Paul builds on a Turkish pastor's claim that the church there cannot be self-sufficient until it can help believers find a spouse, a job, and a place to bury a father. Drawing on Edward Banfield's radius of trust and Ralph Winter's 1974 Lausanne focus on people groups, he explores how Bitcoin circular economies might widen that radius.
He compares an early merchant who accepts Bitcoin to the person of peace Jesus describes in Luke 10, and notes how Istanbul gives distant seekers a believable reason to visit. Pointing to Bitcoin Beach, he treats Bitcoin as a tool that can lay economic plumbing, while only a real community can answer those questions.
Paul Weaver published this essay on his Substack on June 5, 2026. He is part of the Brilliance Labs network and has given us permission to share his work. This summary is ours; the essay is his.