"Every time I think I understand Bitcoin, it proves me wrong." —Guy Swann

"Consider just how little persistence Bitcoin’s components have. The entire codebase has been reworked, altered, and expanded such that it barely resembles its original version. […] The registry of who owns what, the ledger itself, is virtually the only persistent trait of the network." —Nic Carter

"Running bitcoin" —Hal Finney

"The Bitcoin tree is tall; its branches spread wide and its roots run deep." —Martin Fischer

"Lightning Network ensures bitcoin’s path to global reserve currency because it makes bitcoin come alive." —Nik Bhatia

"A smartphone isn't really a calculator, but it can calculate as well as any calculator. A smartphone isn't really a camera, but it can take photos as well as any camera. Just like bitcoin can currency as well as any currency." —Shudra H Way

"Every time I think I understand Bitcoin, it proves me wrong." —Guy Swann

"Gold has been forever neutered by centralization." —Marty Bent

"I could potentially see a hard-fork in bitcoin, but only if the other option is that bitcoin dies. If anything is even vaguely debateable, then nothing will happen." —Tone Vays

"If you don’t have privacy, you’re not a free man" —Max Hillebrand

"[Bitcoin is] sort of like this peaceful Manhatten project. All the smartest people are coming together, from across languages, from around the world, to build this sovereign and arguably private money project. That's amazing." —Alex Gladstein

"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

"There's Bitcoin and then there's shitcoin." —Warren Davidson

"Your money shouldn't steal from you." —Bitcoin Tina

"Bitcoin is not debt; Bitcoin is not equity. Bitcoin is Bitcoin." —Elisabeth Préfontaine

"Money is the blood of a society. It needs to be sound, it needs to be clean, it needs to be pure." —Dominic Frisby

"“Diversification” is a fancy way to say “less bitcoin”." —Hodl.exe

"Wealth isn't the gold of pirates—wealth is energy." —Buckminster Fuller

"Bitcoin is risky but certain." —Pierre Rochard