I approached Bitcoin from technical and financial perspectives, dug into the history of money, and read bundles of arcane economics papers that all contributed to this idea of Bitcoin and its impact.
In addition, I want to share these stories with you and your friends and family, because I believe these perspectives have the potential to resonate with others earlier in their Bitcoin journey.
I am riding the ultimate freedom machine — a Harley Davidson motorcycle — to see the country from the ground.
My goal is for your friends and family to see these stories and find just one that resonates with them, that shows them how Bitcoin might help solve a problem they care about.
If you want to share your story, let me know where you attend your local Bitcoin meetup and I will try to make it there.
All of our great stories track the arc of a hero reckoning with obstacles both within and without, not the humdrum of daily life.
I want to visit meetups and learn from Bitcoiners because I have truly very little idea of what I will learn or how, but I know I will find a way to hear and share incredible stories.
I owe a huge thanks to those sponsors for believing in my tour and this vision: Swan Bitcoin, Bitcoin Magazine, Unchained Capital and Upstream Data.
We are driven to work harder and longer for less, then soothe ourselves with menus of on-demand entertainment, food, pre-packaged “experiences” and all other manner of predictable dopamine releases.
Often when we attempt to eliminate a risk arising from the natural world, we only kick it off into the future.
Our current financial and monetary system does not eliminate the risks of a credit-based currency with bailouts and regulations, but instead pushes them off — allowing them to fester and grow.
The military aggression, controls and taxation systems are no longer necessary for the purpose of backstopping the legitimacy of currencies, and the great power managing a currency gives a government.
It is no surprise that many label Bitcoin as risky, because Bitcoin is changing our relationship to risk.
In my view, Bitcoiners sharply understand risk and its relationship to freedom, to personal responsibility and to living out a rewarding life.
The first leg of the trip will cover Texas and the South up to the Eastern Seaboard, and those dates are more or less set.
If you’d like to share your story, join me for a ride or just learn what I’m learning as I cross the U.S., follow me on Twitter @CaptainSiddH and join the tour’s Telegram.
You might just snag one of the 21 hats I’ll be giving out at stops along the way.