Hey everyone. I know I’ve been gone for a while. Life threw a few curveballs, including getting rug-pulled by the tech job market. Multiple interview loops, only to have companies freeze hiring or announce layoffs mid-negotiation. Peak clown world.
The original plan was to bootstrap Monerochan liquidity with the Bricks NFT drop and fund the Layer 2 launch from there. That didn’t pan out like I hoped. So now we’re shifting gears.
The new plan? Grind mode. I’m picking up some side work, new job, and funneling funds directly into the project as needed. It’ll be slower, but it’s sustainable, and it keeps Monerochan truly community-rooted.
This isn’t ideal in terms of speed, but it means more control and no dependency on VC clowns or centralized bottlenecks. We’re keeping it raw and community-first.
I’ll be posting a follow-up soon with a deep dive on our Layer 2 bridging strategy, what we’re building, why it matters, and how it’ll lower the bar for new users without needing whales or VC funding.
To everyone who’s stuck around: thank you. This has been one of the most chaotic job markets I’ve seen. I’m not worried, just annoyed at how much time it’s eaten up. Hopefully that explains some of my absence. Tech is full of paradoxes: you're competing with thousands of talented devs, while interviewing with teams who want to shove AI slop and 300 npm packages into every project like it’s innovation.
I could go on and on about infosec normies and the irony of how insecure the security world really is. But I’ll digress, and save that rant for another post.
One thing that’s always been solid, through the noise, is crypto. When times are good, I spend most of my free time here. When times are bad, I spend most of my time grinding it out and it has helped me make ends meet when my back was against the wall. It’s wild how much time I’ve spent building in this space outside of any “real job.” Monerochan is one of those projects that’s more than just a meme or simple money grab. It is one of the frist projects I was able to fully build from the ground up.
Monerochan isn’t dead. I’m not dead. Let’s get back to it.
- New blog post soon about Layer 2 bridging
- Grinding liquidity one eth at a time
- Normies can't hack
- Thanks for sticking around
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