I’ve been working so hard for so long I forgot to think about what I’d do if I had “enough” money.
Suppose you were magically given “enough.” What would you do?
I just keep going to work because people need me. But this need will _never_ end.
I think I need a protégé to teach to fill my shoes.
Better yet, give me your money.
lol, that’ll solve all my problems.
I'm here to help.
Did my zap work?
Oh wow. Yeah I'm an ecash shitcoiner so needed to open my wallet for it to arrive. Thanks so much!
I’m an OG but lightning is not my forté. Payment failed and I did it again immediately and it seemed to work…weird.
Yeah it's buggy between implentations I think. Used to run a lightning node, but then I got a life. It has to be easier than moving on chain for me to consider using it.
May get rugged, but it's the zaps we made along the way that count.
How OG? I mined (and gave up) in 2012. Shitcoined till 2017 when I sold at the top. Only came back properly and for good in 2021.
Freedom from the grind maybe this halving, maybe next. Hope you're enjoying it.
First slashdotting. July 2010. Mined for a week with my laptop cpu…back when that worked. Managed to not sell all but definitely sold way too much. Donated some and helped with a foundation that subsequently folded.
I’ve always bought small amounts every month since coinbase became a thing. Those $20 buys in 2013 really mean something today. Started buying for real in March/April 2019 after plan b released his model.
While I no longer thing plan b model is best, it’s still useful. Very useful. But for long term planning I believe power law model more likely to be true on average. Much less optimistic but also not exponential…exponential models always must fail eventually. Power law models don’t _have_ to fail ever. But even this model will fail someday. My guess is 10-15 years.
My advice: learn self custody well. Practice it. Get a coldcard from @nvk and practice seed creation, backup, delete, restore and wallet creation…and stack hard enough to have no regrets…this means don’t become a forced seller. And don’t leave too much on the table.
Nice. Congrats for hodling.
Just the one coldcard for such a stack?
I went the multisig route but feel like it was a bit overkill.
Best not to rely on anything electronic to maintain seed. Multisig is useful but complicated.
My advice: 24 word seed on metal. Keep at home. Have long pass phrase, part of which is on metal at reasonably secure location you control as far away from home as possible (work, bank, etc), and remaining part on metal or paper kept with multiple trusted third parties instructed to only ever give it to your spouse in person…preferably out of state.
The main goal is to make it take forever, but if your out of state contact knows to call police if you request passphrase instead of your wife, you have a sly way of raising alarm bells.
Money is never the goal, it's a tool.
Exactly. I’m too young to have thought well about what to do with this tool.
Could you contact a local medical school and see if they could help you find a protege? Second time mentioning it so it seems it is time.
Gotta buy a protege. Need to find the right balance between brilliance and work ethic, interest and aptitude. I’m hopeful our new guy in July will be ripe for passing the buck to. But it’ll be a few years before I know. Last two new guys were not compatible with the nuances of what I do.
That is a bummer about the last two. Sending best wishes for the new one to be THE ONE.
Also if I had enough, I would find ways to volunteer for projects I believe in, travel, enjoy ballet and classical music live, go on a mission to make the perfect cappuccino with art on top, and still shop at thrift stores lol
I like it.
I drive shitty vehicles and wear shitty clothes. I stack sats because it’s so obvious…I’m raising kids who don’t care about bullshit commercialism. But I’m not sure what is supposed to happen next. I never thought I’d get here.
Well it sounds like all the possibilities are open so to me that is a beautiful albeit bit scary of a place. Go gently 🫂💜 excited to hear what is next for you 🍀
Most people are Brooks from Shawshank. Meaning once they’re retired they go back to work part-time. Working is all they know. They can’t comprehend any of the following…
Write a book
Write poetry
Learn to cook/grill
Start a food pantry
Learn to garden/farm
Build a rock solid body
Mentor young children
Learn about Seasteading
Immerse in a foreign culture
Learn to ski or snowboarding
Start a business (for fun/experience)
Learn to paint, pottery , homesteading
Go down the Spiritual rabbit hole
Become fluent in a foreign language
Research getting a second citizenship
Master a sport golf, ping pong, pickleball
Start a charity or foundation based on your values.
The only thing limiting people is their imagination.
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