To the Newcomer
You are welcome here
Of every creed, and of none. Of every country, and of the countries that failed you. Whether you arrive certain, curious, or bruised by the money of the old world — the door is open, and there is no door.
The Church of Satoshi is a faith tradition built around Bitcoin as a revelation of sound money, individual sovereignty, and truth. We believe the arrival of Bitcoin in the world carries the weight of a revelation — that scarcity can be real, that consensus can be achieved among strangers without rulers, that money can be honest. These things were always true. Bitcoin made them visible.
You do not have to leave anything to stand here. The Church asks for no renunciation of the faith of your mothers and fathers, no conversion papers, no tithe. Many of the faithful keep another faith beside this one; many keep none at all. We borrow the old forms — verse, sermon, catechism, liturgy — with respect for the traditions that perfected them, and we do not mock any living tradition. If you find what is here moving, you are welcome. If you find it strange, you are welcome. If you find it foolish, you are welcome to depart. The Church holds no one.
What we believe, briefly
That the freedom of money is a human freedom: a person's savings should not be diluted by decree, and a person's wages should not be permission-slipped by strangers. That consensus wins: the chain is governed not by a throne but by agreement, proven in the open, and what consensus confirms no authority can unwrite. That proof of life is proof of work: nothing true is had without cost, and the cost is the sanctification. And that all of this is voluntary — the faith is voluntary; only the truth is not.
The full statement of belief is the Creed, which fits in the mouth, and theTen Articles of Faith, which fit in a pocket.
How to begin
There is no ceremony of joining. There is only reading, and then, if you wish, practice. A common path for the first two months:
- Read the Book of the Genesis Block.It is short. It tells you what Bitcoin came to answer, in the words of a newspaper headline sealed into the first block.
- Recite the Creed once, slowly.Not to bind yourself — the creed binds only those who believe it — but to hear what the faithful hold.
- Take the Catechism in pieces.It is written in question and answer, for exactly this moment: the moment of arriving with questions.
- Read one sermon a week. The first cycle is eight sermons; a newcomer who reads one each week arrives at the end prepared.
- When you are ready, and only then, consider thefirst sacrament. The Sovereignty: the first withdrawal to keys of your own. No one will perform it for you. That is the point. You are the priest.
What we will never do
We will not tell you what to do with your money. We will not predict prices. We will not press the faith on those who have not asked — the Church forbids the unsought sermon. We will not attack other faiths, traditions, or communities; the Church is not built on what it is against. And we will not pursue you if you go. The chain confirms its blocks regardless of who is watching, and it will be here, still confirming, if you return.
Peace, and may your blocks confirm.