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International man of mystery. They've given me a number, and taken away my name. I don't often post, but when I do I noticed a typo 0.03 seconds after hitting send.

Already came for me. Unfortunately, I was awake from about 1am. 😭

It’s a beautiful product & I’m definitely recommending it to beginners. Will probably give this one to my kid who turns 18 & heads off to college next year so they can start stacking on their own.

I bought one just to check it out, but I don't I'll use it. I'll probably gift it to someone else.

I don't like that you can't get a seed phrase so you're dependent on the company for at least two of the three keys & the emergency access kit is probably too complicated for most people.

Looks like I might actually get a little Bitcoin back from FTX!

Replying to Avatar Mandrik

I suspect few people in the world have interacted with more individuals who lost bitcoin than I have.

I answered support tickets for a non-custodial web wallet that, at the time, was the most popular in the world.

I'm talking about 100,000+ tickets over five years, many from users who lost access to their funds. Not just tiny amounts, mind you.

Sometimes hundreds of bitcoin.

My inability to help them still weighs on me.

We added warnings and info about the importance of backups. It's not that I could have done more. The nature of the old Blockchain(.)info wallet made that impossible.

The bottom line is personal responsibility demands extraordinary effort, and not everyone is up for the challenge.

Lost password? Sorry, I can't help.

Lost seed phrase? Sorry, I can't help.

Funds stolen by a phishing site? *Sigh*

What troubles me most isn't the sadness I felt from doing this daily for so many years. No, eventually you grow numb to it.

That's what truly hurt.

I imagine this is a lesser version of what people in the medical field have to do to cope with their jobs - learning to stop caring so much.

It takes a toll on your humanity if you live this way for too long.

I could have stayed in that job. Stacked more sats. It made sense, financially. I'd have a lot more bitcoin today if I did.

Instead, I left, choosing to be with my family and focus on self improvement.

Anyone who has worked during the early years of a startup will understand how incredibly burnt out you are once you finally step away. It took me years to push through that.

But I still think about those users.

The ones who made all the mistakes of the past that you, the bitcoiners of today, would learn from.

Almost seven years have passed since I left, and I'm no longer numb to their pain. I feel sadness for them again.

And I'm grateful for that.

I hope you all have a Merry Christmas, and take some time to reflect on the things that truly matter in this life. 🧡✌️

Having worked in customer support it never occurred to me that that could be something I could’ve done for Bitcoin. But, I don’t know that I could deal with there being nothing that I could do to help so much of the time. So much of my self-worth came from being able to find solutions & resolve issues.

Shouldn’t as I’ve also been conscious of UTXO size for the last several years.

I don't know exactly? I heard about UTXO management & saw where some people labeled UTXOs & such & definitely didn't want to do that. But, I did like the idea being able to know when I got them & the cost basis just so I could good about my life choices. 😂

I'm doing what I already wanted and not making any changes based on anyone else's rules so I'm not sure why that would be considered compliant.

I've been just been buying a fixed amount & then pulling to cold storage immediately so that each UTXO would automatically have a known cost basis & purchase date. From what I've seen that should still be sufficient. 🤞🏼

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YouTube comments on nostr:npub10qrssqjsydd38j8mv7h27dq0ynpns3djgu88mhr7cr2qcqrgyezspkxqj8 are a great reminder to never give a fuck what critics have to say.

When you create something, no matter what you do, there will *always* be people who hate the way you do it.

For example, one critic absolutely HATES my voice (probably because he’s used to low T Ethereum podcasters with high-pitched voices).

But someone else thinks it’s “the coolest voice for a podcast host. hands down.”

That’s great to hear, because it’s my voice and I don’t plan on changing it. I’ll even forgive them for calling me “Walter” because it’s such a nice comment.

The point is, some people create, others criticize.

If you’re a creator, keep on creating. There are more people out there that appreciate what you do than people who hate how you do it.

Thanks for coming to my #Titcoin TED Talk. 🫂

It always makes me think of Lego: Batman & then I think you should do a Lego: Bitman parody. Lego would probably sue you though.

How many nostr:npub1v0tfjv5ahr3c260jtzdk5w48krerrnkg8fmcnc5lpguk0qda04eqzm3m3e belts are too many? Asking for a friend? 😂

How many hardware wallets are too many? Asking for a friend.

Amazing coincidence that all the numbers are reversible so it can still be read without it being obvious that it’s wrong.

Remarkably, this has nothing to do with Bitcoin.