Tribe Vibe - The Sovereign Edition
This week as we observe global regimes increasingly lashing out in panic, we consider what it means to be a sovereign individual. The 1997 book by the same name predicted much of what we are seeing today, from the fragmentation of Canada, to the increasingly authoritarian behaviour of governments around the world as they desperately try to maintain their control over the monetary and information flow.
This week saw the release of more Epstein files, and many bitcoiners were disappointed to see Adam Back of Blockstream's name in there, along with Michael Saylor's of Strategy B, whose alleged autism seems to have shielded him from closer association with Epstein.
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📈 Trending News
1. Medicaid Fraud - Bitcoin fixes this
The Scoop🕵️♂️: Reports highlight a massive $1 trillion Medicaid fraud case in Maine involving the Somali diaspora, showcasing systemic vulnerabilities in legacy financial monitoring and centralized systems. The scale is massive. Under a fiat monetary system where money is simply digitally “printed” there is no upper limit to this type of fraud.
Why You Should Care🚨: Large-scale fraud in public systems drains resources that should be directed towards the public good (schools, hospitals etc.) and is subsidized by tax payers including low-income earners.
What does this mean for bitcoin?✨: Centralized systems are inherently corrupt. History is awash with examples of fraud and corruption under communist regimes. Bitcoin’s decentralized protocol would force accountability by ensuring that money that is contributed collectively is localized rather than centralized.
📚 Read the article HERE
2. Alberta Independence in the Sovereign Individual
The Scoop🕵️♂️: Alberta’s independence movement, led by groups like the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), is actively collecting signatures for a citizen-initiated referendum on secession from Canada. As of early February 2026, the petition needs 177,732 valid signatures (10% of 2023 provincial election votes) to trigger a potential vote, possibly as early as fall 2026. Organizers report strong turnout at events, though official tallies are pending. Premier Danielle Smith opposes full secession but supports Alberta’s sovereignty within Canada and facilitated the petition process.
Why You Should Care🚨: An independent Alberta could pursue bold economic policies, including adopting sound money principles inspired by Austrian economics. Premier Danielle Smith is a known Bitcoin advocate. Separatist proposals (e.g., from APP) include a new currency backed by gold, oil, and Bitcoin for stability and inflation resistance. This aligns with her pro-freedom, anti-federal-overreach stance, potentially making Alberta a pro-Bitcoin jurisdiction of immense wealth and prosperity.
What does this mean for bitcoin?✨: If successful, an independent Alberta would add another sovereign entity embracing Bitcoin-friendly policies beyond El Salvador. Slowly, then suddenly.
📫 Learn more HERE
3. More Epstein Files Released: Bitcoin Pioneers Mentioned
The Scoop🕵️♂️: Newly released Epstein files mention early connections involving Adam Back and Michael Saylor. The former’s company “Blockstream” appears to have solicited (and received) investment from an Epstein affiliated company, after Epstein was convicted for procuring minors for prostitution. The latter, Saylor, was determined to be “boring” by Epstein as all he could talk about was his yacht he was taking to Cannes. Many suspect that Saylor is on the spectrum, so this squares rather accurately.
Why You Should Care🚨: Many bitcoin start ups took money in the early days from sources that are now deemed suspect. The bigger question is around whether they were aware of this fact and proceeded regardless.
What does this mean for bitcoin?✨: Bitcoin doesn’t care about the morals of who interacts with it, any more than a dollar bill does. The difference is that unlike fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar, none of these players can control the bitcoin protocol.
📖 Read the full story HERE.
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📚 Book Club - Session 3 of Access Tribe Book Club
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🎧 🎥📚 Vibe of the Week - The Sovereign Individual
This week we dive into the prophetic insights of "The Sovereign Individual", a book that predicted that Canada would fracture, governments would try to restrict movement across borders and that a digital currency would eventually render their efforts to control their cash-cows (you, the tax payer) futile.
📺 Check out this short video summarising the book HERE.
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Meme of the Week - When your autism protects you from engagement with sex traffickers
Context HERE
Really solid roundup here. The predictive power of that 97 book is kinda wild when placed against whats actually unfolding with govenment overreach. I saw this play out firsthand when governments tried tightening capital controls during covid. The decentralization angle isnt just philosophical, its becoming structurally necessary as traditional systems prove too fragile for modern information flows.