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I have decided it is time to retry my pivot away from investing directly in people's understanding of Bitcoin.
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First, a history of my involvement.
I have been in Bitcoin since 2011 and made every mistake in the books.
Had I been less foolish then, I'd be retired today, by which I mean, doing exactly what I'm doing, but with solid financial security.
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For a long time, I knew that I was hugely ignorant, foolish, etc. and just muddling along trying to learn as much as I could as quickly as I could, and still screwing it up pretty regularly.
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That's why I stayed off of Twitter, out of Reddit, etc.
Then, Segwit 2x happened, or more accurately, failed to happen. BCH had already forked, and I knew that bigger blocks were necessary.
I started paying much better attention then...
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What I found was that nobody knew what the hell they were talking about.
In fact, I knew far more than they did thanks to my studies in economics.
That's when I got on Twitter and wrote this article:
https://sym.re/MKKCHAR
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That article directly addressed the complete and utter stupidity of the BTC approach at the time, and gave a framework to understand why fees acted as they did at the time.
It was my first direct investment in educating others about how this stuff works.
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For a long time, I suffered from imposter syndrome. I was an enthusiast, I studied economics for fun, etc. Who the hell am I to tell others how all of this works?
I used that as fuel to educate myself further, more deeply.
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Eventually, I realized that I was one of the few people I'd ever encountered who had the right background knowledge and methodology to understand Bitcoin on a deep level, at least where the economics were concerned.
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This isn't a boast, or to say I totally get Bitcoin. I still learn something new every day. Part of this was that I hadn't yet encountered those who were also capable of this. Now, I feel I'm in far better company.
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For a time, I thought that I was in enough company, and that I could halt my public efforts.
See, I don't like being "popular," or being an "influencer" (not that I am either.) I don't want a ton of attention on me.
So, I got off Twitter for a bit.
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I felt at one point that I was in enough company that I could step back and focus on myself, to get a little wiser, etc. and I wrote this article then went private on Twitter: https://www.yours.org/content/a-reflection-044c7e73f6d7
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Then I watched as the "Hash War" played out.
So many of those I thought "got it" were rooting for BCH's checkpoints, celebrating that they "forked CSW off their network."
Fools. Such fools...
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I returned to public on Twitter, reluctantly, but with a plan to keep myself in check. I mostly failed, but there was improvement, and I'm far better and far wiser than I once was.
Hopefully I'll look back on this and agree with my present self.
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Since returning, I have released several culminations of my work in learning how Bitcoin works and why it works that way. I feel that I understand the economic design in a way that still most others do not.
But...
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I am thrilled to say that I see real understanding in a significant number of people who are directly building real, valuable products, and who are dedicated to the creation of Bitcoin as it ought to be, and ought to have been.
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So for me, I am no longer focused on getting others to understand. I think we've reached a critical mass of people who do truly understand it, informed by my previous flawed perception of such an event, and now I can open up in different ways than I could.
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Starting today, you get to see more of who I really am, what I am truly interested in, and what I value.
Before, everything was filtered and focused on getting people on track for building Bitcoin.
Now, I'm letting that filter go.
But... Only on Twetch.
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With this, I am going to make a single, very meaningful change.
I am changing my username on Twetch from Matthew Zietzke to Matt Zietzke.
I have previously spoken about the value of a consistent identity on Twetch. This is more important than you know.
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I will only ever change it one more time, if ever, (barring unforeseen circumstances,) and I already have that change planned out.
And no, you don't get to know what that change will be :)
Today, I start showing you the man behind the keyboard.