I'm excited to announce that I'm working on an update to my very first book, Zero to Moon. When I wrote it, I'm not sure how much I really understood about publishing, or even writing. In a lot of ways, I was a completely different person then.
The book had gotten pretty dated. Many of the services I mentioned are long gone. But revisiting it also reminded me of just how fun the early Bitcoin experience was. With a little bit of work, you could earn your own small slice of Bitcoin. At the time, I remember writing that I'd earned 8 cents worth.
I thought it would end up being worth more than that. Turns out, that 8 cents is worth about $7 today. And that's just from one small transaction. I did this many times back then, and more importantly, I didn't just hold the Bitcoin I earned. I reinvested it, and that whole process is what the book actually walked through.
Unfortunately, that world is mostly gone now. Websites don't give away Bitcoin anymore. Bitcoin today is treated more like digital gold: something to hoard rather than spend. Given how popular it's become, that shift makes some sense too. There are real limits on how many Bitcoin transactions can happen at once, which makes using it as everyday currency a lot harder than it used to be.
Anyway, stay connected. Here's a link to my newsletter for The Frug Life, which in many ways is the spiritual successor to this blog.
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