What Satoshi Understood: Nobody Knows You're a Dog on Social Media, Feat. The Crypto Dog

A conversation about pseudo-anonymity, global digital nomadism and the trader’s mindset.

AccessTimeIconJun 17, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. UTC
Updated Sep 14, 2021 at 8:53 a.m. UTC
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A conversation about pseudo-anonymity, global digital nomadism and the trader’s mindset.

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This episode is sponsored by Bitstamp and Ciphertrace.

On the Brief:

  • Big tech vs. the American political right and left
  • Why TikTok users are pretending to love China for clout
  • Decentralizing venture capital

Our main conversation:

The Crypto Dog is one of crypto Twitter’s best known characters. In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:

  • Mining bitcoin in 2011
  • The difficulty of hodling across a decade
  • The emergence of the crypto trader in the Ethereum era
  • Trader agnosticism 
  • Pseudo-anonymity and social media 
  • Developing the character behind the avatar 
  • Global nomadism and the acceleration of “work from anywhere” 
  • The vibe and feel of Hong Kong today

Find our guest online:
Twitter: @TheCryptoDog

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