In a Coindesk interview, Strategy (formally Microstrategy) executive chairman Michael Saylor framed Bitcoin as an ideology centered on “sovereignty, sound money, freedom, and property rights,” arguing its protocol enables “economic immortality” by preserving capital and ideas indefinitely. Saylor, whose company holds 506,137 BTC, posited that permanently locking bitcoin via key burning could amplify this vision, redistributing value to all network participants.

“What Satoshi is offering us is economic immortality. You may not live forever, but your economic energy will live forever,” Saylor said, emphasizing Bitcoin’s potential to fund long-term projects like artificial intelligence (AI) or conservation efforts. He contrasted this with traditional philanthropy, stating that centralized charities often divert funds from donors’ original intent over time. “If you leave your money to a charity a hundred years after you’re dead, they’ll spend it on something you wouldn’t want,” he added.

Saylor proposed “decentralized charity” as an alternative: burning private keys to remove bitcoin ( BTC) from circulation, thereby increasing the proportional value of remaining holders’ assets. “If you burn the key, you will have made an economic contribution pro rata to everyone else in the Bitcoin network forever,” he explained. This approach, he argued, aligns with Bitcoin’s ethos of individual sovereignty, as it delegates spending power to “everybody that believes what I believe.”

When asked by Coindesk’s Christine Lee, “I guess that begs the question. Would you ever burn all your bitcoin away?” Saylor replied cryptically: “I think that I’ve just answered the question… in the most responsible way that anybody would ever answer the question.” While not explicitly confirming plans, his remarks underscored the philosophical weight he places on Bitcoin’s permanence.

The concept mirrors Satoshi Nakamoto’s presumed holdings of over 1 million BTC, which remain untouched since Bitcoin’s inception. Saylor framed such irrevocable actions as ethically sound, stating, “You will have empowered everybody else… everybody with one Satoshi will be that much richer.”

Saylor’s comments reflect his longstanding advocacy for Bitcoin as a transformative economic tool. Whether he follows through on key burning remains uncertain, but his rhetoric reinforces Bitcoin’s narrative as a vehicle for legacy-building beyond traditional financial systems.

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