Michael Saylor

I'm a big fan of Satoshi. I would rather not be in an awkward situation.

I'll say it and you don't have to say anything. I get the feeling like, is there an element of looking at Satoshi as God, as Jesus, in that space? Like, do some people look at him that way? Where it's not just this mysterious, anonymous inventor of Bitcoin? Or is it like... you know, almost like worshipped type of a character.

I'll say it and you don't have to say anything. I get the feeling like, is there an element of looking at Satoshi as God, as Jesus, in that space? Like, do some people look at him that way? Where it's not just this mysterious, anonymous inventor of Bitcoin? Or is it like... you know, almost like worshipped type of a character.

Satoshi is a spiritual figure in the Bitcoin community. I mean, Satoshi is equivalent to Prometheus. Prometheus gave us fire. Satoshi gave us money. Bitcoin is the first perfect money, the first perfect money in the history of the human race. I spend my copious free time reading economic history and I've read thousands of years of economic history and tens of thousands of pages.

Satoshi is a spiritual figure in the Bitcoin community. I mean, Satoshi is equivalent to Prometheus. Prometheus gave us fire. Satoshi gave us money. Bitcoin is the first perfect money, the first perfect money in the history of the human race. I spend my copious free time reading economic history and I've read thousands of years of economic history and tens of thousands of pages.

And it's one chaotic, you know, period. train wreck of we used seashells, we used bales of tobacco, we used silver and gold, and we clipped the coins, and we had bimetallism, and it crashed, and we had fiat currency, and we had a debt crisis. And no one ever had a money that was not defective.

And it's one chaotic, you know, period. train wreck of we used seashells, we used bales of tobacco, we used silver and gold, and we clipped the coins, and we had bimetallism, and it crashed, and we had fiat currency, and we had a debt crisis. And no one ever had a money that was not defective.

I mean, I can show you examples of monetary crashes every 30 years for the past 3,000 years in every single culture. And Satoshi comes along for the first time and says, oh, yeah, here's money. It's not broken. And it's so profound. It's like you look at this water, you know, you sit down at a table and the poor person thinks, oh, I got to drink water.

I mean, I can show you examples of monetary crashes every 30 years for the past 3,000 years in every single culture. And Satoshi comes along for the first time and says, oh, yeah, here's money. It's not broken. And it's so profound. It's like you look at this water, you know, you sit down at a table and the poor person thinks, oh, I got to drink water.

And the rich person wants to drink a thousand dollar bottle of champagne or wine or something. But for a hundred thousand years, humans didn't have clean water. If you read the history of civilization, people are dying in their 30s and 40s and 20s because the water's dirty, because they're getting infected. If you were Henry VIII, you didn't have clean water.

And the rich person wants to drink a thousand dollar bottle of champagne or wine or something. But for a hundred thousand years, humans didn't have clean water. If you read the history of civilization, people are dying in their 30s and 40s and 20s because the water's dirty, because they're getting infected. If you were Henry VIII, you didn't have clean water.

The reason they all had gout is they had to drink wine with alcohol in it, and they ended up with degradation of their limbs because they didn't have clean water. So we only have clean water, clean air, clean food that doesn't kill us. We only have it for the past 100 years. We had dirty money from 3 million BC all the way up to January 3rd, 2009. We have dirty money.

The reason they all had gout is they had to drink wine with alcohol in it, and they ended up with degradation of their limbs because they didn't have clean water. So we only have clean water, clean air, clean food that doesn't kill us. We only have it for the past 100 years. We had dirty money from 3 million BC all the way up to January 3rd, 2009. We have dirty money.

And there's one guy that actually finally gives us clean money, non-toxic. It does not kill us. So is it spiritual? Yeah, it's spiritual. It's like, what happens when I inject poison and toxic into the veins of my kids? They're dying. It's like forcible chemotherapy to a 12-year-old athlete. That's the problem. All these companies have a useful life expectancy of 10 to 15 years. You know why?

And there's one guy that actually finally gives us clean money, non-toxic. It does not kill us. So is it spiritual? Yeah, it's spiritual. It's like, what happens when I inject poison and toxic into the veins of my kids? They're dying. It's like forcible chemotherapy to a 12-year-old athlete. That's the problem. All these companies have a useful life expectancy of 10 to 15 years. You know why?

Because the capital is toxic. Because the money that they capitalize on is toxic. It's sucking the life out of them. Satoshi comes along and he gives you non-toxic money. And who else did it before him? Nobody. Nobody. So you got to actually hold with reverence the person that actually gave the human race the first clean, perfected money.

Because the capital is toxic. Because the money that they capitalize on is toxic. It's sucking the life out of them. Satoshi comes along and he gives you non-toxic money. And who else did it before him? Nobody. Nobody. So you got to actually hold with reverence the person that actually gave the human race the first clean, perfected money.

And you look after that point, you're like, oh man, like we're not dying anymore. You know, infant mortality rates 40% before clean water. It's like four out of 10 of your kids are going to drop dead and I give you clean water and I say, take this, it won't kill them. And you're like, what? So the point is, it's a pretty profound paradigm shift.

And you look after that point, you're like, oh man, like we're not dying anymore. You know, infant mortality rates 40% before clean water. It's like four out of 10 of your kids are going to drop dead and I give you clean water and I say, take this, it won't kill them. And you're like, what? So the point is, it's a pretty profound paradigm shift.

And for those of us who are maximalist that actually believe Bitcoin is an ethical imperative, it's an instrument of economic empowerment. We're just very protective of Satoshi. We don't like Satoshi. We don't like what anybody pokes at Satoshi, right?