Everything the Bitcoin System Constitution defines — sovereignty, exit rights, reserve truth, custody, governance limits — distilled into one page.
Bitcoin solved the double-spending problem without a trusted third party. But the systems built around it — exchanges, bridges, Layer 2 networks — often reintroduce the same dependencies Bitcoin was designed to eliminate.
Hidden leverage. Trapped funds. Custodians who cannot prove their reserves. Governance that never ends. There is no shared standard for what it means to be aligned with Bitcoin's principles.
Final settlement. Savings. The monetary base. Nothing overrides this.
Fast payments for daily use. Simple by design. Funds must always be withdrawable to Layer 1.
Experimentation. Tokenized systems. Optional risk, clearly labeled.
Value moves up for utility. Value must always be able to move down for safety.
No committee, no approval, no identity check.
Reserves and liabilities, independently verifiable, on a published schedule.
No single key, no single company, no single jurisdiction.
Must be labeled as credit. Can never be disguised as Bitcoin.
Bitcoin, a claim, a utility balance, a credit instrument — clearly distinguished.
Plain transfer at the core. No mandatory smart contract mediation.
Amendments 5 years. Governance 25 years. Full ossification 30 years.
Centralization must decrease over time.
A bridge is not safe just because it connects two safe systems.
No retroactive erasure. No pretending it never happened.
It is a constitutional standard. It defines the rules for building.