Since day one, crypto has been on a mission bigger than just making transactions faster or cheaper. It's fundamentally about human empowerment—giving people real control over their own lives and assets.

Here's something interesting: the concept of "empowerment" that crypto is built around? It wasn't invented in 2009. It was already at the heart of the Pirate Party's philosophy, which predates crypto itself. The parallel is striking—both movements share the same core belief that power should be distributed, not concentrated in the hands of a few gatekeepers.

Crypto didn't invent the dream of decentralization and individual sovereignty. It simply gave us the tools to finally make it real.