I attended a gala dinner last week at Reggia di Venaria, a massive royal palace once home to the Kings of Italy. As I stood beneath the chandeliers of power that no longer rules, I thought: this is what sovereignty used to look like. The House of Savoy unified Italy in 1861. In 1946, the monarchy was abolished. Today, the palace is a museum. A memory. A lesson. Walking past a crown in a glass box, I thought about what I now know about Bitcoin. Because Bitcoin, like Italy’s unification, wasn’t handed down—it was built by people who refused to be ruled. Italy was unified by war, fire, strategy, and vision. Bitcoin is being unified by code, consensus, and global conviction. Italy traded kings for a republic. Bitcoin skips the crown entirely. It runs on math, not monarchy. From Venaria to the blockchain—the story of power is changing. Not from one ruler to another… …but from rulers to rules. Bitcoin isn’t the next crown. It’s the last crown. #Bitcoin #Sovereignty #ENCALS2025 #Italy