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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 “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 “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 “Governance does not disappear. It is maintained by the people who show up.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) 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 “Consistency matters more than precision.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Acquire Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “What, exactly, are you waiting for?” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) 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 “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 “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 “This is The Way.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) 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 “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 “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) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Each dominant currency follows a similar path. Sound money and a robust economic foundation underwrite expansion. Layers accumulate. Credit grows. Over time, abstraction increases and claims multiply beyond underlying reserves.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “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.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin https://blossom.primal.net/329a7699c3e6ffbcf73eecc6d1f3e19d60cbc84d6a056457b140523fc902af2d.gif npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Lindy Principle tells us that the longer something has persisted, the longer it is likely to continue to persist.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin teaches patience with money. Ancient media teaches patience with thought.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The seed phrase, usually twelve or twenty-four words, is the root from which your private keys are derived.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Meaning sustains effort over time and prevents burnout.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin has been fully integrated into your life rather than placed above it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “God will steer the ship. But you must row.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Craft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Keep your seed phrase in the physical world only. Enter it only into your hardware wallet. Never into a website or app.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Defense) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Spend Bitcoin. But do so deliberately.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The aim is not to become heavy with certainty or judgment. The aim is lightness.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Gold is Lindy. Sound money is Lindy.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Lindy Principle) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “By leaving Bitcoin to your heirs, you give them freedom, choices, and optionality.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “No man is truly a sovereign individual. No man is an island.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You realize that money is stored time, and that how you save shapes how you live.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Life is simple and grounded.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There will never be more than twenty-one million Bitcoin. That fact alone alters how the future is perceived. What is scarce today will be scarcer tomorrow. What is secured now will matter more later.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Dynasty) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “A hardware wallet is intentionally simple. It is designed to do one thing well and nothing else.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Store Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Inception begins as a pause.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Inception) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “In other words, you escape Bitcoin Purgatory when you focus on your craft. When you recognize your time is better spent stacking Bitcoin than thinking about Bitcoin.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “At some point, curiosity crosses a threshold. You decide to buy a small amount. Just enough to be involved. Just enough to pay attention. You do not expect it to change your life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Speculation) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The older the work, the more reality has already filtered it.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Media) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Read without trying to decide anything. Let exploration come before judgment.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Speculation) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Bitcoin is money. And money, by its nature, is meant to be spent.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Spend Bitcoin) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The numbers continued to grow, even as the vault stayed empty.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (The Parable of the Empty Vault) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “If you choose not to run a node, you are relying on other people’s nodes. You are deferring responsibility. This is not necessarily a moral failure. Not everyone is called to run a node. But if you are capable. If you are technically inclined. If you do understand the system well enough to contribute. Then foregoing what you are called on to do is irresponsible.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Governance) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Imagine a blacksmith in a medieval town. Each morning, he rises and goes to his forge. He shapes iron into tools, hinges, cooking pans, and blades. His work serves the people around him directly. In return, he is paid in gold. He saves that gold. Over time, he spends it, or passes it on to his children. He does not need to speculate on the side. He does not need a second profession as a merchant or financier. He does not need to earn his living twice. His money holds its value. His effort carries forward.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You do what you are told is responsible. You work. You save. You plan. And yet the future appears less solid than it once did.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin https://www.amazon.com/Way-Bitcoin-Becoming-Self-Sovereign/dp/B0GM36KPHX/ npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” — Matthew 11:15, King James Version (1611), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “There are two ways of reaching the house next door. One is to travel all the way round the globe; the other is to walk a few feet.” — Alan Watts, Behold the Spirit (1947), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Altcoin Detour) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Change is scary, and the first step is always the hardest. Yet the best way to deal with change is to ‘plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance,’ as Alan Watts knew. This book is an invitation to do just that. I’m glad it was written, and I hope that it will serve you well.” — Gigi, Foreword to The Way of Bitcoin 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 “Modern healthcare operates within a fiat incentive structure.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health) 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 “Nothing fundamental has changed. The supply remains fixed. The network continues producing blocks. Ownership remains intact.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The Way of Bitcoin can be stated simply: Save in Bitcoin. Focus on your craft. Live a peaceful life.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The moment you take the orange pill is the moment you become a Bitcoiner.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Money emerges as a shared language of value.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “Like the blacksmith, you work, save, and rest peacefully.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Maximalism) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “You don’t choose Bitcoin. Bitcoin chooses you.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Taking the Orange Pill) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “It is no longer an object of fixation, but a foundation doing its work while you do yours.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoin Purgatory) npub109gj5765thuet2hj2nk2j9r89a03xm2cpd0jp8rel2mqd68cn04s5wvahd wayofbitcoin “The central aisles are filled with ultra-processed fiat foods. The fresh, whole foods are pushed to the perimeter. Notice this the next time you walk through.” — Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Health)