Before you read this evaluation, you may want to start with The Gate & The Key — the framework that explains how these eight filters and eight deep-dive questions work. This post simply shows what it looks like in practice, using Bitcoin as the example.

Bitcoin is one of the most straightforward projects to evaluate with this approach. Its purpose is narrow, its design is simple, and its history is long enough to test every assumption. Running it through The Gate and The Key reveals how these tools highlight strengths, expose limitations, and make the project's structure easier to understand.