{"id":266728,"date":"2021-06-04T17:44:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:44:15","slug":"we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"#We tracked down the original Bitcoin Lambo guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f241420c30\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f241420c30\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy\" >Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Is_China_softening_on_Bitcoin_A_turn_of_phrase_stirs_the_crypto_world\" >Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Satoshi_Nakamoto_saves_the_world_in_an_NFT-enabled_comic_book_series\" >Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#North_American_crypto_miners_prepare_to_challenge_Chinas_dominance\" >North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#NFTs_Overpriced_crap_or_new_art_history\" >NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Wealth_worries\" >Wealth worries<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Initiation\" >Initiation<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy-2\" >Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Is_China_softening_on_Bitcoin_A_turn_of_phrase_stirs_the_crypto_world-2\" >Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Satoshi_Nakamoto_saves_the_world_in_an_NFT-enabled_comic_book_series-2\" >Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#North_American_crypto_miners_prepare_to_challenge_Chinas_dominance-2\" >North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#NFTs_Overpriced_crap_or_new_art_history-2\" >NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#The_Bitcointalk_Forums\" >The Bitcointalk Forums<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#The_best_of_blockchain_every_Sunday\" >The best of blockchain, every Sunday<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Future_directions\" >Future directions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy-3\" >Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Is_China_softening_on_Bitcoin_A_turn_of_phrase_stirs_the_crypto_world-3\" >Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#Satoshi_Nakamoto_saves_the_world_in_an_NFT-enabled_comic_book_series-3\" >Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#North_American_crypto_miners_prepare_to_challenge_Chinas_dominance-3\" >North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-tracked-down-the-original-bitcoin-lambo-guy\/#NFTs_Overpriced_crap_or_new_art_history-3\" >NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#We tracked down the original Bitcoin Lambo guy<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 10px 15px;width:240px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_Lambo_guy-scaled.jpg\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"><\/p>\n<pre><code>                &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Jay is the Bitcoin OG who created a meme by buying a Lamborghini with the cryptocurrency. He went from a poverty-level existence to enjoying a well-off lifestyle in a gated community thanks to mining Bitcoin in the early days  but not without having to worry for his familys safety.&lt;\/strong&gt;\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>As BTC first broke the $1,000 milestone in December 2013, former Chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan suggested that Bitcoin could not actually be used to buy anything of value.<\/p>\n<p>Thats when Jay (not his real name), then in his early 30s, and with the help of his wife who is also a Bitcoiner, used almost 217 BTC to purchase what is believed to be the original <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/a-4chan-user-bought-a-200000-lamborghini-using-bitcoin-2013-12?IR=T&amp;utm_source=reddit.com\">Bitcoin Lamborghini <\/a>at the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.dupontregistry.com\/dealer-news\/lamborghini-newport-beach-cryptocurrencies\/\">Lamborghini Newport Beach<\/a> dealership. He then provided<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinspeaker.com\/first-bitcoin-lamborghini\/\"> the evidence<\/a> on the anonymous imageboard 4chan.<\/p>\n<p>This proved that Bitcoin had real value  who would accept fake money for a Lamborghini? A meme was born that launched a million other memes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>Its kind of overwhelming as an individual  I created a meme.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An archetypal Bitcoin OG, Jay got his start around 2010. Despite being broke and supporting a family on very low earnings in Southeast Asia, he ended up setting up 20 GPUs, resulting in electricity costs that were six times his rent.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7843\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7843\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lambo-guy-1.jpg\" alt=\"Lambo BTC\" width=\"512\" height=\"312\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buying a Lambo with Bitcoin in 2013.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was really poor  I made like $8,500 per year while supporting a family, and babies cost money. I had businesses and savings before, but going to university and starting a family got me damn close to $0,\u201d he recalls, bewildered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>Its amazingly hard to HODL bitcoin when you eat pasta every day and make fuck-all, and spend what you do have on computers and miners. But I had that faith, I knew this was world changing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_carousel_3 jeg_postblock jeg_col_8 jnews_module__0_60ba3ec69e228    \">\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_placeholder\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_post\" data-nav='' data-autoplay='true' data-delay='4500' data-items=\"3\" data-margin='20'>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy\"><\/span>Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> May 14, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_China_softening_on_Bitcoin_A_turn_of_phrase_stirs_the_crypto_world\"><\/span>Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> May 5, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Satoshi_Nakamoto_saves_the_world_in_an_NFT-enabled_comic_book_series\"><\/span>Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 21, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-75x75.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"North_American_crypto_miners_prepare_to_challenge_Chinas_dominance\"><\/span>North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 13, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"NFTs Overpriced Crap or New Art History\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-75x75.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NFTs_Overpriced_crap_or_new_art_history\"><\/span>NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 2, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Today, Jay lives in a gated community within a small city of under 100,000 in Southeast Asia with his wife, three children, and three dogs  one of them a professionally trained and imposing guard dog whom I had no doubt was ready to rip my face off on command when I visited.<\/p>\n<p>His home actually consists of two houses on two streets, discreetly connected in the middle, creating an understated facade. Whereas the front garage contains \u201cnormal\u201d luxury vehicles, the back holds none other than Bitcoin Lamborghini 2.0.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>Sadly because I was so close to $0 and had kids, I had to sell so much BTC so early because I wanted some safety net. I could add at least one zero to my net worth if I had no family  but its a paradox because family is why I do it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_7844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7844\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/lambo-guy.jpg\" alt=\"Lambo convention\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Bitcoin Lambo in Texas at a CryptoWomen meetup in 2014. Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wealth_worries\"><\/span>Wealth worries<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Jays fortune is crowned by a loaded 1,000 BTC Casascius \u201cphysical Bitcoin\u201d gold coin of which only a few exist. It is, in fact, the most valuable coin in the world, with a face value of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roximately $60 million dollars and a collector premium of many millions more.<\/p>\n<p>This is how we came to meet, as I act as a broker of such rarities and wrote the <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cryptonumist.com\/encyclopedia\/\">Encyclopedia of Physical Bitcoins and Crypto-Currencies<\/a><\/em>. For Jay, owning such coins can, however, prove stressful \u201cif someone connects me to holding tens of millions of dollars in what are effectively bearer bonds.\u201d Such coins hold the private key to the stated amount of Bitcoins under a tamper-proof label, making them comparable to bearer bonds, gold or cash.<\/p>\n<p>Such privilege is \u201cdifficult to deal with\u201d on the family front, Jay says. Living in a country with a huge wealth disparity, he explains that money can be metaphorically used to build either a bigger wall to separate himself from the masses, or a bigger table in order to bring them to his side. \u201cHonestly, I have to do both, but I want to build a bigger table,\u201d he says. He feels that he faces very real threats, including the kidnapping of family members by international criminals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>I had issues with some Russian oligarchs in the past, but I dont think Im a target now.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7845\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7845\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-7845\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Physical-bitcoin-1.jpg\" alt=\"Casascius coin\" width=\"244\" height=\"244\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7845\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A loaded 1,000 BTC Casascius coin, which Jay bought for $5,000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Still, its hard to put worry or paranoia aside  states of mind that Jay considers natural to him. Late one night, as we enjoyed beer and burgers on the edge of town, Jays merriness suddenly turned to keen attention as he spied a vehicle loitering near his Lamborghini. \u201cIts been there over 30 seconds,\u201d he said, appearing still nervous after the car drove off. \u201cThey were probably just admiring the car  but what if?\u201d He was visibly uneasy.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Initiation\"><\/span>Initiation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Jay describes a normal childhood in an average lower-middle-class family in the U.S. midwest. Money was sometimes tight, but basic needs were covered and school was OK. He excelled in geography, which simply came naturally to him without the need to study.<\/p>\n<p>He started working at the age of 12, stapling large boxes together at a warehouse owned by a family friend. The work was repetitive and it was actually illegal to employ such a young child, but Jay was there willingly and feels that he gained a valuable perspective from <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a>izing with business owners at such a young age.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_carousel_3 jeg_postblock jeg_col_8 jnews_module__1_60ba3ec6a7a4d    \">\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_placeholder\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_post\" data-nav='' data-autoplay='true' data-delay='4500' data-items=\"3\" data-margin='20'>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy-2\"><\/span>Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> May 14, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_China_s_shift_from_total_crypto_ban_to_embracing_CBDC_and_BTC-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_China_softening_on_Bitcoin_A_turn_of_phrase_stirs_the_crypto_world-2\"><\/span>Is China softening on Bitcoin? A turn of phrase stirs the crypto world<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> May 5, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Crypto_comics-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Satoshi_Nakamoto_saves_the_world_in_an_NFT-enabled_comic_book_series-2\"><\/span>Satoshi Nakamoto saves the world in an NFT-enabled comic book series<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 21, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-75x75.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine_Growth_of_mining_in_North_America_an_emerging_battleground_with_China-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"North_American_crypto_miners_prepare_to_challenge_Chinas_dominance-2\"><\/span>North American crypto miners prepare to challenge Chinas dominance<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 13, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"NFTs Overpriced Crap or New Art History\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-75x75.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/magazine-NFTs-Overpriced-Crap-or-New-Art-History-350x350.jpg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NFTs_Overpriced_crap_or_new_art_history-2\"><\/span>NFTs: Overpriced crap or new art history?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> April 2, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After high school, Jay enrolled in a university close to home to study international relations and computer engineering. He, however, became disillusioned, believing that \u201ca lot of what the university was teaching me was absolute bullshit\u201d and mostly aimed at making him into \u201ca good wage slave.\u201d As he studied money, \u201cit blew my mind that fiat money was based on nothing  it was debt.\u201d He dropped out to run his own book-selling business, which he later sold to a firm that itself went on to be acquired by Amazon.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>The realization of the financial system and money being bullshit helped motivate me to drop out of university in the U.S.A. and do my own thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jay used the money to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>, first heading to Mongolia, which he felt might be a \u201cmissed gem\u201d and might hold economic opportunities. Later in Kazakhstan, he spent time with a group that \u201ctrained golden eagles to hunt wolves,\u201d and he heard high praise of Southeast Asia from other passing travelers  knowledge he filed away for later. His money ran low, and he soon returned to the U.S. where he found some success trading oil futures from home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the tsunami hit Southeast Asia on Boxing Day 2004, I realized that sitting around doing the bullshit nothing I was doing was bad and jumped on a plane to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jay decided to stay and attended a local university, this time choosing to study business administration. Years after graduating and struggling financially, he came across the Bitcoin white paper in 2010 via the infamous Cypherpunks mailing list, where it was discussed in the early days of the cryptocurrency. He had read a book about cryptography before  he loved reading  and the project caught his eye. He found it brilliant, \u201cbut I thought there was a very low chance it could become worldwide money  it was too crazy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The biggest draw was not the money aspect, but the idea that \u201cthis breaks censorship.\u201d He recalls someone putting Bible verses into the blockchain early on  forever indelible. With Bitcoin, anyone could write freely on the wall of eternity.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7841\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7841\" style=\"width: 512px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7841\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bitcoin-2013.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7841\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celebrating Bitcoin breaking $100 on April 1, 2013. Supplied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Bitcointalk_Forums\"><\/span>The Bitcointalk Forums<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>The Bitcointalk forum was an interesting place in the very early 2010s, a time when Jay remembers a collection of seemingly \u201crandom people with random ideas.\u201d Bitcoin was then a primarily intellectual pursuit, and it attracted socialists and communists in addition to the libertarians who became more associated with the movements history.<\/p>\n<p>One idea discussed around that time included the canceling and reissuing of coins after two to five years of inactivity at an address, while others suggested that mining rewards could be adjusted based on individual need or national income. As there was no firmly established value, the Bitcoin idea was considered quite malleable and not necessarily set in stone  it could become anything.<\/p>\n<p>Jay was confused by some of the discourse. \u201cI wasn\u2019t quite well-read in the philosophy then, so I didn\u2019t really understand what the leftists saw in the idea,\u201d he recalls.<\/p>\n<p>The culture of the forum evolved as waves of discourse and new users followed <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> coverage of Bitcoin. There was a loose \u201ccore group\u201d of enthusiasts who considered each other close to the project; \u201csome new people would be added every now and then, and some would leave.\u201d The culture, however, grew more toxic.<\/p>\n<p>Though he first reasons that the toxicity was due to a \u201cWild West culture\u201d that naturally forms in a gold rush of sorts, Jay notes that people in the contemporary WallStreetBets community, \u201cseem to be incredibly polite and welcoming.\u201d He adds that while he \u201cdoes not want to say anything bad about anyone,\u201d he assigns some responsibility for the culture upon the Bitcointalk forums administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(function() {window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || {listeners: [],forms: {on: function(evt, cb) {window.mc4wp.listeners.push({event   : evt,callback: cb});}}}})();<!-- Mailchimp for WordPress v4.8.5 - https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/mailchimp-for-wp\/ --><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-form-fields\">\n<div class=\"jeg_mc4wp_heading\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_best_of_blockchain_every_Sunday\"><\/span>The best of blockchain, every Sunday<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>  Subscribe for thoughtful explorations and leisurely reads from Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy<\/div>\n<p><label>Leave this field empty if you&#8217;re human: <\/label><\/p>\n<div class=\"mc4wp-response\"><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/ Mailchimp for WordPress Plugin --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the leadership of a community helps shape it. The person running Bitcointalk was quite inexperienced and pretty much fell into the role  I wonder if it could have been different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the early Ethereum community seemed friendlier at the time, possibly due to the credit of Vitalik Buterin acting as a visible community leader. Buterin reached out to Jay during the process of launching Ethereum, but Jay was unimpressed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\"><p>I told Vitalik over Skype that Ethereum was going to fail because it was too centralized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite his concerns, Jay owns some Ethereum and is not an extreme Bitcoin maximalist like some of his peers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere shouldn\u2019t be people who hold keys to the internet. It should be entirely math-based, because it can be,\u201d he reasons, referring to what he sees as unnecessary centralization and reliance on human figures within the Ethereum community.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Future_directions\"><\/span>Future directions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Already an old-timer, little more than a decade after stumbling upon Bitcoin, Jay is cautious about newer developments, calling DeFi \u201cdefinitely risky\u201d due to the risk of the leadership of some projects having the power to unilaterally take control of your funds. He has a similar take on NFTs, saying that \u201c99% of them will become worthless, but some might become cult classics,\u201d a line of thinking that was especially prominent regarding ICOs in the 2017 boom.<\/p>\n<p>All considered, Jay is doing well in life and is focused on his family, but there is a certain unease  a restlessness about him, even unrelated to physical safety.<\/p>\n<p>As with many people who reach their goal, he has everything he could ever dream of, but its not exactly clear what he should do next, considering he feels that he has enough to financially cover his descendants to the 4th generation. One things for sure  hes not looking for fame. \u201cI don\u2019t really want this article out there, but I think overall it is fair and the story should be told,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"pullquote align-center\">\n<p>I have reached my goal, so now what? I have accomplished my life goals but I\u2019m not dead yet, so I have to do something. No idea what  but something<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_carousel_3 jeg_postblock jeg_col_8 jnews_module__2_60ba3ec6abff8    \">\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_placeholder\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\" style=\"margin-right: 20px\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"thumbnail-inner\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container size-715\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jeg_carousel_post\" data-nav='' data-autoplay='true' data-delay='4500' data-items=\"3\" data-margin='20'>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-75x75.jpeg 75w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/magazine_The_art_of_crypto_PR-350x350.jpeg 350w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"overlay_content\">\n<div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n<h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Crypto_PR_The_good_the_bad_and_the_shoddy-3\"><\/span>Crypto PR: The good, the bad and the shoddy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jeg_post_meta\">\n<div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\"><\/i> May 14, 2021<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"jeg_post format-standard\">\n<div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n<div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-1000 \"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-75x75 size-jnews-75x75 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Is China softening on Bitcoin? 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