The Bushido of Bitcoin | Aleksandar Svetski

3lb monster. 530 pages. The Bushido of Bitcoin is a major white-pill, in a world full of black, red and blue pills.

This book is a distillation of what Aleksandar Svetski has learned throughout his life. It combines lessons from the great warrior cultures and their heroes with insights from the most insightful thinkers, religions and philosophies of all time, including Nietzsche, Spengler, Hoppe, Christianity, Feudalism and the Austrian School of Economics.

It is a playbook for the new elite with a focus on virtue - not morality. The goal is not to tell you what to believe, but to give you a guide for how the great and noble behave. All warrior cultures of the past lived by such codes of virtue, and it is high time we found ours.

The Bushido of Bitcoin starts with a powerful prelude that sets the tone of the book. It’s followed by Part 1: Origins, a history of the samurai and an explanation of the origins of Bushido and its similarities to other historical codes and religions.

Part 2 dives deep into each virtue of this new Bushido:

★ Justice
★ Courage
★ Love and Compassion
★ Honor
★ Honesty and Integrity
★ Responsibility
★ Excellence
★ Respect
★ Duty and Loyalty
★ Self-control

For each virtue, the Aleksandar provides an extensive etymology of the word, both the English with Latin roots and the Japanese Kanji’s with their Chinese roots - the overlaps which you will find incredibly fascinating. This is followed by an exploration of historical examples and anecdotes from the greats who shaped history. Finally, each virtue-chapter is completed with a short section on its relevance to a world on a Bitcoin standard.

Part 3: Integration and Part 4: Praxis explain how these virtues can be integrated into society (Part 3: Integration) and how we as individuals can practice them —because true knowledge is embodied in action.

Finally, the author closes the book out with a vivid vision of the future in the form of a short story (The Sovereign Cross) to paint a picture that theory alone cannot.

The Bushido of Bitcoin will inspire you to orient yourself properly, to aspire to greatness and to cultivate a way of being that can bring about a better, brighter and more beautiful future. 

About the Author

Aleksandar Svetski is the Author of the best selling “UnCommunist Manifesto,” the "Bushido of Bitcoin” and the Bitcoin Times series of books. He is currently building the Nomad Super App: Satlantis and has previously worked on the world’s first Bitcoin-only savings app: Amber, and The Spirit of Satoshi, Bitcoin-centric LLM.

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