From Ghost Town to Gold Rush

In 2019, a man in his thirties was working 9–5 providing for his family.

He came from an ordinary background and a family where not everyone felt like being equals.

Like many curious individuals, he studied the world around him.

By using his intellect, he noted things that almost no-one else could see at the time.

The name of this man is Keith Gill.

You know him better as Roaring Kitty.

And on the internet, he is the GREATEST community builder of all time.

Do you know other people who understand the value of undervalued things?

Design + User Experience: Steve Jobs

Minimum Viable Components + Products From Future: Elon Musk

Personal Relationships in Selling + Office As a Disneyland: Jordan Belfort

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wait for it…

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Hard-Coded Contracts Based on Math + Network Effects:

Bitcoin community

Now,

everyone knows people who have made it with memecoins.

Most of them are insiders, and their shills read ‘BUY MY BAGS’

While I have a neutral stance towards all types of shillers in crypto…

there are some principles shared by the most successful crypto communities.

Let’s go through them:

Principle 1: The Choice Is Yours

In the beginning era’s of Bitcoin, people thought of ways on how to spread the use of BTC.

What they came up were Bitcoin Faucets, where someone could claim 5 BTC for free everyday to start playing out with them.

What was a few dollars back then, is now over 300K per day for the period those faucets existed.

When someone shills you a coin, a question you should ask yourself is:

Is it in the interest of BOTH parties that I buy some?

That is true ONLY if the math checks out.

With Bitcoin, the network effects and scarcity seem to give ‘yes’ as an answer.

In the case most crypto, I’m not qualified to tell you.

Neither is anyone else but YOU.

Study the contracts. Try to understand how it works.

Then make your OWN hypothesis.

Don’t believe until you VERIFY.

Then you’re making the CHOICE for yourself, not in someone else’s agenda.

In coins where the you buying is not in the interest of both the shiller & you, you’re essentially gambling.

And there’s nothing wrong with that.

But…

There’s one specific thing crypto cannot fix for you, and I’ll tell you about it at the end of this post.

Principle 2: Equality

Did you know fair launches are supposed to be FAIR launches?

Except, they aren’t if some people know the contracts before hand and snipe the supply for themselves.

Let me ask you another question…

How do you feel about joining a community where those with power and the means to flex their bags push down on the small ones?

I feel much better about joining a community where:

The small guy with a few 100s to invest is treated as an equal member as a whale with millions, whether or not I happen to belong to the upper or lower echelon at the time.

If everyone is treated with respect and care…

They might refer other people.

And the community starts to grow organically.

Principle 3: The Butterfly Effect of ONE Small Difference in Product & Actions

I truly don’t understand the effects of my actions and of great products.

It’s pretty hard to map them out long-term.

Becoming a FIAT millionaire will lose it’s appeal in the next decade(s).

Owning deflationary assets will go to the mainstream.

Just by having a hard supply, you could massively affect the future of an asset.

Principle 4: Together, Not Against

In a world where there are thousands of things competing for our attention, we don’t pay attention to something that doesn’t stand out.

It’s very hard to pick one of the biggest winners if you’re a meme investor (again, unless you’re an insider).

I don’t want to play a game like that.

I want to play a game where WE KEEP PLAYING

where WE HAVE FUN DOING IT

And the way to do that is by uniting communities and audiences, not by being against each other or by competing for liquidity.

In a good community and coin, there’s no need for rotations.

What crypto can’t give you

Inner peace and the feeling of abundance.

Because no amount of profit does that — eventually it wears off.

If you’re a profit maxi, you will be left in a constant fear-greed cycle and your mood is tied to the markets.

Personally, I’m not interested in the question ‘What crypto can give me?’

I’m more into about what I can contribute to crypto.

And it just so happens that it has to do with culture.

Be the Shiller You Wish to See In the World