ACT I: The ‘Crypto-Colony Starter Pack’
Puerto Rico, where the sunsets are free but the land might belong to someone named Chad from Palo Alto.
Where the hurricanes come and go, but the tax havens stay.
Where the slogan is now:
“Welcome to Puerto Rico — crypto-native, power-negative.”
ACT II: Timechain of the Boricua revolución
(Chronologically Sorted, Like a Blockchain — but more ethical.)
1901 – Gonzalo Aponte, Taxation Rebel Before It Was Cool
Started resisting U.S. colonial taxation by refusing to pay in U.S. dollars and instead trying to mint pesos out of coconuts. Arrested for attempted coconspiracy.
1937 – Pedro Albizu Campos: Proof-of-Resistance Pioneer
Leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party, Albizu didn’t need an NFT collection — he minted real resistance with real consequences.
He opposed U.S. colonial rule so hard, the FBI probably still has a desk lamp dedicated to him.
If he’d had $BTC4PR, he would’ve bought a drone with it.
1950 – The Jayuya Uprising: When Forking Meant Fighting
Before Bitcoin forks, there were revolutions. Jayuya declared independence for two days before the U.S. sent in military aircraft.
The uprising was short-lived, but it was the first “airdrop” the people of Puerto Rico didn’t ask for.
1954 – Lolita Lebrón: Bullet Transaction on the House Floor
No DeFi, just defiance.
Led a gunfire protest in the U.S. Capitol with fellow nationalists. When arrested, she said:
“I did not come to kill, I came to die for Puerto Rico.”
Try putting that on your crypto whitepaper.
1970s – The Caserio Era: Decentralized Social Experiments
Projects like Residencial Llorens Torres became urban ecosystems where people organized against systemic poverty and government neglect.
No whitepapers, just white rice.
People bartered, bonded, and built with what they had.
2000s – Operation Bootstrap’s Reboot Crashes
Operation Bootstrap promised prosperity but mostly exported Puerto Rican labor and imported corporate tax breaks.
It was like staking your island — and the validator was Walmart.
2017 – Hurricane María: When the Grid Got Rug-Pulled
When the lights went out, no one airdropped help.
People used cash, candles, and courage — while crypto bros flew in talking about “rebuilding with smart contracts.”
Puerto Ricans just wanted water, not whitepapers.
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2021–2023 – Act 60 and the “Crypto Colonizers”
Let’s give millionaires tax breaks so they can “save” Puerto Rico while raising rent 3x.
It’s like staking your culture… and losing custody.
New Rule: If you can’t say “pernil” without choking, you can’t own three Airbnb units in Old San Juan.
📈 ACT III: The $BTC4PR Protocol
This memecoin is the people’s ledger.
A way to track resilience, rage, and reclamación.
Every token minted is a metaphor for every time:
- A grandmother kept the fridge running with a stolen LUMA transformer.
- A student protested tuition hikes with a hand-drawn sign and no AC.
- A young activist translated their trauma into resistance art.
🪙 Suggested Tokenomics (Satirical):
- 1% Reparation Reflection Fee – Redistributed directly to the nearest community fridge.
- 10% Gentrifier Tax – Auto-sent to an escrow wallet locked behind a Spanish proficiency test.
- 50% Burn Event – Every time someone says “Why don’t they just move to the States?”