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 Honestly I’ve done better with the masses than I ever did with people close to me. I’m better at scale. 
 You've mentioned this before and I have commented this to you before.  I'm definitely one of the individuals you influenced and showed a path forward with bitcoin.  I was already primed but your early podcast appearances pushed me over the edge. Grateful to you for that 🤙

There is a reason people will take advice from a shrink/internet random instead of a family member or friend. 
 Yeah I think it’s easier, because the internet only knows a successful version of you whereas everyone from the past remembers the unsuccessful version. 
 a prophet is not taken seriously in his own town 
 Since it looks we are on our Biblical phase..."Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown" 
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