“You start looking for ways to get ahead of the problem rather than merely manage it.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages)
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“Deceivingly simple, but not easy. Such is the nature of The Way.”
— Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin
“Let the sun set your rhythm.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)
“The last of the twenty-one million Bitcoin supply will not be issued until around 2140 AD.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)
“What, exactly, are you waiting for?”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory)
“An exchange should be treated like a temporary bridge. You use it to cross from one system to another, not as a place to remain.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin)
“You are made of the same stuff that fills the universe. And being conscious yourself, why would you assume the universe is not also conscious?”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion)
“This book tells the story of the inner transformation that unfolds within a Bitcoiner once a certain threshold is crossed.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface)
“Bitcoin cannot be re-invented.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle)
“This is the moment Bitcoin stops being a claim held on your behalf and becomes something you actually own.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin)
“This simple practice changes how you relate to time, effort, and reward.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft)
“And in doing so, without effort or intention, you help others find The Way.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva)
“Concentration creates single points of failure.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)
“You are not selling Bitcoin for dollars. You are spending Bitcoin on your life.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin)
“Institutions are no longer viewed through reverence or outrage, but as systems shaped by incentives, populated by ordinary humans, capable of both order and failure.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance)
“Be cool.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft)
“Lost coins only make everyone else’s coins worth slightly more. Think of it as a donation to everyone.”
— Satoshi Nakamoto, BitcoinTalk forum (2010), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty)
“You mustn’t frighten them, because they are doing a very far out act. They’re walking on a tightrope, miles up, and they’ve got to do that balancing act. And if you shout they may lose their nerve.”
— Alan Watts, Spiritual Alchemy lecture (mid 1960s), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Inception)
“Just as you are what you eat, you are also what you think.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media)
“You cannot send gold over the internet. You can only send gold IOUs.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism)