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 1.Bought some sats from a friend that traded bitcoin on Localbitcoins.com. I miscalculated how much money I had as a poor student and ended up living off of one meal a day of oatmeal and water for the next 10 days.

2. Started reading more about cryptography and cRyPtO. Started trading bitcoin and shitcoins, lost some and won some.

3. 2017/2018 bubble burst, lost interest until mid-bear market when I read nostr:npub1gdu7w6l6w65qhrdeaf6eyywepwe7v7ezqtugsrxy7hl7ypjsvxksd76nak's Bitcoin Standard book and suddenly realized how important Bitcoin is. Then covid lockdowns came and I had a lot more time to dive deeper into the rabbit hole.

4. Since then I've been able to learn more, to build more, to participate more in stuff I think is important, and last but not least prioritize the scarcest currency on earth: my own time here.