He might have gotten this from a POE (Principles Of Economics) courses he gave. I remember he was lauging very loudly after one course ended and in the chat we got from "number go up" to "number go up technology" ...

But he can keep it if he claimes to be the originator of the bitcoin saying/quote.

He has done a lot of good work resulting in a better foundational understanding of (and popularising) Austrian Economics again and explaining its ideas baked into the bitcoin protocol.

#bitcoin