Gladiator 2

What a shame so far…

Everything is an investment

Giving nostr:npub12vkcxr0luzwp8e673v29eqjhrr7p9vqq8asav85swaepclllj09sylpugg mobile app a go again

Deleted Nostr off my phone a while back

Go go go!

As I build my new website, I need emails for a custom domain

I started using my domain extension in proton mail private

To only find that if you buy google workspace you can't have 2x email providers on the same domain

Half a day screwing around with MX records, DNS stuff, and still none the wiser as to how I should set it up

Somehow I just don't trust google

And having them at the centre of my tech stack, calender, calls, email, docs etc etc, although by far the easiest, just doesn't feel right

Most painful thing is trying to figure out a calendly like alternative to use with proton cal

Boring stuff

But typical of the random shit one ends up doing with startup projects

I've almost got totally lost in the weeds on something actually not that important

Attention

One must value it better!

Decided to scrap gsuite, use proton for custom email, and a old personal gmail for scheduling

Annoying to not have all on one domain, but best solution I can come up with for now

ONWARDS!

First podcast episode set to go live on 20 Jan 2025...

Amen to that!

NOSTR

You are the algo...

So interesting how little I've been posting on Nostr lately

I am not as engaged as I was on Twitter etc over the years, but interestingly I don't care, and I feel happier

In some weeks on Twitter I would have had a number of viral posts, with 100s of comments, and 1 million impressions

It was wild

1 man and a keyboard

But fuck was it stressful... A sea of notifications. You couldn't respond to every one even if you wanted

I would get burnt out

Then a few months later get renewed, hooked, entriced, whatever you want to call it, and the same pattern would repeat

Nostr experience is so much more chilled

In some ways a growing in self-confidence, lack of need for extrenal validation, and a more sophisticated approach to life also playing its part

Saying that, I think in 2025 I am going to create more content than ever before

But I am going to learn from my mistakes, do it a little differently, and in particular really focus in on the long game

Here's to many more failure's, lessons, re-iteration's, and life lessons! Remember: ACTION LEADS TO CLARITY

2025 is going to be the year of the podcast for me

Can't wait to see where it takes us

Writing my final weekly investment memo for the year, and pleased to see net assets up 66% in aud terms

Absolutely amazing result, that I would like to celebrate with you all right now

Here's to an amazing 2025 🙏

Thanks for asking!

Going to be an investment focused podcast, but investing touches on all area's of life, so will essentially be a long-term content project focused on what I find interesting

Building my new website for the podcast launch in mid-Jan

Will be: www.jakewoodhouse.io

Trying my best to get away from gmail and gcal

I use proton mail personally, and pay annually, which is easy to setup a new domain email with

But figuring out, what is a good calendly alternative when using proton?

Something that means I can have 3x slots per week to send to potential podcast guests dotted all over the world...

#asknostr

I gave him the Bitcoin Standard for xmas a few years ago, which certainly helped...!

Chatting with my bro-in-law today

He works as a finance director at a ASX listed company

His colleague reckons they're undervalued, and is going to load up on more of their equity, with the aim of a 50% return in 12 to 18 months

My bro-in-law: "I am not buying, I prefer Bitcoin"

Good lad

But also, let's not overlook the fact that 50% is a great return for a publicly traded equity

However when Bitcoin is your hurdle rate, it's not interesting at all

This is a mindset shift that is still uncommon

Imagine what happens when most public market investors upgrade their thinking to this..?

If you look at the MSTR nav to price ratio, you can see how the pricing is fluctuating

As an example

I think the key is the fact it will be faster on the way up, and faster on the way down, as it's a leveraged Bitcoin play with tools in the public equity market available to them but not others

I would look at it as a way to accumulate more Bitcoin long-term

Thanks so much for the support and insights!

Only a matter of time...

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I am curious as well!

I made a small allocation, at pre-ipo, entirely due to a friend who is involved

Their investment lens is 2nd to none

In some cases, trying to outpace the Bitcoin hurdle rate, is a bet worth taking with a small percentage of one's portfolio

Timely reminder

Thanks Pablo

Crucial to ask the hard questions, and be willing to put yourself out there