Read freely
Explore 67 pieces of timechain fiction, economics, and freedom published by Konsensus.
Another Brick Through Our Window
The Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation took effect in August 2026, making it impossible for Konsensus to distribute printed books across EU borders. The company is winding down print sales and selling stranded stock at production cost.
How to Sell More Books on Amazon KDP (Before You Spend a Dollar on Ads)
Most self-published books fail to convert the traffic they receive. A strong listing strategy—title, description, keywords, categories, and A+ Content—compounds the effect of any marketing spend.
Why We Tore Down The House and Rebuilt It from the Ground Up
Konsensus has rebuilt its website from scratch to reflect its core values: empowering sovereign individuals, protecting privacy, and simplifying how authors publish and readers access books. The new site removes tracking, gives authors complete ownership, and integrates publishing, bookselling, and reading in a single lean operation.
Nemesys
A few days ago, I was sentenced to death. They offered me a choice — the firing squad, or a one-way voyage into the dark.
Stop Waiting, Start Publishing
Why freedom-minded creators should publish a book — and the three paths that get it into readers' hands.
Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property
Can we ever really own ideas? 🤔…
A Brief History of Bitcoin Books and Publishing
The history of Bitcoin publishing through a timeline of key books and publications.
Beneath the Fall
Rayleigh smacked the wad of quintillion dollar notes on the table in front of her. ‘You are pushing your God damned luck! You do know this…
Crushing
Marvin eyed the news as he sipped coffee at the counter of his favorite diner, sunlight washing across the seats to his right and signaling the…
Daria’s Delightful Dancing Emporium
The letter lay on Daria’s welcome mat. The fact that the Corporation had sent a physical letter meant they were serious. Paper equated to legal ruling…
Dreaming Big
‘Welcome to the Hammock Room,’ said the Factotum, pushing the door open. It was gloomy inside, like the Sleeping Bag room had been, only the walls…
Fork War
Date: May 7, 3011 Standard…
Infinite Debt
The train shuddered to a halt, its worn-out levitation systems groaning under the weight of too many passengers. Zarah pressed her face against the smudged window…
Proxy — Temet Nosce
‘Big day ahead?’ the security guard at the front desk asked, looking up from his book and gesturing at the extra-large coffee in Ada’s hand…
Self-Immolation to Self-Custody
Nasser pushed in, twisted the knob, and clicked the sparker until the burner caught fire. His 49-year-old frame leaned on the stove to help support the…
Stumble
June 24th, 2052 – Somewhere along the Mediterranean Coast…
Supplying the Slugs
‘ 错误. 错误. 错误, ’ the digital translator flashed. Error, in Chinese…
The Big Slash
I was in a grocery store when The Big Slash happened. I was bagging my own groceries at the self-checkout stand, as is the right of…
The Confisco
The hangover was still clouding Max’s mind when he woke up that day to a thin sliver of light coming through the window. The party was…
The Currency of a Childhood
Children are the future, so that is why we buy them…
The Final Monopoly
Congratulations! You won, you did it, you have everything. Literally everything. Turns out unlimited growth works when there are no checks and balances to stop it…
The Fixer: Medical Device Exorcist
It’s that kind of crappy day: so cold the rain’s freezing to the windows and the roads are gridlocked. I don’t drive, and sometimes gridlock is…
The Last Days
The woman sold her son for a bag of wheat. She pushed him towards the soldiers, snatched the bag, and turned on her heel. Her eyes…
The Last Node
‘I’ll do it,’ Ada said, stretching out her palm with steely resolve…
The Rainmaker
There were two times when my knee bothered me: when it was going to rain — which for the past twenty-plus years after The Collapse was…
The Vision Solution
I could hear the drones in the sky above me. Surrounded by hundreds of people on this city street, it was irrational to believe they were…
UNDERWORLD
Fabian Sixsmith leaned closer to the screen. A couple of white pixels fizzed through the frame, and the hairs on his arm prickled. It had to…
We Are Living Well
A note lay on our front step. On the underside were these words: Come to the garden now…
Yourself Myself E-self
By the fifth meeting, no one around the table is real…
Supernova
Dolora closed the last of the feeds. Nothing but personal ads and the usual organs and eggs. The lump in her throat hummed. Down, she told…
Leopold Bebchuk: coins, currencies, social currencies, and cryptocurrencies
A wide-ranging interview with artist Leopold Bebchuk covering art and bitcoin.
Brian Hirschfield Interview: Bitcoin for Institutions
Interview with Brian Hirschfield on institutional Bitcoin adoption.
The Echo of Tomorrow — Part One
Join Mia, a girl longing for a world of love, freedom, and truth, on a thought-provoking journey into the unknown, where she confronts a disturbing future……
Who Let the Bitcoin Dogs Out
Macaron returns, fluffs his white linen napkin, and takes his seat at their table.
Response to revolutionary publishers
My response to 'revolutionary publishers' shilling AI.
The Baked Goods and Bitcoin of Skirophoria
When Caleb regained consciousness, he wasn't sure where he was or even what decade he was in.
Diamond Hands
I woke suddenly, my phone vibrating angrily on the bedside table. A call in the dead of night.
From Time to the Timechain
An interview with Philip Charter, author of 15 Shades of Time.
Legacy
When my father died, an entire ecosystem of beneficiaries withered.
The Construct
He had been sent to this forgotten part of the country to examine blueprints for a construct he would never fully understand.
The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain.
Doxa
South of the Aleutian Chain and over the trench, a man is reminded of how central the sun is to his life.
Home Base
I'm sure you've all heard the stories about the Phoenix. About the notorious figures that have cut its rugs.
Shiro
An American military jet slips in from the sea, past the grim old monoliths that ring Rapa Sat Island.
Transit
Viktor peeled out of his training gear in the tiny hygiene pod. Then the first dull thud hit the door.
Panama One
Ricardo Castillo climbed the last few steps to the observation deck of Panama Four.
Behemoth
The massive ship had just docked their home, Steadfast #2, and Flint Molvesper was ready to board.
The Last Mugging
Fraser Carver, 23, of Toronto, was sentenced today to five years for his 2072 mugging.
Jo buys a planet
Why the hell would you ever buy it? It's just a piece of rock in deep space.
The Journal's Alchemists
I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
To Have and to Hodl
A Maldives honeymoon goes from sats on the beach to boating accident.
The Fable of the Tyrant Alchemist
First, the quiet came. Each day, the markets grew quieter, the people hungrier.
Digital Gold
A dog day afternoon. Not the movie, but the day that Max was living.
The Bitcoin Overlay
In a dystopian future, a man caught between two worlds must help guide those on the fringes.
The 8th Wonder of the World: 1111 Peace Park Project
The band of warriors relied on the incorruptible time chain and sympathetic resonance.
Are We or Are We Not
There was a genuine reason to work the code words in seamlessly.
Satoshi's Ghost
The bright orange of the box-like machine emits a glow that draws them both.
Lowery Station Terminal
I don't know about saints, but the saving part is real — not in a biblical way.
Bitterfly
Hidden deep in the meanders of a sophisticated script was the information the press clamoured for.
A matter of survival
One early December morning, Dad came home with a triumphant grin. We're moving to Sabina!
The Ballad of Sir Coinalot and the slaying of Inflarion
In a far off land of knights and knaves, a lowly peasant tilled the soil.
The US of A 2120
It's amazing how effective the government can get when taxation becomes voluntary.
Hello World
Before the ocean and the earth appeared — the face of nature was naught but chaos.
How Konsensus Network Was Born
It was February 2018. I had just burned my hands playing with shitcoins. Depressed. Defeated. But I didn't know how to quit, so I picked myself…
Eye in the Sky
“We should have gone there instead,” Simon Derwall complained…
Inception
Bitcoin and stories are much alike. They can be described in powerful simplicity or astonishing complexity. Both are unique developments in human history and feed our…
The Galactic Playbook
External Memo 263 from the Emerging Civilizations Council (ECC)…