NEW EPISODE: nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsq37amnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvf5hgcm0d9hxg6tnw3exjcm59ehhyecqyrfawsfymha4hhrphrcc697rxddmknuvwyvz5d0wyuc55jdyada362dlwfh went from Naval Special Warfare intelligence to software engineering at a large-scale Bitcoin miner.
His career arc reveals something important about how centralized systems are showing cracks and what's replacing them.
Key insights:
→ Open source contributions build reputation that matters more than corporate credentials in Bitcoin
→ Military “thinking shooter” training—knowing where to find answers rather than having all answers—translates directly to decentralized technology work
→ Financial surveillance isn't abstract: working in FinTech showed him exactly how payment censorship operates at the technical level
→ Bitcoin Veterans is creating pathways for the military community to transition from defending centralized institutions to building alternatives
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