100k

I am my own harshest critic.

I’m one of those people who works on something for a year, hits the goal, thinks great for two seconds, and then instantly moves on to the next thing.

I imagine a lot of us are like this.

But today was the first time in my life I took a moment to reflect back over the past decade and feel proud of myself.

Of course, I still managed to do everything wrong. But I did manage to get this crypto part at least somewhat right.

I first wrote about Bitcoin in 2014, in a note to my university economics professor, arguing that there was some small percentage chance that Bitcoin could bring competitive pressure to the banking industry, thus making life better for consumers.

On that day, the price of Bitcoin was $388.

Unfortunately, I was a broke university student at that point, living off beans on toast and using old takeaway boxes as plates.

But at least I prioritised Bitcoin. At least a little bit.

Enough to buy one. Just that one. I still own that one.

Thank God I didn’t mess that part up.

But the funny thing is, since then, the whole world mostly thought I was insane.

The newspapers called it money for criminals.
The politicians called it a Ponzi scheme.
The banks warned us it was a scam.
Warren Buffet called it rat poison.
The ECB called it irrelevant.
I barely passed my economics class.

And then, finally, 10 years later, Bill Gates decided to change his position on it to neutral.

Nice one, guys.

But not just that.

Not only did the whole world think you were an idiot, or a drug dealer, or a mentally ill person for enjoying Bitcoin...

You had to run through an avalanche of falling rocks just to not die while holding it.

Basically, every exchange on the planet got hacked while we developed paranoia.

It was trivially easy to get scammed or lose your keys.

You could have lost conviction and spent it on any one of the thousands of coins over the years that went straight to zero.

So yeah, today, for me at least, is a day of celebration. I made it. We all made it.

So here’s to us internet weirdos, the societal outcasts, the people who think differently and don’t give in to social pressures.

Thank you to each and every one of you for helping me stay on this journey. For not allowing me to lose faith. I owe you more than you will ever know.

It’s been a long, long road and a long, long fight, and we had a lot of luck along the way.

But we did it.

Bitcoin is at 100k.

But the job’s not done.

See you all at a million. Maybe we can reflect on this again then.