I’m so glad I’m a nobody now in bitcoin. I used to be a somebody, in my spare time during residency. Bitcoin has grown beyond my wildest expectations. Hoping the next 13.5 years are as good as my first 13.5 years.
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Nice to have you here on Nostr 🤙
It amazes me how much I failed to grasp about Bitcoin for many years. We didn’t have Adam Back, Saifedean, Michael Saylor, or even Andreas back in the day. Being a resident left me little time too…thus I probably hold the record for being the slowest learner in Bitcoin.
You stayed the course though, more than many I’d imagine. And through many phases 🫡
I’ve been in the space 6 years, feels like 12 . 13.5 must be time for a gold block clock and a retirement package 😂
Just about. But I’m a simple guy with narrow interests. I just ordered my first new vehicle of my life yesterday …and I have the dollars for it…no way I’m selling bitcoin for a vehicle. Never trade an appreciating asset for a depreciating one.
As I get older I have very little need for physical possessions, I enjoy simple pleasures. Stacking sats gives me a wonderful sense of self as it’s an instant connection to anyone globally, a true value shared
My secret insight to bitcoin longevity: resident salary increases fairly substantially every year (like 5% for me during a minimal inflation era)…then a decent bump for fellowship and a major bump for getting first real job and then substantially more every year until partner and then another healthy bump.
If you always make more money every year, it’s easy to hodl.
All the OG that quit their jobs or bought lots of stuff ended up where they started.
I’m fortunate in that I love being a radiologist and I’m really good at it. While I don’t _need_ to work, I want to enjoy life and still stack sats. So I stack what seem like tiny amounts of bitcoin for a rainy day. My $40/month coinbase auto buy in residency will pay for my first born’s college education.
You’re still a somebody in Bitcoin, doc. 🤙 🫡
Huh? You believed in bitcoin or gave it some cred 13years ago? Really? Kudos if true.
Yup. July 2010 slashdot.org article.
Of course I thought bitcoin was stupid, but having had an unfortunate incident as a poor kid trying to save money for college and gotten beat up and lost all my savings, and having had college degrees in astrophysics and math, I read the white paper and decided on the spot to start mining bitcoin. Got 4 blocks over the subsequent 12 hours before I had to be back at the hospital.
My hope was that maybe someday some kid somewhere could put money someplace where math instead of meat could defend it.