then shifts to a critique of Golden Age science‑fiction, which the speaker characterizes as focusing on superficial tropes such as scantily‑clad women and alien‑sex scenes with laser pistols, implying that modern, Bitcoin‑informed storytelling can move beyond these clichés toward more plausible, technology‑grounded narratives.

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But it's, it's very clear in, in The Big Slash, the story I did for the anthology, that none of the bad things that are described in that could have happened if Bitcoin was the primary form of digital exchange.
Yeah.
Um, because there are all elements that are not possible in a truly decentralized network.
Yeah.
Um, and so I, I think what's most important for, uh, for my type of science fiction writing, you know, there, there's Golden Age sci-fi, which was, um, which was more about Um, uh, women in bikinis and, and guys, uh, sleeping with aliens with a, with a laser pistol.