"Satoshi Nakamoto's main invention is the decentralized mechanism for emergent consensus." —Andreas Antonopoulos

"In Bitcoin, never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice." —Christian Keroles

The system removes the risk of chargebacks or payment reversals. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

The greatest blessing granted to mankind come by way of madness, which is a divine gift.

"Bitcoin does not waste energy — it consumes energy waste." —Conner Brown

"If you're not obsessed with Bitcoin then you don't understand what Bitcoin is." —John Vallis

Trust is replaced by mathematical proof and decentralized consensus. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Give me beauty in the inward soul; may the outward and the inward man be at one.

"Bitcoin is fate. It operates completely outside of any human agency, even if it was (possibly) some people that created it. For all you know about who Nakamoto was... Bitcoin might as well have created itself." —Mircea Popescu

"Bitcoin is deliberately amoral, it has no requirements to entry and asks nothing of the user aside from a valid signature." —Nic Carter

The proof-of-work function is intentionally hard to compute but easy to verify. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

"Gold is just bitcoin that can't be sent over the internet." —Edward Snowden

"In the near future, the government having a monopoly on money will seem as strange as the government having a monopoly on religion or language." —Conner Brown

The system is designed to be scalable and efficient. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.

"I'm at a point right now where you can't fuck with me. They can put in laws wherever the fuck they want. I have enough money and social mobility to move anywhere where I find a favorable regulatory climate. What are you really gonna do to me? And, I'm willing to lose everything. [...] I'm willing to watch it all go to zero just for the chance to change the system. How are you gonna beat me if I'm that intolerant? You can't. And there's thousands of me." —American Hodl

Every block is a step toward a more transparent world.

The decentralized nature of the system removes the need for a central clearinghouse. -- Satoshi Nakamoto

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.