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This is a living archive of my thoughts, experiences, and hard-earned insights, drawn from an unusual life. Here you’ll find reflections on the food I’ve eaten, the things I’ve bought, the people I’ve encountered, the places I’ve seen, the books I’ve read, the quotes I’ve kept, and the trends I’ve spotted and capitalized on.
I write this for you, my children, those already here and those yet to come. Daddy loves you more than words can hold. I want each of you to live lives you’re proud of. This is my thinking, in my own voice, left here for you to explore. I hope one day it proves useful.
If, by some unlikely chance, I’m gone before I can guide you in person, let this stand as a poor substitute. But in the more likely case that I’m still here, let this serve as an intellectual archive, a record that I held these convictions long before you were born. May that give weight to my words, and credibility to the wisdom I hope to pass on to you.
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My beloved children, There are moments that define the course of history. Not because they shock us, but because they reveal the battlefield. The creation of Bitcoin was one such moment. It showed the world that an individual could challenge the entire financial order. But more than that, it showed what one man could do…
There is a largely overlooked risk in the cryptocurrency space that stems from the way most non-Bitcoin assets are structured. Unlike Bitcoin, where control is determined by external resource expenditure through mining, many altcoins concentrate control in the token supply itself. This creates a long-term centralization vector that is rarely acknowledged. In Bitcoin, owning coins…
When we delve into the world of trading, we begin to realize that a significant part of it, around 95%, hinges on psychology. There’s a recurring scenario that happens all too often: traders who possess the acuity to pinpoint the absolute bottom of a downturn, investing heavily, yet they falter when the market begins to…
1.) Cash comes in two forms, paper money or coins, and it is created by a royal/central mint. Money that is created by the government, outsourced to their central bank. Done to meet the obligations of the private banks, which create digital money. Seignorage is the amount of money that the government makes as a result of printing…
Post this 2020 halvening miners will cease to be the biggest sellers of Bitcoin. It’ll be the dawn of the crypto exchange as the leading seller. The biggest sell pressure on Bitcoin will soon be from exchanges selling their BTC fees collected into fiat. You can think of exchanges as tax agents on traders. That…
If you want to fly, just drop everything that weighs you down Anytime someone tells you a price prediction without a time frame, you tell them to fuck off. Is the worst firmly behind us? Did the cruel winds of crypto winter finally die down, giving way to inevitable triumph of crypto spring? Are we…
A lot of people say that they are not in it for the money but for the tech. But that’s stupid because for the tech to be implemented it needs a very high value. If you want to secure a lot of value, you have to endure a lot of waste. Bitcoin does not exist…
any good could serve as the medium of exchange, as the scope and size of the economy grows it becomes impractical for people to constantly search for different goods that their counterparty is looking for, carrying out several exchanges for each exchange they want to conduct. A far more efficient solution will naturally emerge, if…
How many of you have money in banks? None of you have money in banks. Please, you’re lawyers. You understand…. Bailment. It’s not your money, you have an “account” which is a legal construct that they give you in exchange for giving them an unsecured loan of your money. So that they can finance credit…
Foundations for the Blockchain (How to create an immutable record without the need for a trusted third-party): 1.) Cryptographically link all the records 2.) Widely distributing copies of the records and links. 3.) Creating an incentive system for validating the record. (Mining, Rewards, Penalties)
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