“There will only ever be twenty-one million Bitcoin. And yet there are infinite fiat currency units waiting to be printed.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Preface)
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
— Ancient proverb (origin unknown), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (Bitcoinsattva)
“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)
“When you cross a river on a raft and you get to the other shore, you do not pick up the raft and carry it on your back.”
— Alan Watts, Buddhism: The Religion of No Religion (1965), quoted in The Way of Bitcoin (The Raft)
“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)
“And somewhere along this path, Bitcoin enters the picture. Or perhaps for the first time, it truly enters.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (Eight Stages)
“Over time, societies that adopt scarce, durable forms of money coordinate more effectively than those that do not.”
— Alan B, The Way of Bitcoin (A Brief History of Money)