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The Way of Bitcoin
Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft. Live a peaceful life. By @npub1r0fj5wr200n0dz9nm37ysrhuy8xeg66ratq5hf960q62caaz8e5sqpuzz3 via @npub134mr8kegk4pf5ddyedxk75nj338y3uad7680vcdpad0vpc6xvnjsfa2ajq. Available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book.
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Last Notes npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If the word God still feels too loaded, think of it as the strength of the cosmos within you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Over time, what matters is not the daily valuation of Bitcoin in fiat terms, but the number of sats you hold. That number does not fluctuate. It changes only if you stack, spend, or sell.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “By leaving Bitcoin to your heirs, you give them freedom, choices, and optionality.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The aim is not to become heavy with certainty or judgment. The aim is lightness.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A strong castle does not rely on a single wall. It has layers. Outer walls. Limited entrances. Guard towers. Inner courtyards. An inner sanctum where what matters most is kept.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “In other words, you escape Bitcoin Purgatory when you focus on your craft. When you recognize your time is better spent stacking Bitcoin than thinking about Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “While the spiritual path might be described as saving you from the inside out, I believe that The Way of Bitcoin has the power to save you from the outside in.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Civilization did not collapse. It transformed.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Being your own bank implies being your own bank guard.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Never discuss your Bitcoin setup with anyone, for any reason, unless required for inheritance planning.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Ruminant meat is the most nutritionally complete food available.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Therefore, he who desires peace should prepare for war.” — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, De Re Militari (circa 390 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There is no perfect setup. Every security decision strengthens some defenses while weakening others.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you really see into this secret, that the world doesn’t contain any serious threats because it’s all the basic you running up behind itself and saying boo to see if you can get yourself to jump out of your skin, then be cool. That’s the whole art of Zen.” — Alan Watts, Face Your Problems Head-On (1971), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Every intervention has side effects. Every substance alters the body. Anything that would not have entered the body of ancestral man deserves careful scrutiny.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Reputation becomes a form of currency.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The first rule is, you do not talk about your Bitcoin. The second rule is, you DO NOT talk about your Bitcoin.” — Alan B (after Fight Club), The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Once The Way of Bitcoin is fully integrated, it recedes. It becomes habit. It becomes ordinary. Saving no longer requires vigilance. Work proceeds without constant anxiety about the future. Planning resumes on solid ground.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “‘Touch grass’ is crude language for a real truth. Your body recognizes the world it was built for.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Rather than preventing crises, central banking amplifies them.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Save first. Spend second.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin places responsibility where it belongs. With the holder.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Others will find it when they are ready.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Health does not exist indoors alone.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “In 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto sends his final message and disappears. His creation remains.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Practice and realization are one and the same.” — Eihei Dōgen Zenji, Bendōwa (1231 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The right mental model for Bitcoin defense is a castle.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin will one day no longer be thought of as magic internet money. It will simply be money.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Unlike other assets whose supply increases as price rises, Bitcoin’s supply cannot expand in response to demand. When gold rises in price, more gold mines open. When Bitcoin rises in price, nothing changes. The supply is fixed, forever.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Your body is a temple. Be deliberate about what you put into it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “As confidence weakens, dominance fades. Another system rises to take its place.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You are an aperture through which the universe looks at itself.” — Alan Watts, Out of Your Mind lecture (late 1960s), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The key question is not How do I get a Bitcoin job? It is What am I called to do?” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Layered defense buys time. Time reveals intent. Time creates choices.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft. Live a peaceful life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Be mindful of death. It comes for us all. Better to plan your inheritance deliberately than to leave it to chance or allow the kleptocrats to seize it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A human can live on steak alone and remain healthy. The same is not true of any single vegetable.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Gold outlasts the people who hold it. It survives fire, flood, and war.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Sound money stops being a theory.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “God is not something out there, seated on a throne, watching and judging from afar. God is in here.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Save something regularly, before discretionary spending.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” — Plato, quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Tools are not meant to be clung to.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Dynastic thinking begins when time stretches beyond the individual.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin matters, in both senses of the word. It remarries money to the physical, healing the fatal wound that was inflicted in 1971. But more importantly, it matters for you, the individual.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Deep depression often indicates that something must change. Work without meaning. Relationships without closeness. A body without movement. A spirit without purpose. These are conditions of life, not merely chemistry.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Out of this landscape, something old returns in a new form. Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” — Alan Watts, The Wisdom of Insecurity (1951), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art That.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Focus on your craft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin inheritance is not an abstraction. It is a responsibility.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Spend. Don’t sell.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Philosopher-kings are those who cultivate wisdom, discipline, and restraint within themselves before exercising authority over others. They serve something higher than their own ego.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin will always require stewards.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Even if you are only able to pass down 0.1 Bitcoin, or some smaller amount, this may become immensely meaningful one or two generations from now, given Bitcoin’s fixed supply and the compounding effects of the halving. Every bit counts.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Such as are your habitual thoughts, such also will be the character of your mind; for the soul is dyed by the thoughts.” — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations (circa 170 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “money is removed from matter, and has been for a while. Many Bitcoiners will argue that this is why the world feels so broken, so fake, and why most people feel disconnected from reality, as well as the fruits of their labor. Forever chasing, never arriving.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The defining physical advantage of humans is endurance hunting. We are built to move across long distances on two legs.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A ledger open to inspection. Rules enforced by consensus rather than decree. Settlement without trusted third parties. Triple entry accounting. Magic internet money. Digital gold.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Build your ark before the flood. And make sure it floats.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You are a part of the whole, and the whole is present within the part.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “However long a person’s past collected works, it will on the average continue for an equal additional amount.” — Benoît Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Not your keys, not your coins.” — Bitcoin proverb, quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Go deep where you are strongest. Develop real competence. At the same time, remain broadly literate. Learn enough about adjacent fields to avoid blind spots and exploitation.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Attackers seek softness. Easy targets. A composed, capable individual is not an easy target.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “When you spend Bitcoin directly, you reinforce the circular Bitcoin economy.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Governance is cyclical.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Way is not something you carry. It is something you walk.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin represents a return to dynastic thinking.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “When you primarily consume content from the gold-standard era, meaning anything written before the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, you begin to see what the world can look like under a sound money paradigm.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “I’m glad it was written, and I hope that it will serve you well.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There is a difference between chosen solitude and imposed loneliness.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “For the first time, scarcity exists in the digital realm.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Most people wait for clarity before they act. But clarity does not arrive by waiting. It emerges through action.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You feel less alone, because you realize you never were. You carry God within you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “What remains has proven itself against time.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You are meant to take ownership, step by step.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you.” — C. G. Jung, Letter to Miguel Serrano (Sep 14, 1960), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The internet going out does not kill Bitcoin. At most, it pauses it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There are infinite dollars waiting to be printed. There will never be more than twenty-one million Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Systems of governance are not static. They rise, harden, decay, and are replaced. This has happened in every civilization, under every form of rule.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “I’ve moved on to other things.” — Satoshi Nakamoto, private email to Mike Hearn (2011), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Unlike other assets whose supply increases as price rises, Bitcoin’s supply cannot expand in response to demand.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “When you move from sixty-second clips to six-hundred-page books, your capacity for sustained thought expands. Distraction loosens its grip. Thinking becomes clearer and more conscientious.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin allows effort to be carried forward through time without constant intervention.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Deceivingly simple, but not easy. Such is the nature of The Way. Walking it will humble you, and it will change you as well as your perspective on the world.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Isolation is a modern pathology.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin begins to enter the mainstream. And yet, it is still early.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin is not understood by watching charts, reading headlines, or debating online. It is understood through participation.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin does not answer religious questions, but it reliably leads people to ask them.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Every new coin inherits a curse that Bitcoin did not face: the curse of knowledge.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you are not given a seed phrase, you do not control the Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The fiat era rewards proximity to the money printer. This dynamic is known as the Cantillon Effect. Those closest to newly created money benefit first. Those furthest away absorb the costs later, through rising prices and diluted purchasing power.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin held with so-called trusted third parties can be frozen, seized, or surrendered without your consent. Bitcoin held in self-custody cannot.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “This difference is psychological, but it changes everything.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Buddha described his teaching as a raft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children.” — Proverbs 13:22, King James Version (1611), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Engage deliberately. Verify sources. Prefer clarity over volume. Treat attention as something scarce and worth protecting.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Held in a wallet you control, Bitcoin carries value forward block by block.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If used properly, Bitcoin allows you to be a living example of someone who successfully answered Watts’ question.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin