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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 “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 “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 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 “God will steer the ship. But you must row.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) 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 “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 “If you have your health, you have everything. When health fails, nothing else matters.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Ruminant meat is the most nutritionally complete food available.” — 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 “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 “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 “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) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Most people wait for clarity before they act. But clarity does not arrive by waiting. It emerges through action.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You feel less alone, because you realize you never were. You carry God within you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “No matter how isolated you are and how lonely you feel, if you do your work truly and conscientiously, unknown friends will come and seek you.” — C. G. Jung, Letter to Miguel Serrano (Sep 14, 1960), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The internet going out does not kill Bitcoin. At most, it pauses it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There are infinite dollars waiting to be printed. There will never be more than twenty-one million Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “I’ve moved on to other things.” — Satoshi Nakamoto, private email to Mike Hearn (2011), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children.” — Proverbs 13:22, King James Version (1611), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Governance does not disappear. It is maintained by the people who show up.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Be cool. Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft. Live a peaceful life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The only thing I stack consistently besides Bitcoin is books. Physical books. Mostly old or ancient. Mostly hardcover.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The next stage is called Bitcoin Purgatory. The term was coined by Junseth to describe a state many Bitcoiners pass through. You understand Bitcoin. You see the fiat system clearly. You save in Bitcoin and hold your own keys. And yet, life feels paused.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Consistency matters more than precision.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “the book traces Eight Stages. These stages describe the changes that tend to arise within a Bitcoiner as he proceeds along The Way. Each stage is paired with a sādhana” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There is a temptation, once you have crossed the river, to turn back and shout instructions. To urge others to hurry. To feel frustration toward those still standing on the bank, or paddling their rafts in circles. This too is a way of carrying the raft on your back.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Modern news is engineered to capture attention through fear, outrage, and urgency. Doom scrolling is an accurate description. Prolonged exposure degrades moods, narrows perception, drains energy, and often makes reality appear worse than it actually is.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Deceivingly simple, but not easy. Such is the nature of The Way.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “What, exactly, are you waiting for?” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “And in doing so, without effort or intention, you help others find The Way.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Concentration creates single points of failure.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You are not selling Bitcoin for dollars. You are spending Bitcoin on your life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Sometimes focusing on your craft requires changing what you do. Sometimes it means simply doing the work you have been avoiding.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin is a bearer asset. That fact governs everything that follows.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “In the era of AI, anything digitally accessible is vulnerable.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.” — Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (circa 350 BC), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Even at 2% inflation per year, which is far lower than real inflation and the stated goal of most fiat-era governments, money loses half its purchasing power every 50 years.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Way itself. Timeless principles for how best to acquire, store, and spend Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Every job is a Bitcoin job if you save in Bitcoin and focus on your craft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Time, which sees all things, has found you out.” — Sophocles, Oedipus Rex (429 BC), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Parable of the Empty Vault) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back.” — Morpheus, The Matrix (1999), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Romans understood the Lindy Principle instinctively. They called it mos maiorum—The Way of the ancestors. What has been handed down through generations is respected because it had endured. Novelty is approached with caution. Continuity carries authority.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Cattle die, kinsmen die, you yourself will die; one thing I know that never dies: the reputation of each dead man.” — Hávamál, Poetic Edda (circa 1270 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “This is The Way.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Before money, there was reputation.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “By now, you have seen Bitcoin rise, fall, and recover. You have watched it be questioned, dismissed, and declared dead, only to live again.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “What has endured has already passed through stress, selection, and refinement.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “It is just like ordinary everyday experience, but about two inches off the ground.” — D. T. Suzuki, quoted by Alan Watts (circa 1950), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.” — G. K. Chesterton, quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Time begins to feel continuous rather than fragmented when you think in terms of the Bitcoin timechain.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Release the idea of completeness. Focus on growing your stack, however modestly.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “When you join Bitcoin, you join a network. You are one node among many. And yet, if you run your own node, you also contain the entire timechain within you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “This book is written to be perennial. You will find no recommendations for specific apps, exchanges, or hardware wallets here. Those change. What remains are principles that endure, regardless of trends, instruments, or market cycles.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin was the first to get the essential incentives right. It binds cryptography, game theory, energy, and time into a system that persists without trusted intermediaries.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin allows you to be your own bank, and to live as a sovereign individual.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Craft is the place where ability, enjoyment, and usefulness overlap. It is what you do well. What you find fulfilling. What the world actually needs. When these align, work becomes less about extraction and more about contribution.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Let your attention rest fully on what is in front of you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Protect what gives others leverage over you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Selling Bitcoin for dollars is akin to selling gold coins for seashells.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Reality must be accepted before it can be steered in a more fruitful direction.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Way becomes easier the further you walk it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The supply is fixed, forever.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “This is where Bitcoin first appears.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Inception) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Media consumption shapes thought. Thought shapes action.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “At some point, curiosity crosses a threshold.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Speculation) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The empty vault had not caused these changes all at once. It had merely revealed them.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Parable of the Empty Vault) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “When this pattern becomes natural and habitual, you are a Bitcoin maximalist.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You can think of the Eight Stages of Bitcoin as a map. A way of orienting yourself. They are: Inception. Speculation. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. Taking the Orange Pill. Altcoin Detour. Bitcoin Maximalism. Bitcoin Purgatory. Bitcoinsattva.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you manage to follow The Way as described in this book, it is likely that money will cease to be an object of worry. There’s more to it than that, however. 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. What starts with a desperate attempt to hold on to the fruits of your labor might end with a peaceful, content, and fulfilled life. A spiritual life, even.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You and your body are one. Do not defer to another’s authority, even if he is wearing a white coat, unless you yourself have chosen to.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) 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 “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 “Men are disturbed not by things, but by the views they take of them.” — Epictetus, Enchiridion (circa 125 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) 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 “When failure arrives, government bailouts follow. Losses are socialized.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin Maximalism arrives as a simplification of life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin has been treated as an investment. Now, it is recognized as savings.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “All life requires life to sustain itself.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “While we wait for life, life passes.” — Seneca, Letter I to Lucilius (circa 65 AD), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) 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 “It becomes difficult to ignore that a simpler path would have turned out better for you. Save in Bitcoin and focus on your craft.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Altcoin Detour) 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 “Only Buy Bitcoin You Can Withdraw.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “God is in here. In the heart. In the mind. In consciousness itself.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Religion) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Beware of Altcoin Casinos.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) 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 “What first appears as a monetary innovation gradually takes shape as a discipline.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface)