“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

“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)

“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)

“Build your ark before the flood. And make sure it floats.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin)

“You are a part of the whole, and the whole is present within the part.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion)

“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)

“Not your keys, not your coins.”

— Bitcoin proverb, quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin)

“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)

“Attackers seek softness. Easy targets. A composed, capable individual is not an easy target.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)

“When you spend Bitcoin directly, you reinforce the circular Bitcoin economy.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin)

“Governance is cyclical.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance)

“The Way is not something you carry. It is something you walk.”

— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft)