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— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)
The Way of Bitcoin
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“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)
“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)
“Sleep is not optional. It is the foundation beneath every other function of life.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)
“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)
“There is no perfect setup. Every security decision strengthens some defenses while weakening others.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)
“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)
“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)
“Reputation becomes a form of currency.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)
“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)
“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)
“‘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)
“Rather than preventing crises, central banking amplifies them.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)
“Save first. Spend second.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft)
“Bitcoin places responsibility where it belongs. With the holder.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)
“Others will find it when they are ready.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft)
“Health does not exist indoors alone.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)
“In 2011, Satoshi Nakamoto sends his final message and disappears. His creation remains.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)
“Practice and realization are one and the same.”
— Eihei Dōgen Zenji, Bendōwa (1231 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Craft)
“The right mental model for Bitcoin defense is a castle.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense)