Become a miner

In 2012 I met a guy and Brandon. He had a limp and drove a beat up grey van.

He told me that he was a millionaire. He did it with crypto.

This is 2012. Bitcoin his $100 per coin and he was rich. He needed shirts to celebrate.

He limped in in his beat up van from the next Portland. There was nothing about this that felt normal or even inspired.

He vaguely explained things. He was not really gifted with words.

As long as he paid in American dollars I didn't care.

The job didn't actually go anywhere for a couple of reasons but as of today Bitcoin is worth $118,000 each. That is a stunning increase. It did not travel in a linear path, it spent most of it's time going up and down at prices well below this. If you charted out it's value from week to week over the last 13 years it would look like an unscalable mountain range.

However if you were a miner and invested in a vehicle that solved for the creation of coin that would be a different thing entirely. If I had bought a $500 miner to earn coin I would have been quite financially well off.

What I can do is be the miner though. I could write every single day and invest in the developing ideas that are of value. From there create something that either is a vehicle for those that love my work to contribute financially or to promote and get paid for it as an influencer. Or I could continue to sit on the side and not do anything at all.