Bitcoin as an Ethical Response to the Collapse of the Fiduciary Model

Beyond its technical design, Bitcoin represents an ethical stance against the dynamics that led to the 2008 financial collapse and the growing concentration of economic power in centralized actors. It is not just a distributed protocol: it is a structural critique expressed in code form.

Although precursor concepts for digital money existed from previous decades, the Bitcoin white paper in 2008 and its launch in 2009 aligned with the financial crisis, symbolizing a response to instability, without being the only motivation.