---- On Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:09:01 -0700 Daveed Benjamin wrote ----

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your thoughtful response and the reading list. I appreciate the perspective you bring regarding Bitcoin’s socio-political implications. However, I wanted to clarify that my suggestion involves leveraging Bitcoin’s new information layer—something that may not be addressed in the sources you referenced.

As of January 2023, Casey Rodarmor introduced Ordinal Theory, which enables data—beyond financial transactions—to be stored as digital artifacts on the blockchain. This makes the data uncensorable, immutable, and accessible for the foreseeable future.

Just to be clear, I wasn’t proposing that Bitcoin be mentioned in the open letter itself. My suggestion to post the letter on Bitcoin’s blockchain is about preserving the message for posterity, not promoting Bitcoin ideologically as a currency. Given the cost of storage on Bitcoin, it's best suited for small amounts of data, such as identifiers and critical text fragments—which makes it ideal for something like an open letter.

We’d also post the letter on Medium (or a dedicated webpage), LinkedIn, and promote it across social media channels. Using Bitcoin Ordinals, however, as a permanent backup creates a permanent record that can’t be removed or altered. Additionally, with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies becoming policy discussions, posting to Bitcoin could attract the attention of the next president’s cryptocurrency advisory council—an audience whose alignment could be strategically valuable.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on how we might ensure the letter reaches the right people, while also staying true to the values of a people-centered internet.