BREAKDOWN: 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

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

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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CoinDesk

CoinDesk is the world leader in news, prices and information on bitcoin and other digital currencies.

We cover news and analysis on the trends, price movements, technologies, companies and people in the bitcoin and digital currency world.

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