Bogomil Shopov

As a contributor to the archaic Bitcoin Foundation, exiledsurfer has been a community builder in the ecosystem for quite some time. He is a privacy, transparency & decentralization CryptoRealist, and co-founder of Parallele Polis in Vienna.

Martin Arness is a wealth manager and the creator behind the YouTube channel Shadow Atlas, where he explores offshore tax strategies, asset protection, and how to keep more of what you make. With a background in law, his approach to finance is holistic, integrating tools not just from a legal perspective but also accounting, investing, […]

> be Ray Youssef > spawn NYC, son of Egyptian immigrants > grow up broke, even homeless at one point > 1999: launch ringtone startup aka “Napster of ringtones” → millions/month > discover problem of “unbanked” teens can’t pay > build social media platform w/out ads → disgusted it’s turning into proto-OnlyFans → ragequit > […]

Aral’s been making things with computers since he was 7 years old. (That’s approximately 43 years ago. And yes, he still thinks computers are magic portals into endless universes.) Along the way, he dabbled in Flash, did some consulting, taught some workshops, gave a few talks, organised a smattering of conferences, made some apps, helped […]