{"id":487355,"date":"2022-08-24T13:06:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/hodl-until-mega-yacht-mintable-founder-shares-crypto-journey\/"},"modified":"2022-08-24T13:06:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T10:06:12","slug":"hodl-until-mega-yacht-mintable-founder-shares-crypto-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hodl-until-mega-yacht-mintable-founder-shares-crypto-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"# Hodl until mega yacht: Mintable founder shares crypto journey"},"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-6a294c2873c39\" 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-6a294c2873c39\" 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-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/hodl-until-mega-yacht-mintable-founder-shares-crypto-journey\/#%E2%80%9D_Hodl_until_mega_yacht_Mintable_founder_shares_crypto_journey_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Hodl until mega yacht: Mintable founder shares crypto journey &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Hodl_until_mega_yacht_Mintable_founder_shares_crypto_journey_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Hodl until mega yacht: Mintable founder shares crypto journey &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDgvYWE5YTE4MGItZmMwZS00ZGY5LWI5ZjgtYTA5ZWI0ZThmYjhjLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-28d77a7a>While other traders may be quick to take profits once they see gains, some are willing to hold on to their digital assets until they can pursue bigger goals, like a \u201cmega yacht.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> thread, Mintable founder Zach Burks <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachSpaded\/status\/1561570885626081280\">shared<\/a> how he found Web3 and went from being broke and jobless to founding a nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace. According to Burks, he found Bitcoin (BTC) when it was just trading at $5.50 at the now defunct crypto exchange Mt. Gox in 2012. <\/p>\n<p>Since then, Burks went on to keep on buying and trading crypto. At some point, the Mintable founder shared that he switched from trading BTC to accumulating Ether (ETH). \u201cMy goal was only to collect ETH and never sell until I can buy a mega yacht. I still haven&#8217;t cashed out,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Burks said that he realized that he wanted to become a Solidity developer. He started learning, going on hackathons, testing contracts and working in the sector. By then, he noted that he became financially independent three years after he started.<\/p>\n<p>The NFT expert then moved to Thailand to build Mintable and, in 2017, missed out on an opportunity to claim a CryptoPunk. After that, he invested in Cryptokitties and fell in love with NFTs. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And that&#8217;s when it h<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>ened, somehow, not purposefully, I feel in love with NFTs. I&#8217;ve only worked with NFTs since 2017 and continue to do so. <\/p>\n<p>I love them with a passion. And passion drives what I do, and when you combine these attributes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Burks (@ZachSpaded) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachSpaded\/status\/1561570938486853632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nFast forward to the present, the executive highlighted that the Mintable NFT marketplace is now worth hundreds of millions with a continuously growing team. Lastly, Burks gave some advice to others. &#8220;Take chances. Never sell your crypto. Learn to use your brain,\u201d he tweeted. <\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Why Alex Tapscott quit his high-paying job to write a book about Bitcoin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, even as NFT prices of prominent collections go down, investors who are holding NFTs continue to grow. 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