Bitcoin is built off of two cryptographic primitives. They implement rights/powers in software. Here's a good example to grasp the idea: instead of asking the

Bitcoin is built off of two cryptographic primitives. They implement rights/powers in software. Here's a good example to grasp the idea: instead of asking the government not to read your emails (petitioning for the right of privacy) implement symmetric cryptography. You achieve the right instead of asking for it. Each cryptographic primitive does so and they can be connected up in ways that achieve more rights (Proof-of-Work>>Mining>>Cryptocurrency) Shameless: http://inbitbox.com http://inbitbox.com