Excerpt from Nemik’s Manifesto that reminded me of Bitcoin and Buddhism: “Remember this, Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrection are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy.” Something about the spontaneously without instruction particularly reminds me of the core of what all religion is working towards. And I also feel Bitcoin has this essence. Yes it has a protocol and rules, but the way it functions and flows feels spontaneous, uncontrollable, almost random in how it has a “life of its own”