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"People tend to overestimate how much can change in a short period of time, but tend to underestimate how much can change in a long period of time." - Amaury Séchet

As I devote more energy into finishing my book, I'm seeing more and more problems with it. But I guess it's good I can identify the flaws so I can try to fix them rather than not being able to see them at all.

The real value proposition for POW is that because every interaction requires XEC, there's a much higher probability that you're interacting with a real person who wants to be here, not just a bot or an NPC trying to get attention.

POW is like a club where you need XEC to become a member.

One reason I'm looking forward to finishing my book is that it will free up my time to start writing articles again that I can publish here for XEC.

Happy Friday folks. Made it to another weekend, except my weekend is going to be spent grinding away on my book! Even taking some days off work in the next few weeks to give me more time to work on it. Taking time off work to do more work 😅

Realizing how much of my stress comes from my job. But of course I'd be even more stressed if I didn't have the job. The goal is to be in a position where I don't need the job.

Probably nothing but I swear I feel a vibe shift today. Seems like people are more responsive at work all of a sudden. Could be due to people feeling the fear of potential job loss and finding the motivation to get things done.

https://x.com/caincurrency/status/2113274598125162912?s=46&t=1UkbsMuua8IsajO_7S74_g

POW is safe from the PHP bugs being reported on. Luckily I stopped using Wordpress after launching new version of the site.

This is going to sound hyperbolic, and I may regret saying it, but sometimes I feel like my entire life has been building towards me finishing this book.

I signed up for substack not too long ago to help me research other platforms, but it's hard to start a new habit of going to a new app/site. Realizing it's the dopamine hits that keep you coming back.

There are currently 321 account addresses in my db, some of which are pocket addresses, but this is the one number I want to see increase the most.

My deadline is pretty much one month away. 1118. Wish me luck =)

I'm both honored and humbled when I read things like this by people who've been reading my work for years and still follow me today. I hope one day I can make it pay off. Also, my old articles are still on the site. Not that hard to find. 100 XEC each.

Just finished getting through another draft of the novel. Up to 57,400 words now. Feels like I'm actually going to finish it.

The Math of POW: What would it take for POW to be profitable?

Random thought: building a new social network is like trying to get people to check out a new bar, except one that doesn't serve alcohol.

Now that people have beat me on the daily scoreboard. Let's see when someone beats me on the weekly.

For most people, their dream is to retire and do nothing. My dream is to retire and work on the things that matter to me.

Happy Sunday folks. Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend as much as I am.

Anyone working on anything interesting?

Amaury recommends this movie and it happens to be on YouTube for free in case anyone is looking for something to do this weekend =)

I vibe coded @proofofwriting, and now I'm vibe writing my novel. I'm starting to think that writing code and writing fiction share more similarities than people think.

Good news: Proof of Writing has been the driver of the most app transactions in the eCash ecosystem for 2 days in a row. Bad news: This isn't because Proof of Writing is growing but because no one is using any of the other apps.

A good dream to have would be to create anything that can elicit even a fraction of the amount of pure joy that Elon's flying roadster brought last night.