What I'm focused on now
January 8, 2024
Doing
- Leading sales and partnerships at Lightning payment ops startup, Amboss
- Advising and angel investing in other Bitcoin startups, recently Orange Pill App, Relai, Synota, Vida, and Zaprite
- Actively participating in and supporting the nostr protocol’s evolution
- Working to regain balance by investing in my fitness and longevity
- Enjoying what has shaped up to be my son’s terrific two’s
Learning
- Digging back into Fedimint and Covenants as the Bitcoin layer 2 scaling debates heat up again
- Experimenting with numerous Large Language Models and their underlying development
Reading
I keep a handful of books on the go—a few non—fiction and a sci-fi selection for nighttime reading when my toddler permits.
- Broken Money
- The Network State
- 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
- Closing the Loop
- The Kevin Rooke Show
- My “Best of 2023” playlist
Reflecting
“First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.” —Epictetus
“Never regret anything that made you smile.” —Mark Twain
Inspired by Derek Sivers’ now page project