So I’m in a new world, for the first time in my life I have real money, I need guidance, I need to understand whats going on. The finer points of how the tech works? How do trading markets work? Youtube had been my number one source of specialist knowledge for maybe 2 years. I’d been watching videos on Philosophy, Spirituality, and Psychology. If you don’t have money, adjusting your spirituality is a great way to survive the world a bit better. So naturally, to understand Crypto, I turn to Youtube. And it is here on Youtube that I discover what I call Crypto Bros.
They start their videos with “Whats Up guys!!” and end their videos with a Rap style “Peace!” only it’s not quite pronounced “Peece” though, more like “Peeeooce” somehow combining the “ee” and “oo” vowels in a way, that took me days to describe. They vary from the very cool, calm market analysing guys, to the life advice guys, to the ADHD/Bipolar over excited dudes, that I just cannot handle. No matter how good their advice is. It’s innocently macho, females are underrepresented, but it reflects the Wild West enthusiasm towards Cryptocurrency. It reminds me of the early 1994 days of the internet. We’ve just moved from Bulletin Board Systems to Netspace. The possibilities are amazing, uncharted and seemingly infinite.
Truth is, they saved my life, they gave me ideas, helped me understand the markets, taught me some technical analysis, encouraged me to buy a hardware wallet, taught me about new coins… and then I found politics.