"[Bitcoin is] a claim on the future productivity of the planet, in perpetuity, discounted to the present." —Trace Mayer

"Bitcoin succeeds because it's sound, anti-fragile, resilient." —Dhruv Bansal

"Money should not be free as in beer, it should be free as in freedom. Libre money, not free money. Bitcoin, not fiat." —Pierre Rochard

"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