"You can securely control neither your land nor your digitally centralized financial assets without the help of government. Thus the locality & importance of legal ownership in these things. You can securely control your globally seamless Bitcoin without the help of government." —Nick Szabo

"Bitcoin endures because the engineers that build it expect the unexpected. Money is a dangerous game, and any weaknesses, no matter how small, will be exploited." —Neil Woodfine

"You shall not confiscate. You shall not censor. You shall not inflate. You shall not counterfeit. These rules are the essence of Bitcoin's soul." —Hasu

"The tools that we need to help push the pendulum of power back towards the individual exist today. They just aren't widely known or evenly distributed." —Marty Bent

"Building a portfolio around shitcoins is just a shitfolio." —Saifedean Ammous