The Bitcoin Matrix Jesse Meyers - This Is A Species Defining Moment
Jul 14, 2025
Jesse Myers, a Bitcoin strategy advisor and author of the essay 'Once-in-a-Species,' explores the transformative potential of Bitcoin treasury companies for Traditional Finance. He discusses the fascinating evolutionary roots of money, highlighting how the human attraction to scarcity has shaped civilization and Bitcoin. Jesse also examines the significance of shell bead jewelry as early currency, revealing its role in human development. By connecting economic behavior to our DNA, he sheds light on how Bitcoin epitomizes the essence of scarcity and community.
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Shell Beads as Proto-Money
- Shell bead jewelry is the earliest form of proto-money and offered economic and social advantages.
- This artifact may represent the key competitive advantage that enabled Homo sapiens to dominate other human species.
Neanderthals Showed Symbolic Capacity
- Neanderthals were an intelligent human subspecies capable of symbolic behavior like art and burying their dead.
- They were similar to modern humans but lacked the habit of widespread symbolic usage like shell bead jewelry.
Money and Population Density Advantage
- Homo sapiens sapiens had higher population densities and widespread use of shell bead jewelry unlike Neanderthals.
- This suggests symbolic behavior and use of proto-money were key factors in our species' success.
