The Network Effects of Progress: How an Undilutable Monetary Network Captures and Distributes Human Achievement Progress is networked. When someone in Tokyo makes a breakthrough, when Lagos develops a new solution, or São Paulo creates an innovation - that advancement doesn't exist in isolation. It adds to humanity's total capabilities. Traditional financial systems, however, are designed to siphon off the benefits of these innovations via money printing and funnel them through a parasitic bureaucratic class that profits from maintaining and fostering a mindset of apathy, dependence, and frankly hopelessness. This isn't a bug - it's a core feature of modern financial systems that concentrate the gains of human progress into the hands of those who manage and control the money rather than those who create value. Bitcoin fundamentally changes this dynamic by creating an undilutable monetary network where the benefits of human progress anywhere can be captured and shared by participants everywhere. Think of it as a global system that converts humanity's advancing capabilities into increased purchasing power for all holders. This creates an unprecedented feedback loop: Innovation happens anywhere in the world, the network captures the value of that progress, each unit becomes more powerful, which then incentivizes more innovation. This cycle repeats, compounding forever. Unlike traditional money which gets diluted through printing, this network ensures that as humanity becomes more capable - whether through AI, space exploration, biotech, or any other advance - the purchasing power of each unit increases to reflect our growing capabilities. As we expand to the stars, develop new technologies, and push the boundaries of what's possible, every participant in the network benefits from our species' collective achievement. Every improvement in solar tech in Shenzen, every new space factory around Earth, every breakthrough in quantum computing - all of it gets reflected in the global network's value. A key signal of this progress manifests in falling prices. In a world of genuine technological advancement, prices should naturally fall as innovation overcomes initial constraints. When something was once "too expensive," that price signal spurs human ingenuity to find solutions. This constant innovation - whether through new technology, better processes, or novel approaches - means each unit of money should command more resources and capabilities over time. Falling prices are progress made visible through the monetary network. If you hold Bitcoin you are just beginning to experience that, it will keep appreciating beyond speculation and fiat money printing and each sat will gain more capability per unit. Under a Bitcoin Standard, ALL human progress would be reflected this way - through increasing "purchasing power" - the power to do more things with the same monetary unit. The implications are profound: Creating a system that aligns global incentives, rewards innovation universally, distributes progress fairly, and accelerates human advancement. The real beauty lies in the compounding effect: Each advance builds on previous ones, creating an ever-accelerating cycle of progress. Your money becomes a direct stake in humanity's growing capabilities - like owning a piece of human progress itself. This is the true promise of Bitcoin: A monetary network that grows stronger with every human achievement, allowing everyone who participates to share in the boundless potential of human progress. Money is truly an ingenious invention - on the level of fire - it coordinates human activity and when it is sound money, not with built-in theft, a tool to uplift all of us.