I was at a “blockchain” policy event in Ottawa last week and the most remarkable thing happened. While everyone was schmoozing, was sitting at a table talking with people. I went over to introducing my friend to Jeff, but they appeared to be having a debate so we pulled up seats to listen. As we were at a crypto event, I assumed it was a bitcoin v crypto debate, because it was the founder of a large Canadian digital asset hedge fund, a crypto law firm partner and a former Goldman Sachs partner, probably all in their 50s & 60s. I shit you not, they were discussing the intricacies of running a bitcoin full node and they were in a knots vs core debate 🤣 The Goldman Sachs partner was running a node and her friend (the lawyer) wanted to run a node (her husband does). All 3 of them had visited Bitcoin Beach on separate occasions. Very heartening experience. I think we’re winning!

Behind blockchain lines with repping ₿ in Ottawa, with on drums.

Yesterday I had a call with an upstart Bitcoin Treasury Co. Very hot deal, lots of FOMO. Was hard to get a call scheduled. Potential 100X. I've been going to the gym for over a year now consistently, partly to be a good example of health for my daughter. Once in a while I'll casually ask her if she wants to come with me as I'm leaving. This time she said yes 🧡 I knew my gym session was going to run late now that she was coming, so now I had a problem - do I skip the call that I've been trying to get done all week and signal that I'm unreliable to the team, or do I try to make it work and do the call at the gym while I put my daughter on the treadmill for 20 mins and split my focus? The words of my coach dan martell (Buy Back Your Time) came into my mind. He talks about how people often tell him their number 1 priority is their family, but when he asks to see their calendar, he sees either nothing planned with the family or too much work. "Show me your calendar and I'll show you your priorities." I decided to prioritize my daughter and our time together by not trying to fit the call in. I had my team reschedule the call and I spent the focused time with my daughter. Tbh I might have missed the opportunity because it’s gonna be hard to get that call rescheduled, but I’m glad I made the right choice for what I’m trying to optimize my life for 🫂

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A bunch of Bitcoin startups I’ve invested in are on the Bitcoin standard where they’ve kept BTC in their treasury. As of late, I’ve been getting actively involved in public Bitcoin Treasury companies. I participated in the private placement of Matador, the largest Canadian Bitcoin Treasury Company, my friends Sunny Ray and Mark Moss are part of that company, and I’ve recently joined David Bailey as an advisor to the company. My goal is to get Matador using multi institutional self custody and steer them towards bitcoin maximalism. I’ve also invested along with Adam Back and UTXO into H100, the largest Bitcoin Treasury Company in Sweden. There’s a few more treasury companies I’m getting involved with that I probably can’t disclose yet. I think Bitcoin Maximalists should be taking advisory seats and board positions of these companies so we can impart our long term thinking, strong hands and risk management tendencies in the board rooms of these bitcoin vacuum corps. If we get involved, we can help prevent the over-leveraging that so many are afraid of, and we can have a hand at ushering in a decade long bull market - the Orange Rush.

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Behind blockchain lines in Ottawa repping ₿itcoin at a policy event with and Saylor on drums.