A source can establish a theory, protocol fact, technical context, or planning principle. It cannot establish a local outcome outside its scope.
Jason P. Lowery
Role: Primary source for the attributed power-projection theory.
Boundary: A novel theory and hypothesis-generating work, not proof of an urban outcome.
Satoshi Nakamoto
Role: Primary protocol source for hash-based proof of work and transaction ordering.
Boundary: Does not establish land, housing, grid, resilience, or public-policy effects.
Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor
Role: Foundational processing-cost reference.
Boundary: Technical background, not evidence for a municipal project.
Adam Back
Role: Technical antecedent cited by the Bitcoin white paper.
Boundary: Technical background, not evidence for a local energy or land-use outcome.
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Role: Public energy-demand reference used to discipline infrastructure claims.
Boundary: National context does not establish the performance of a specific grid or project.
Committee on the Global Financial System
Role: Reference for the multiple drivers of property prices.
Boundary: Does not isolate a local Bitcoin effect or a single measurable monetary premium.
Jason P. Lowery
Role: Original November 1, 2021 conceptual graphic supplied as an owner reference.
Boundary: Reference and attribution only. The supplied image is not republished by Civic Bitcoin.
Congress for the New Urbanism
Role: Primary source for the region; neighborhood, district, and corridor; and block, street, and building scales.
Boundary: Planning reference. CNU text and imagery are not reproduced beyond attributed description.