hes an investor vc type that used to work for coinbase and made waves last year in twitterverse by making a bet that bitcoin would hit a fiat valuation of $1 million within 90 days

I think he's the guy who bet Bitcoin will reach 100k or 1M in 100 days last year. And lost the bet

good for him! confidence is key….

There are no important bitcoiners.

yah. just always wanna know why everyone is freaking out! intriguing

There are no important nostriches

He's not really a Bitcoiner, but he's smart.

Wasn't too smart regarding the bet for million dollar per coin though 😂

I don't get you for one who's enjoying the Bitcoin doomerism around the economy and culture (with some optimism hidden in the long run). But if you would, then for sure bookmark his last year's podcast with Marty Bent. Arguably, the best podcast of the year by some of the people in this group. It's pretty fascinating, but not for everyone. Balaji is pretty bright, eloquent, and can articulate well his thesis around the defragmentation of the centralized institutions and rise of the freedom oriented Network States. He's for sure not a Bitcoin purist. Having more utilitarian approach about using the best tool for whatever job at hand. Which in the past resulted into him building the digital casino ecosystems mostly just for the sake of making money for himself 😬.

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I got blocked for pointing out he wrote crypto instead of bitcoin in response to Bukele. He's a grifter.

LOL

He was very smart. Conned lots of people into being liquidity at the local high.

He is a scammer. His million dollar bet was a local top. The confidence convinced people to buy while insiders sold into their liquidity. Never trust a famous bitcoiner.

nah