Bitcoin is deeply personal to me.

I was born and raised in Argentina, where currency instability isn’t a theory — it’s daily life. Even though I travel a lot, Argentina has always been my base. When I was around 16–17, the government restricted access to U.S. dollars to about $200 per month. For many Argentinians, USD was how families preserved savings. Suddenly, that door was closed.

I started working at 15, always independently, always entrepreneurial. When I learned about Bitcoin, I began converting whatever pesos I could into it; not to get rich, but to preserve value. It was my way, as a teenager, of protecting the fruits of my work. Marketing agencies, clothing brands, community manager, ecommerce... whatever thing I tried to do at the time I was able to thankfully protect with BTC. And my fav part is that it was not attached to the goverment like USD! hahaha

What mattered most wasn’t price. It was trust.

Bitcoin felt understandable, accessible, and — crucially — not sketchy. It didn’t rely on promises, founders, or marketing narratives. It simply worked. It gave me something stable in a system where stability was rare.

That’s why I see Bitcoin as fundamentally different from “crypto.”
Crypto often revolves around speculation, incentives, and constant novelty. Bitcoin is boring by comparison and that’s the point. It’s about rules, limits, and credibility over time.

Bitcoin didn’t change my life overnight. It gave me something quieter but more important: confidence that my effort wouldn’t be arbitrarily erased. That foundation made everything else possible.