Please excuse my username.
I was so happy to see that you had joined us here on #steemit. I was also very happy to read the news article I saw upon your release.
p.s Your quote upon sentencing is one of my favourite crypto quotes ever. I hope I have not got the quote wrong, in anyway. Please let me know if I do, and I will edit it. I respect you so much.
“Bitcoin is what I love and all I have. It’s my whole life. It’s what I’m on this earth to do, is to help the world see a financial system that does not discriminate and provide for corruption, and I think that bitcoin will do to money what e-mail did to the postal service. It allowed everyone to be equal. People in Africa, the Middle East, Asia, will have the same opportunities now with bitcoin, and because of this now, because you can move money instantly and information on a peer-to-peer system. And I think that’s really important. And if your Honor grants me that, I’d love to be back out there helping the world and making sure people don’t do stupid things like I did."
-- Charlie Shrem, speaking to Judge Rakoff just before being sentenced to two years in prison.
As a fellow crypto dev, I feel the same. We need more people like you in this world. Not locked up in a cage. They have it all wrong. Change is coming.
p.p.s If you ever need a crypto dev, let me know. I work on Ethereum projects/smart-contracts and love the industry as much as you. It would be a great honor to collaborate with you. I built www.etheroll.com and I am currently in discussion with some experienced IoT hardware guys to see how we can change the world by working on collaborative projects in the crypto space in the (very near) future.
Welcome back, we sure did miss having you around.
Kind regards,
Optimistic
I forgot to add that to the post ! Thank you !
Dec.19 my Birthday!