This is what happens when you try to profit off a p2p system that kills middlemen.

Most sustainable "Bitcoin Business" are either a Fiat/state tentacle (exchanges/banks/compliance/information brokers/narrative shapers/media,etc.), and/or they are able to "exploit" a flaw/deficiency in the protocol by inserting themselves as middlemen (coinjoin coordinators/custodians/LSPs)

Every profit extracting vehicle that leeches on Bitcoin -- either by profiting off it's flaws, or bringing it closer to nationstate capture (the network as a whole will suffer).

Don't overcomplicate it... Stay humble. Stack sats. That urge you have to give back is natural. Give freely your time, energy, and value (not-for-profit), and we'll all get insanely wealthy together.

Less "Bitcoin Businesses", more "Business using Bitcoin".

Never forget, it was the Internet Businesses that slowly captured and degraded the soverignty of the Email protocol.

The best is best when you're at rest. Why don't you just cut off for a very long holiday. I don't know your work allows it or not but things seem to be getting more complicated with more work. Take a chil pill 💊 and try to enjoy.

Great post. I'm also in the business and it seems all type of businesses have the same chaos. I'm in logistics and so very often I'm involved in multiple tasks at a time. I know it can get real ugly often. Just take care man, give yourself more attention.

Thanks for sharing and knowing your limits. I am glad you are taking better care of yourself and hitting the gym. Bitcoin be damned nothing is more important than taking care of yourself.

I appreciate all that you have done in the space and wish you success.

Thanks for posting this. Being self aware is something we can all benefit from. I look forward to following the progress in your new projects.

Great memoir.

Can't quit the black pill till you've faced it.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I want to say that even if I don’t share your conclusions now or in the past (yet?), you certainly have my utmost respect for following your own path and doing what you believe is right. I hope both changes—hitting the gym and the pivot—work out for you.

Paying attention to the lessons you learned and appreciate your willingness to share them.

Wow.

Thanks for your contributions man, gone but not forgotten.

Looking forward to OpenSecret and Maple.

@TonyGiorgio appreciate you brother

thanks for sharing and hope you're going ok now shout out all the mums 🙌 sounds like she helped shift something for you mentally , so great

ive always loved your takes on lightning privacy and loved mutiny and what it stands for, want to give you props for what you've done

like i think you should be stoked because at least you went out on your own and did it. so many people don't have the courage to ever take that step and what chews them up internally is never taking it and never knowing - you took it, you started something. and sure its a massive headfuck but you stepped out into the unknown - more power to you!

this is the one part i didn't get and I disagree with

i hope you feel differnet about it now

anyways bit of a ramble - all the best ✌

I think no effort is ever wasted, so while 10 years on paper seems like a long time, the fact that you endured so much through this journey will make your learning takeaways sink into your psyche and become part of your armour.

Onward and upward

Just remember that the path which you walk is your own and while yours will cross those of others....you do not have to follow them.

Bitcoin never dies, even if one day the price goes down it will definitely go up, even if it goes up everyone will definitely be happy and happy, to this day everyone continues to hunt bitcoin hunters, for those who already understand about bitcoin, of course there are risks, including profit or loss.

Yes, it sucks.