Opinion
[1]Bitcoiners must take the plunge of no return and enter a world where bitcoin is the only form of money they interact with.
Bitcoiners must take the plunge of no return and enter a world where bitcoin is the only form of money they interact with.
This is an opinion editorial by Interstellar Bitcoin, a contributor to Bitcoin Magazine.
In 1519, Hernán Cortés[5] led a Spanish army to modern-day Mexico to conquer the Aztec Empire. Upon landfall, two leaders mutinied to return to Cuba at the order of the governor who had commissioned the fleet Cortés led. In response, Cortés scuttled his fleet[6] to forestall any future mutiny by closing the sole path of retreat.
Against all odds, Cortés went on to defeat an opposing force of over 300,000 Aztecs, a few thousand Spaniards, superior military technology, an unforeseen smallpox outbreak, and shrewd political alliances ultimately prevailed.
Many of those on the expedition had never seen combat before, including Cortés himself. Historians will point to August 13, 1521, as the final victory of the Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire. However, Cortés truly won the moment he “burned the ships.”
At its core, the metaphor of “burning the ships” represents the point of no return: the psychological commitment to crossing a line in the sand[7] once and for all. Beyond this event horizon[8], there can be no hedging or looking over
