Catching Up to Crypto

Introduction

I have bad news for you and good news.

Bad News: Crypto is hard. Let's get that out of the way right off the rip. Just like building a website was in 1995. Over time it will get easier as adoption grows and simpler processes are introduced. The space is big and it's complicated. Crypto is cutting edge technology, the next step of human evolution in terms of making our lives easier. So it seems to be a bit of a paradox: something extremely difficult to understand that ultimately will make our lives simpler.

Good News: You can learn it. I know this because I learned it. I'm a regular guy. I'm not a technology guru. I'm not a gamer. To be honest, I don't even read books often. I read a lot of tweets, watch a lot of YouTube videos, and break down news articles. I'm not your prototypical technology nerd. So even if you have no understanding of crypto, investing, or technology, I'm here to tell you: I did it and you can too. As I break down my journey in crypto, I think you will understand why I believe you can make it.

The first time I ever heard of Bitcoin was in November of 2012. I was running an online ticket company where I basically sold tickets for events all over the United States on Craigslist. I used an automated ad poster for Craigslist to crank out over 800,000 ticket ads per day across the entire country. The name of the software was called CLAD Genius and it was a killer work of art that made my life 100 times better. To do this, though, I had to post in ...