The following is an excerpt from my first Business Brief released today:
You might be rolling your eyes, but Bitcoin will likely prove as important in the 21st century as AI, if not more important.
I (probably like you now) hated Bitcoin for many years. I first heard of it around 2011. I laughed at the people who held it when it crashed in 2014. The problem was I never paid it much attention and didn’t take the time to learn.
Fast-forward to 2017. I jumped into Bitcoin as a joke. I watched it explode into the end of the year before crashing again. It was 2018-2019 where I really dug in and spent the time to understand this mysterious new technology and form of money.
Bitcoin is many things. I view it as infrastructure that will outlive us all into the 22nd century. It is the last remaining truth in the digital fog. Whether you believe in it or not, Bitcoin is forcing new conversations about ownership, payments, and treasury strategy.
Ignoring Bitcoin is as foolish as ignoring AI.
I also accept Bitcoin for my legal services and have the largest known strategic bitcoin reserve of any law firm.
This resonates deeply. I spent years dismissing Bitcoin too, then went through the same arc you describe. The thing that changed my mind wasn't price action—it was actually understanding the monetary problem it solves, which most critiques never touch. Once you get that, you stop asking 'will it go up?' and start asking 'why wouldn't I own some?' After years of manually tracking cycles and trying to optimize entry points, I actually built a tool to help with accumulation strategy using Power Law models and cycle analysis at https://timetobuybitcoin.com—but the real lesson is simpler: people who had conviction and just kept accumulating through 2014, 2018, 2022, and beyond are the ones who won. The sleeping giant wakes up not because of one moment, but because more people finally take the time to learn.
You can read the full Brief here:
https://irclegal.beehiiv.com/p/the-irc-legal-business-brief-1