This is finally out, and not before time! [Foreign Policy, paywalled]
That was originally my placeholder headline, which I was sure they’d replace with something punchier. Evidently it was up to the task.
$5-and-up patrons will have read my original submitted version of this story nine days ago. The final version is barely edited — though we did add last-second updates from Bitcoin 2024 — so evidently I got it mostly right the first time.
Not “weird,” all right?
