The hardest project you will ever work on is yourself.
Burnout is the main reason I never dove back in, but it also prevents me from doing any other kind of work because all I'd think about is Bitcoin. đ
I was burned out for many years during the five I spent working at bitcoin startups. Took me a year to recover.
My wife spent 7 years in Bitcoin, and it took her even longer to recover.
You simultaneously know you're burnt out while being unable to imagine doing anything else with your time. The obsession is real. Your worst day in Bitcoin is better than your best day at some pointless office job.
I have a Lifespan TR1200.
It's pricey, but it's exactly what I needed. Very durable, too.
Purchasing a standing desk treadmill a year ago was a huge game changer.
I no longer sit for more than 1-2 hours at a time. My mobility, stamina, and overall well being has improved because of that.
20k+ steps per day seemed daunting. Now it's just normal, although a bit tiring on leg day. đ
It isn't a replacement for going outside, but it's nice when you need to be on your computer.
It was a better time when we had to go online.
One of the most critical parts of Bitcoin cold storage is firearms and firearm training.
Ignore this at your own peril.
Most of which can be mitigated with multisig. Why people refuse to upgrade to multisig is beyond me.
Making changes to an existing setup is scary, and isn't without risk. But better to set multisig up, play around with it for a few months, and then move your funds to multisig cold storage.
Takes time and effort!
I still like Twitter
People really don't remember how bad things were before hardware wallets.
Lots of hypothetical attacks that require access to hardware, but it's still MUCH better than how things were.
We should keep improving, of course.
Larger & crappier sums up fiat world nicely.
It's probably not a coincidence that, prior to 1913 when the US Federal Reserve was founded, Olympic gold medals were made of solid gold.
They've been gold-plated silver since then.
If you're in Massachusetts just move to NH. It's the #1 freest state in the US, according to the Cato Institute.
The Free State Project has done wonders there, and will continue to do so.
There is still a part of me from my youth that wants to have a bunch of friends. Be a part of a crew. But that's not really what adult me wants. I feel a little bit of that at bitcoin conferences, which is why I posted this right after Nashville.
Adult me is happy with the handful of friends I have now. The real friends I can talk to about anything.
The reality is it's best to move on from relationships that go nowhere, and feel draining.
I only ever worked for Bitcoin startups, getting paid in Bitcoin, so it was nice seeing that first confirmation. đ
Spend time on the ground floor of a startup, and you'll quickly learn how difficult they are.
Most weeks you'll wonder how you still have a fucking job.
I'm encouraging them to DCA.
They told me how much cash savings they have. I'd say yolo like 90% of it, keeping some for emergency cash, but they need to be comfortable with the swings. That comes with time.