What I'm focused on now

July 15, 2024

Themes: family, Bitcoin, building, longevity

Doing

• Consulting, advising, and investing in startups building on Bitcoin and the Lightning Network, including Bitvora, Orange Pill App, Synota, Zaprite, and with Lightning Ventures
• Actively participating in and supporting nostr’s development
• Settling into a new home, and working every day to be a better husband and father

Learning

• Studying Ark, Cashu, and similar protocols as the Bitcoin layer 2 scaling debate heats up again
• Experimenting with numerous generative AI tools and how to build private, offline systems with them

Reading

I keep a handful of books on the go—a few non-fiction and a sci-fi selection for nighttime reading.

• Broken Money
• The Psychology of Money
• Catching up on The Murderbot series

Listening

My podcast selection is Bitcoin-heavy, mixed with macroeconomic trends and privacy, and delivered via the Lightning-powered Fountain app. And always new music.

• Bitcoin Audible
• TFTC
• What Bitcoin Did
• My “Best of 2024” playlist

Reflecting

“Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.” —Alan Watts

“Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.” —Henry David Thoreau

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