I made a post with all the chapters for the first book in this series (The Universal Good Deal), I still haven't put up the one for the second book (Who Brought the Steak Tartare?). I will make one for this book once it is concluded.

In the mean time, if you click on my bio and go to items, it will list all the chapters in reverse order. Here's a link to Chapter 1

Glad you enjoy it!

Thanks for keeping on top of this case. It's really interesting to follow along. This is one of the reasons all the KYC/AML stuff is so frustrating. The only people who end up being forced to follow it are people who aren't rich enough to ignore it.

Speaking as someone who also has cetological aspirations, I'll amend Mr Greeley's phrase and say: Go north, young man!

Speaking as someone who is also not a businessman, I'll bet Scoresby wishes he didn't stand quite so far from the that particular population.

Speaking as someone who writes a lot but also refrains from taking up the mantle of artist, I'll point out that art is often something that nobody asks you to do (they only occasionally realize they wanted you to do it after you have already done it) and so it can feel self-indulgent.

This is a good place to start. If you still have any info (txid, inputs, outputs, destination address) about the transaction you tried to broadcast when sparrow hung up, it makes sense to check a block explorer for the transaction. That way you can get a sense if sparrow successfully created and signed it or if it didn't make it that far.

Don't get too worried about things. If you were able to sign and broadcast one transaction, you'll probably be able to do the rest. It doesn't sound like your btc is lost or stolen, just need to get sparrow so it can see it and sign for it.