Part 4/17:
The Philosophy and Cosmology of Bitcoin: Trust, Faith, and Reality
When asked about the metaphysical underpinnings of Bitcoin, Cyprian presents a rich philosophical reflection. He emphasizes that Satoshi Nakamoto’s white paper describes a system designed to allow two parties to transfer value over a communication channel without intermediaries—built upon cryptographic proof rather than trust.
He draws a key distinction: trust is interpersonal and reputation-based, whereas faith is a foundational assumption about reality itself. In this view, Bitcoin embodies a system based on faith—faith that certain mathematical and cryptographic truths will remain constant, much like trust in the rising sun or the fundamental laws of logic.