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Scott Dedels

I'm one month away from releasing my next book.
Civilization can be viewed as an immense coordination problem across time.
The mechanical clock was an innovation that enabled a standardization of agreement on sequence but the cost of that innovation was our base understanding of reality.
Time is not what we’ve been told it is.
Bitcoin fixes something much bigger than money.
It is the foundation for a civilization that forms consensus differently.
We are entering the age of time.
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2026-03-08 23:03:54 UTC

2026-03-08 17:06:00 UTC

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Bitcoin

2026-03-07 15:16:17 UTC

Before we built machines that measured time, we lived inside time itself.

2026-03-02 01:15:05 UTC

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Is that like a knock knock joke?

2026-02-28 01:35:23 UTC

Civilization is a shared agreement about sequence.

2026-02-26 21:22:23 UTC

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History as a ledger is remarkably brittle. Bitcoin is a form of incorruptible record keeping grounded in the consumption of energy.

2026-02-26 18:52:48 UTC

Bitcoin anchors the past in energy.

2026-02-25 14:39:42 UTC

The industrial clock severed us from the sky.

2026-02-24 19:30:56 UTC

The arrow of time may be perception.
Sequence is agreement.

2026-02-20 19:09:53 UTC

The daily commute is a mass humiliation ritual.
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2026-02-20 15:16:56 UTC

The mind assembles moments. Bitcoin assembles history.

2026-02-20 04:47:14 UTC

Linear time feels real because the interface is convincing.

2026-02-19 18:22:33 UTC

You cannot build cathedrals if you think in quarters.

2026-02-18 15:12:06 UTC

Civilization is accumulated meaning passed through lineage.
Proof of work.
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2026-02-18 03:07:51 UTC

The greatest illusion of the modern world is not money. It is time.

2026-02-16 14:13:08 UTC

Bitcoin is not digital gold. It is synchronized memory.

2026-02-14 15:27:25 UTC

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2026-02-13 18:21:08 UTC

Time is not a fundamental force. It is the result of an ordering process that happens in the mind.

2026-02-13 17:14:56 UTC

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Glad to hear it! Thanks for reading :)

2026-02-13 15:41:30 UTC

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We’re still in the early days of understanding Bitcoin as a species. It absolutely has applications beyond money
#nevent1q…qdxc

2026-02-13 15:40:52 UTC

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Bitcoin is a new way of creating consensus about the order of events at scale. This is exactly what time keeping is for.

2026-02-12 21:20:17 UTC

Bitcoin is the first system in history where time is an emergent property of consensus rather than authority.

2026-02-12 15:28:14 UTC

What’s really going on with Bitcoin behind the scenes has to be stranger than fiction.
Governments and Central bankers 100% understand what it represents. High likelihood many high profile people in the space have hidden agendas and hidden masters.
Whatever we see on tv or in print is narrative not truth.
We rationalize the behaviour of an asset based on an incomplete picture driven by our internal need for certainty.
We abstract it to bars and lines and measure its value in numbers.
Bitcoin is an idea and we are trying to quantify its dissemination.

2026-02-09 21:40:01 UTC

Bitcoin solves a much bigger problem than money.
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2026-02-09 17:37:44 UTC

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We will be illuminating the machine do the masses this April

2026-02-05 18:01:10 UTC

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Is Trump not the final grifter boss?

2026-02-05 16:15:24 UTC

We’re watching the end of altcoins.
Ground to dust and scattered to the wind.
The AI economy runs on lightning.
There may be other payment networks but not ones where value accrues to token holders.
The monetary singularity starts with the sudden realization that bitcoins value gravity in the online world is inescapable.

2026-02-04 15:58:35 UTC

Bitcoin is looking for a floor. It is not a number, even though charts try to abstract it into one.
The bottom is when collective desperation, agony, and panic wash away and are replaced with a sense of calm.
The worst is over. When that happens resilience, conviction, rationality step in and sew the most important seed.
Hope.
We are not separate individuals. The market is a collective consciousness. A soup of all of our fear and greed.
The numbers help our rational minds anchor to a structure to try and make sense of this process but it is itself irrational and nonnumerical.
Cycles are a ceremony.

2026-01-31 22:16:28 UTC

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Feeling like things are about to get really interesting

2026-01-31 03:40:32 UTC

How’s everyone enjoying the singularity?

2026-01-23 13:20:13 UTC

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This was a very thoughtful interview, Jake leads a great conversation
#nevent1q…553r

2026-01-23 13:18:14 UTC

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Thanks so much for having me on for this conversation Jake

2026-01-16 16:18:30 UTC

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I gave this presentation on that topic in 2024 you might enjoy it
https://youtu.be/KMVi4oiQQLI?si=uvRLlMXe_19UA-I_

2026-01-16 15:48:32 UTC

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We’re in the early stages of that curve where it still produces asymmetry. When everyone has it, it becomes meaningless. AIs outperforming AIs. It would be like an NBA player scoring 100 points in a WBNA game. Would it matter which player it was? Would we be impressed?

2026-01-16 15:28:05 UTC

There is a tidal wave of AI web traffic coming to every industry, every vertical, every profession. An ocean of meaninglessness. AI is the anti-proof of work.
I used to think Bitcoin and AI was a collision of infinite value with a finite system to measure it sensibly. The real battle of consciousness will be discerning real value and imagined.
Proof of work. The idea that energy consumption and expended effort creates something worth something.
Even on X, more and more people are passing of chat created tweets as their own. It’s probably in most cases not because they are intellectually cheating- but because the battle itself obscures in each of us what “work” actually is.
As it simmers to a boil, we reach the collective realization that “work” is not a spectrum, and neither is value.
There is actual value and that value is worth something entirely different than its counterpart.
There is bitcoin and there are other forms of measuring value which at some point in the near future will mean nothing.
The awakening to proof of work is the solution to the impending crisis of meaning and that will be AIs most significant gift to humanity.
A reconnection to meaning and purpose by showing us all what those things are not.

2026-01-14 18:26:37 UTC

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Reels are not meaning, they are the search for meaning.

2026-01-14 17:34:49 UTC

Social media spawned the surveillance economy and later the reality where creating a reel became a serious profession for people. We're living through the birth of the Wall-E world. Where AI brainrot is just contagious enough that we either can't notice or won't call out the fact that most of us are already displaced and obsolete. We are headed towards a crisis of meaning as a species. We are meant to create and have purpose. We are meant to connect with each other in community. Life is supposed to be slow enough that we can stop and smell the roses. Reels are not human connection. They are not actual productivity. Humanity must find a new way to find the human experience in the increasingly inhuman world we inhabit. McKenna's novelty theory is playing out right now to a crescendo.
We are going to have to talk about how weird it is getting out there.

2026-01-12 18:11:53 UTC

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This is fantastic

2026-01-12 17:23:12 UTC

I really enjoyed this conversation, discussing what I think are the key themes in Dao of Bitcoin
https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-initiation/id1829704095?i=1000744829264

2026-01-11 16:52:39 UTC

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Glad you enjoyed it! The statement here is a variation of the argument that Bitcoin is not an investment because it doesn’t generate cashflow or a yield. Completely missing the point that Bitcoin has value because it is money. In the broader passage it’s obvious he thinks bitcoin is some kind of digital pet rock. Which actually for IBIT holders it actually is, so he’s not totally wrong- he’s just missing a really important part. If you only knew my hat as a cereal bowl you’d think it was crap. But then if you put it on your head you might experience an a-ha moment

2026-01-11 16:52:20 UTC

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2026-01-10 19:04:40 UTC

“Bitcoin can be seen as a zero-coupon perpetual note, something intrinsically worthless.”
Otherwise great read with an astonishing take on Bitcoin. This is where we are with adoption in 2026.
My cereal bowl can been seen as a hat too and that regard it’s not worth much either.
This is the smart people in the room.
So early.
https://www.amazon.com/Price-Time-Real-Story-Interest/dp/0802160069

2026-01-10 17:41:48 UTC

I was at a dinner last night with 8 ultra high net worth individuals. 2 of them owned a few bitcoin and the other 6 none. The two did have literally no idea what they own.
That’s how early we are still.

2026-01-04 16:23:22 UTC

When I originally released Dao of Bitcoin in 2024 there was a niggling feeling of incompleteness. I’ve been working away on a few small changes and today the 2nd edition is available on Amazon.
Predominately DoB is meant to be a discussion about how an understanding of Bitcoin can transform our relationship to the present moment.
New and revised sections hopefully bring that message forward.
The Dao of Bitcoin is a sense of tranquility that accompanies a comprehension of energy money.
https://www.amazon.com/Dao-Bitcoin-Towards-Cosmology-Energy-ebook/dp/B0D2PR6Y7Y
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2025-12-31 19:35:26 UTC

Chicago is a smoking gun for the problem of history. Impossible construction timelines. Few surviving records. The mystery of older maps referencing Chilaga. The Worlds fair of 1893.
https://youtu.be/eiZNh4tEhH4?si=bnrtLexE5T_oq13U

2025-11-11 18:58:02 UTC

Realizing money is fake is step one.
https://youtu.be/dR8Svg71bBo?si=0RDm5RanCd_jShoL

2025-11-10 18:14:00 UTC

If you spent the last 2 weeks worrying about how low the Bitcoin price might go it's worth considering how much energy and attention gets consumed with things completely out of our control.
A young man once asked a Daoist monk how to stop worrying. The monk responded:
"You worry because your mind is grasping for control.
It tries to assert its power over powerless situations and aims to shield you from the imagined dangers of the future.
But we can never see the future for what it will actually bring. The best we can do is imagine. Therefore, worrying is your mind causing itself pain.
There exists one remedy for this affliction, and this is trust.
You must trust that you will meet the problems of the future the same way you have met and overcame the problems of the past.
Problems themselves are an inevitable and natural part of life. Trust that you will overcome them, and you will gain power over your worries."
Bitcoin will go lower and it will go higher. So far entertaining the calls for 87k seem to have been a waste of time. Worrying won't change anything anyways.
The emotional roller coaster that comes with the volatility of Bitcoin is mostly self inflicted and entirely optional.

2025-11-06 20:05:18 UTC

First Nation land claims appear to be calling into question titles of up to 95% of privately owned land in BC. Surrey-Cloverdale MLA Elenore Sturko says the B.C government needs to “come clean” about the number of Aboriginal title claims that could impact private land.
I believe we are in the early stages of a transition away from old 20th century ideas about ownership and how we conceptualize physical things as stores of value. The potential dispute in BC is just one way for people to think about the uncertainty that comes with owning physical property and the danger of having that property be your primary financial asset.
We used to till land and pour our lives into it and the state provided protection of our property rights as a service in return. Over the last 50 years real estate became less about living on and caring for land — and more about financial leverage, speculation, and debt.
What people are mostly trying to do with property ownership today is get ahead. To find peace of mind and plan for the future with certainty.
Bitcoin confers a type of ownership that is in many ways preferential to real estate. You can not live in your Bitcoin but it is much harder to have the rights that come with owning that Bitcoin taken away from you. If your goal is to protect the fruits of your labors, you are better off using something that is non-physical, can't be diluted, portable, ageless, and incredibly difficult to confiscate. As a form of property, Bitcoin is immune to most of the negatives that come with owning real estate.
It's very possible we are in the early stages of a large scale transition that will end our current conception of property ownership and how we think about real estate as a financial tool. Bitcoin already today offers a life raft for those who are willing to let go of how we are used to things working.
Growing cracks in the real estate system — both financial and regulatory — create an opportunity to broaden our understanding of why storing financial energy in the digital realm, though unfamiliar, makes sense.
Bitcoin is much more than an investment. It's a zero to one improvement in property rights.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/11/05/independent-mla-calls-transparency-ndp-aboriginal-title-claims/

2025-10-20 17:56:51 UTC

Had an amazing time this past weekend at the Canadian Bitcoin Conference in Montreal. High signal event with an incredible crowd.
I feel so fortunate that I get opportunities to participate in events like these. Had so many cool interactions with the guests and speakers.
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2025-10-19 23:06:51 UTC

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I am yes, I think it makes perfect sense. I also believe they had some other lost technology for carving sculptures like we see with the ai powered water jets today

2025-10-15 17:28:39 UTC

One of my favourite rabbit holes as a historian is the anomaly of lost architectural knowledge how. If the money is fake and almost nobody realizes it, what should that tell us about history?
https://youtu.be/5el8IpbKqYw

2025-10-11 02:23:38 UTC

I was class of 2020 and the first real dump where I had skin in the game was Elon talking about dumping his btc in May of 21.
I was leveraged and greedy and got absolutely wrecked that day.
Today didn’t feel anything like that. I’m not doing anything degen anymore so it could be my experience of it but I don’t think so.
There was a type of pervasive panic then that didn’t hit today and I was wondering if it would.
This tweet could age like milk but days like today do make me notice how much things have changed in 5 years.

2025-09-30 13:46:00 UTC

https://youtu.be/YHc3gwOUhsQ?si=pzrDzi-_880a1MaY

2025-09-26 18:27:07 UTC

https://youtu.be/7nqJmFFePNc?si=6BTJtweE6jgXdcDI

2025-09-16 15:22:05 UTC

Bitcoin is a tool for long term capital preservation. Generational, timeless capital preservation. It's a hard lesson Bitcoin savers need to learn.
Companies choosing to save in Bitcoin will need to learn the same lesson throughout the DNA of how they make decisions as an organization.
There are no reliable ways to cheat or accelerate what Bitcoin provides. This lesson is equally true for all types of participants.
There are no shortcuts in Bitcoin. This is a feature not a bug.

2025-09-15 19:39:07 UTC

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I can’t even find a good way to find people I want to follow

2025-09-13 19:52:54 UTC

While we focus on who is left and who is right the world we knew is being replaced right under our noses. Our money debased, surveillance society implemented, basic freedoms eroded.
All this stuff is possible because we willingly give our attention to things designed to distract us from the real heist.
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2025-08-21 21:58:06 UTC

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Best decision you’ll ever make

2025-08-18 01:31:57 UTC

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Glad you left it in!

2025-08-17 14:11:49 UTC

Money is a technology we invented to describe the value of energy and time.

2025-08-14 12:20:03 UTC

Today we think of bitcoin as having a price in dollars, so we rationally equate it to other things that also have prices.
We are moving towards a world where we simply think about how much bitcoin things with prices are worth.

2025-08-02 14:18:30 UTC

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😂

2025-07-12 02:54:57 UTC

Got to talk about a few of my favourite subjects on this one.
https://fountain.fm/episode/YbsiTgJe8XNrzsrkbnPt
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2025-07-03 17:00:39 UTC

https://youtu.be/A2VbpNxlFEI?si=Kw9fqeunglc0rq2J

2025-06-21 20:49:47 UTC

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Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

2025-06-08 14:04:29 UTC

Excited to share my presentation from @nprofile…jwv0 2025 “Monetary Entropy & the Variable Value of Time”
https://youtu.be/O4Zebq4hDqk?si=cr85x9mDYKmvGcf4

2025-05-27 14:08:11 UTC

If I told you I owned the Empire State Building, would knowing how to get there jeopardize my ownership of it?

2025-05-22 12:54:28 UTC

It’s September 2025, you sold a Bitcoin for 250k and bought a Lambo.
It’s September 2035, that Lambo cost you $10,000,000.
Pizza day is permanently on repeat.
Plan accordingly.

2025-05-14 12:39:21 UTC

There is no second best.
https://home.cern/news/news/physics/alice-detects-conversion-lead-gold-lhc

2025-05-13 17:51:24 UTC

This week on The Block Reward we are in the studio with the one and only @nprofile…0pem
https://youtu.be/b8Q03u1RP3g?si=gOi_nF79cZKOw8e_

2025-05-07 15:04:47 UTC

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Glad you enjoyed it 😏

2025-05-05 00:37:17 UTC

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Had a ton of fun stepping outside of the bitcoin world to talk about one my favourite rabbit holes. The anomaly of why we stopped building beautiful, timeless buildings
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2025-05-04 18:17:06 UTC

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The greatest lie we’ve been fed is that we are presently living in the apex of civilization

2025-05-04 15:55:22 UTC

https://youtu.be/lNn-6H2ZKxo?si=AAvEhY2RbOnSGfvv

2025-04-27 14:51:11 UTC

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Looking forward to next time!