New Member: Narconaught
Hey Steemit!
My name is David (narconaught) and I'm from the Southeast United States. I've been on Steemit for about 3 days now and it's been awesome so far. I've met some really cool people and received a ton of help with all my questions. Some of the members here have already gone above and beyond and provided me with expert level guidance which I find AMAZING!
My Family
I have a wonderful family which I couldn't be more proud of. We were a family of 4 until just last month when our newest addition arrived at the end of July.
He is already a handful and keeps us up ALL NIGHT!!! But he couldn't be sweeter and I can't wait to see all these little nuggets grow and flourish.
Who am I?
I live to serve. I started out back in 2001, like many American's, watching the twin tower attacks. I was in college at the time and just couldn't believe what was going on. Soon after, America was invading the Middle East. A bunch of us guys back then felt the "Call of Duty" as we watched American tanks storm through Iraq. Before I knew it, I was there myself with the ARMY in 2006-2007 and then in Afghanistan in 2009-2010. I specialized in line of sight communication and worked to keep the infantry in constant contact with leaders behind the lines. I received specialized training in radio frequencies, antenna's, and satellite communications. I also setup LAN networks and managed Secret Internet Protocol Router Networks (SIPRNET).
In addition to my military service, I've been a police officer for almost 10 years now. The area I work is a huge metropolitan area in the SE U.S. I can't really go into where and I'll have to omit some things due to the nature of my work and to keep my family safe. I've already probably shared too much, but in the spirit of Steemit and to foster trust, I've decided to share some of my life.
I've been a Detective for 4 years specializing in clandestine operations, specifically drug related crimes. My main focus now is the dismantling of Drug Trafficking Organizations (D.T.O's) and Money Laundering Organizations (M.L.O's) that operate out of Latin America. It has been a wild ride thus far and I can't believe that I get paid to do it. Now before you rip my head off about the "War on Drugs" let me be clear. I could care less about Drugs. I personally, think they should all be legal, to a point. I'll get into this on future posts but just know that I'm no anti-drug hardliner.
Crypto
(Source: www.coinmarketcap.com)
I've been on the crypto radar since the middle of 2015 when I started running into more and more drug investigations that were being funded through BTC. I started looking into and began monitoring darknet sites like AlphaBay. As I did my research, I began looking into ETH when it started blowing up. I started investing in January of 2017 when it was near the $10 mark. I made considerable purchases which have been very profitable. Due to the success of that pick, I started looking more and more of the alt-coins out there. I've invested and made good earnings in Monero, Neo, and Lisk. I've held a few other obscure coins but they haven't done much. It's been fun reading up, studying, and then "betting" on these technologies.
As a result, I got into mining a little bit, just before the huge boom that came in June/July. I have two rigs right now that mine ETH and SIA. I don't have a ton of programming skill but I tinker a lot (build my son a gameboy from a raspberry pi) so it is a fun hobby. It pays for the new mini-van I had to buy anyway, lol!
What To Expect From Me
I want to be a contributor to the site in any way I can help. I had all intentions of being a witness but after reading up on a few articles that came out recently, I think I'll hold off. It seems that part of Steemit is secure and doesn't really need any currently. I'm open to it though if the need arises or I'm asked to do so.
I plan on putting out informative articles about policing, undercover clandestine type of operations, technology news, and crypto news. Those are my passions right now. I want to be helpful to new and incoming members, assisting them as I've been so graciously been guided through this wonderful community.
I'm a positive person, not some grumpy disenfranchised cop, so DO NOT expect any negative rhetoric coming from me. My purpose is to shed light and bring a positive outlook to policing. I hope to bridge the gap between what ordinary people think and the reality of policing from a first person view from my perspective. If that's even possible.
So with that being said, here I am! Feel free to give me a shout about anything, anytime. DM or find me in discord. Follow me for almost daily posts about drugs, crypto, food, and policing.
Thank you all and happy steeming!
Hi, @Narconaught, Let me welcome you to Steemit. Hope you gonna have fun with our community. Feel free to follow me @rightuppercorner Have a great time @rightuppercorner
thanks! following!
Welcome brother! Hope you enjoy your time here! Just a tip, edit the post a switch those tags around. Make #introduceyourself first, more people will see it and #upvote it!
Thanks! will do!
Welcome to Steemit! Thanks for introducing yourself and hope to see more posts from you. Please follow back and be awesome. Thanks!
Most definitely will follow! Great to meet you!
Welcome to the Steemit.com community! I’m also new here.
You have a beautiful family!
Followed and upvoted. Please consider following me and checking out my past posts:
https://steemit.com/introducemyself/@rebele93/another-minnow-learning-to-swim-in-a-very-big-pond
https://steemit.com/photography/@rebele93/2017-total-solar-eclipse-images
https://steemit.com/photography/@rebele93/tonight-s-moon-9-5-2017
Cheers,
Mike Bryant (AKA: Rebele93)
https://steemit.com/@rebele93
Thanks! I'll do the same!
Welcome to Steem @narconaught I have upvoted and sent you a tip
Thank you!
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Welcome to Steemit. This is a really good platform. You’re going to love it here. Do checkout the Steemit.chat, you’ll find all the help you need over there.
Thank you! I'll definitely do that!
Welcome to Steemit! I’ll follow you, please follow me as well, Upvote and Resteem so we can grow together. Thank you
Most definitely! Will follow!
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STOPso. first of all, that baby in a basket picture is the cutest ever.
yeah, the whole witness thing is a looooot of work, and realistically, it makes more sense to build your account before making a bid for witness. However, I don't believe it's true that we have too many witnesses. I think we have too many underpaid witnesses. Diversification of talents and nodes across the globe is important to consider.
Anyways, good luck. You'll have a lot of fun here.
I appreciate it. You're probably right about the witnesses. I don't know enough yet, but I intend on learning all I can.
https://steemit.com/witness-category/@timcliff/guide-to-being-a-good-witness
Very good information. As I learn more, I hope to contribute in some of the ways listed.
You have so NICE family! UP and follow)
Thank you!
I collect friends so please follow, upvote me and you will get a valuable contents from me.
Thank you very much!
Welcome to steemit @narconaught. Nice introducing. I upvoted and followed you. @chebee
My introducing:
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@chebee/hello-steemit-community-i-love-you
''so DO NOT expect any negative rhetoric coming from me'' we greet you highly for this ; i hope that steemians would like you
A new Steemian :-) hello @narconaught I hope you enjoy your time here, its a great community ! Nice post, wish you much luck! I will follow your account. Don't hesitate to contact or follow me at any time :-) See you around @tradewonk
Thank you for your advice. I've noticed that over the past 2 days. I don't expect to get paid straight away or even at all really. As long as I can be helpful and contribute, I'm fine. Glad to have met you and I'll follow along with you. Thanks!