Aleksandar Svetski, best-selling author of The UnCommunist Manifesto, challenges the Bitcoin community to look beyond mere capital in his latest book, The Bushido of Bitcoin.
Set to reshape how we think about leadership in a Bitcoin-dominated world, Svetski argues that capital alone isn’t enough to build a better future—it also demands character.
This provocative book presents a ten-virtue framework for cultivating leaders who can rise above mediocrity, resist corruption, and create strong, prosperous societies.
The book poses a critical question: “When Bitcoin wins, who do we become?” Will society devolve into parasitic elites and “Lambo bros,” or will it elevate virtuous men and women who embody excellence?
Drawing on years of research and timeless lessons from the greatest cultures of the past — Rome, Greece, Japan, and the Christian West — Svetski unveils a universal “code of virtue”, a new Bushido, that transcends morality and belief systems.
His conclusion: virtue, not freedom, is the ultimate North Star, and embodying it requires discipline, responsibility, and strength.
Svetski’s insights challenge conventional thinking on equality, democracy, and freedom. He explores key ideas like the dangers of extreme individualism and collectivism, why equality of opportunity is overrated, and how mimetic human nature requires heroes, not abstract philosophies, to lead us.
The Bushido of Bitcoin offers a framework for strong, virtuous leadership—“CEO Kings” and “Executive States,” not the weak-willed governance of today.
The Bushido of Bitcoin is a playbook for tomorrow’s leaders. It is about the TEN virtues we and future generations must cultivate and embody, if we are to construct a strong, prosperous and ascendant world.
Only strong men can create good times. Bitcoin helps to change this. It is a framework for excellence — but it requires a new code, a Bushido, so the best of us rise to the top, win and resist corruption of mind, body and soul.
About the Author
Aleksandar Svetski is an author and entrepreneur best known for The UnCommunist Manifesto and The Bitcoin Times. In 2018, he founded the world’s first Bitcoin-only savings app, Amber, and recently open-sourced the first Bitcoin LLM, The Spirit of Satoshi.
Learn more at BushidoOfBitcoin.com or follow him on social media @SvetskiWrites.
