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Explore 38 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.
Les 3 livres qui ont changé ma vie : ma trilogie de la souveraineté
À vingt-trois ans, j'avais un poste correct, un salaire qui tombait chaque mois et l'impression tenace d'avoir signé pour une vie que je n'avais pas vraiment choisie. Trois livres ont fait voler…
The Hive or the Archipelago
A world without rival nation-states offers the mobile individual no leverage. Competition between jurisdictions is what protects the sovereign individual; a unified global system would strip away his only asset: the ability to leave.
The Locked Door
Authority that cannot be refused is not earned but endured. A functioning society requires that citizens retain the right to leave, which disciplines both rulers and markets in ways no other mechanism can replicate.
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.
Praxeozoology: Animal Spirits Finally Explained
Have you ever wondered what really drives human behavior? Are we creatures of reason, calmly weighing our choices in pursuit of optimal outcomes, or are we…
Can We Ever Really Own Ideas? Action-Based Property
Can we ever really own ideas? 🤔…
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…
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…
Stumble
June 24th, 2052 – Somewhere along the Mediterranean Coast…
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 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…
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…
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……
Response to revolutionary publishers
My response to 'revolutionary publishers' shilling AI.
So, where is everybody? How Bitcoin solves Fermi Paradox
Roughly eighty years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi pondered intelligent life beyond ourselves.
The Noderoid Saga: Dreamers
I am a noderoid, a half-flesh, half-machine creature harnessed to propagate and store the timechain.
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.
The Fable of the Tyrant Alchemist
First, the quiet came. Each day, the markets grew quieter, the people hungrier.
The 8th Wonder of the World: 1111 Peace Park Project
The band of warriors relied on the incorruptible time chain and sympathetic resonance.
The Dao of Bitcoin: Towards a Cosmology of Energy Money
For money to have meaning it needs to have a relationship to energy.
Is the counterfeiter a criminal or a hero?
In a system where money is no longer backed by tangible assets, counterfeiting is everywhere.
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.
Decoding Bitcoin: A Journey Through its Metaphors and Mechanisms
How do we explain Bitcoin? With metaphors. Lots and lots of them. We’re already about a decade and a half into the life of Bitcoin and…
The Galactic Playbook
External Memo 263 from the Emerging Civilizations Council (ECC)…
Musings on the Human Condition
It is not weird that religions have gained a foothold when we realize how improbable each of us is.
Harnessing Computing Operations To Curb Wasted Resources
Bitcoin miners are the dung beetles of the energy world — the ultimate waste reduction tool.
Bitcoin, the Barrow Scale, and a Great Future
Before conquering Mars, we need to conquer outer space.
Unstoppamoney: The Internet's Heroic Journey to Peer-to-Peer Commerce
I've been a denizen of the online world since 1995, a time when the internet was still a novelty, and the possibilities it held seemed boundless…
The Hidden Plunder: Unveiling the Devastating Effects of Inflation
Understand the destructive power of inflation and the consequences of central planning.