What I'm Focused on Now

Updated October 19, 2021

Themes: decentralization, privacy, Bitcoin, markets, monetary policy & history

Doing

• Beginning work that I’m incredibly excited about: expanding access to Bitcoin, the asset and the network, by helping others build on Bitcoin with Bottlepay.
• Returning to the US after an unforgettable time in Morocco

Learning

• Taproot and how its activation affects Bitcoin’s near future
• Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs)
• The history of monetary policy and central banking

Reading

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

• The Fiat Standard
• The Origins of Money
• Deflation & Liberty
• Cash Crash Jubilee

Listening

My podcast selection is Bitcoin-heavy these days, mixed with emerging technology and macro trends. And always new music.

• Bitcoin Audible
• Closing the Loop
• Tales from the Crypt
• What Bitcoin Did
• My “Best of 2021” playlist

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Inspired by Derek Sivers’ now page project