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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 “The central aisles are filled with ultra-processed fiat foods. The fresh, whole foods are pushed to the perimeter. Notice this the next time you walk through.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “New all-time highs are reached. Bitcoin returns to the headlines. Those who have been watching from a distance finally step in. This is when entry feels safest.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The moment you take the orange pill is the moment you become a Bitcoiner.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Like the blacksmith, you work, save, and rest peacefully.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Way of Bitcoin can be stated simply: Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft. Live a peaceful life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Each dominant currency follows a similar path. Sound money and a robust economic foundation underwrite expansion. Layers accumulate. Credit grows. Over time, abstraction increases and claims multiply beyond underlying reserves.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Life is simple and grounded.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Those closest to the steward, those who received early access to new records and promises, found themselves growing wealthier.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Parable of the Empty Vault) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “All life requires life to sustain itself.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “At some point, curiosity crosses a threshold. You decide to buy a small amount. Just enough to be involved. Just enough to pay attention. You do not expect it to change your life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Speculation) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Inception sādhana: For one full day, avoid using first-person pronouns such as ‘I,’ ‘me,’ ‘my,’ or ‘myself,’ whether aloud or in writing. Notice how you speak of things as they are, rather than as you judge them to be.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Inception) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you choose not to run a node, you are relying on other people’s nodes. You are deferring responsibility. This is not necessarily a moral failure. Not everyone is called to run a node. But if you are capable. If you are technically inclined. If you do understand the system well enough to contribute. Then foregoing what you are called on to do is irresponsible.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin is money. And money, by its nature, is meant to be spent.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) 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 “Some people are orange pilled by others. Some orange pill themselves.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin Maximalism arrives as a simplification of life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You do what you are told is responsible. You work. You save. You plan. And yet the future appears less solid than it once did.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A hardware wallet is intentionally simple. It is designed to do one thing well and nothing else.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There are two ways of reaching the house next door. One is to travel all the way round the globe; the other is to walk a few feet.” — Alan Watts, Behold the Spirit (1947), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Altcoin Detour) 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 “God will steer the ship. But you must row.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin teaches patience with money. Ancient media teaches patience with thought.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) 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 “Gold is Lindy. Sound money is Lindy.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Beware of Altcoin Casinos.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You entered a world already in motion. Time was passing. Systems were in place long before you arrived. Across cultures and centuries, this movement has been observed, described, and lived.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Civilization did not collapse. It transformed.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “To be bullish on Bitcoin is to be rightfully bullish on the indomitable human spirit, even (especially) after the inevitable collapse of fiat.” — 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 “Don’t trust. Verify. Health demands the same discipline.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin held without succession planning often vanishes with its owner.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you have your health, you have everything. When health fails, nothing else matters.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) 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 “Nothing dramatic happens. And yet life stabilizes. This is how you know the raft has done its job.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Sleep is not optional. It is the foundation beneath every other function of life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Reputation becomes a form of currency. It travels between groups. It determines who trades, who eats, and who survives. This is the earliest form of money beyond kinship. A social ledger enforced by honor, memory, and consequence.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) 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)