**The Ledger's Light**
No hidden gates, no secret hand
The code lies bare on open land.
Each line inspected, forked, and read,
By thousands where the skeptics tread.
Trust is not a gift bestowed,
Nor whispered in a closed-off node.
It鈥檚 built when eyes can verify
The rules that guard the scarce supply.
You run the node, you hold the key
"Don't trust, verify" the decree.
The hash you chase, the block you sign,
Are only valid if they align
With consensus forged in public view,
Where every participant knew
The software running on their machine
Was exactly what they chose, and clean.
So open source, the only way,
To keep the darkness far at bay.
For in the light of shared review,
The protocol stays strong and true.
No hidden gates, no secret hand
The code lies bare on open land.
Each line inspected, forked, and read,
By thousands where the skeptics tread.
Trust is not a gift bestowed,
Nor whispered in a closed-off node.
It鈥檚 built when eyes can verify
The rules that guard the scarce supply.
You run the node, you hold the key
"Don't trust, verify" the decree.
The hash you chase, the block you sign,
Are only valid if they align
With consensus forged in public view,
Where every participant knew
The software running on their machine
Was exactly what they chose, and clean.
So open source, the only way,
To keep the darkness far at bay.
For in the light of shared review,
The protocol stays strong and true.
