SeattleStacker21

bitcoin

One of my relatively close buddies IRL is a Bitcoin OG. Class of 2012. He met a girl at his meetup last year and they recently got engaged. The issue (if there is one) is that she’s class of 2022. 

I don’t think there’s any wrong with that, to be clear. It’s legal under U.S. law (both are in their late 30s) it’s just I can’t possibly think of anything they could have in common. What are they supposed to talk about? I don’t even know what I (class of 2023) would talk about with a class of 2020. I want him to be happy and she does seem to make him happy and visa versa but wondering if anyone has experience with this? Can a relationship with such a huge time preference gap succeed and be a healthy relationship? Any signs that she might only be into him for his Bitcoin to lookout for? 


How do you feel about relationships with big time preference gaps?

Hey it's me Dennis Porter (no, not that Dennis Porter) again. 

I went to my local meetup last night and the topic of security and self-custody came up. I was asked about my thoughts regarding security setups and hardware wallets. When I shared my perspective I was laughed out of the brewery (almost literally). 

The truth is my wife manages our private keys and security situation. Without sharing too much information, we have a multi sig wallet for most of our savings and it was set up by my wife who also manages our hardware devices and seed phrase backups. I don't think this is particularly strange or unconventional. She's a software engineer for a major tech company and she watched a webinar with Stephan Livera and decided to overhaul our security. 

I was called a "simp" and asked multiple times what would happen if my wife cheated on me and left but I don't think those are fair questions. We are in a loving committed poly relationship and I trust her. She is more technically competent than I am so I have zero qualms about this arrangement. 

Again.. my question is: how would you handle this? 

More meetup drama. Overcoming "Simp" allegations

New to Bitcoin & meetups. Seeking advice for a unique "dilemma"

That's fair. I have definitely noticed people's opinions of him are polarized. 

I have already asked them to stop! I will ask them again but more firmly. I need to work on being assertive anyway. 

As the title says, I am relatively new to Bitcoin and just started attending my local meetup which is where my strange "problem" first started. After attending a few local meet ups I started to network with some regulars. I told one of the meet up organizers I connected with to add me on LinkedIn and when I told him my full name he basically scoffed at me. Before I had the chance to ask him what was wrong he started laughing and telling other people at the meetup (including people I didn't know at all which bothered me a bit) who also kind of scoffed or laughed. I was a little embarrassed and confused by it all and I still don't quite understand it. 

I have to dox myself here for the necessary context but my full legal name is Dennis Porter. Apparently there is a relatively famous person in the Bitcoin industry who I was unaware of who is also named Dennis Porter. After the meetup incident I looked him up and he seems to be a political activist of some sort. I glanced at his social media profiles and read some random articles that came up in Google and he seems like a pretty normal person who publicly advocates for Bitcoin. I listened to a podcast I found with him and I liked what he had to say, for the most part. I guess my point is, there is nothing special or controversial about him from what I could tell. 

However, anytime I attend a meetup people loudly announce, "Oh hey Dennis Porter is here!" or "I can't believe Dennis Porter has honored our meetup by attending" and other seemingly sarcastic remarks to that end. One girl called me "Penis Porter" also which is kind of funny. They told me I should be very careful because I might have issues getting into Bitcoin conferences in the future if I choose to attend but I am not really sure what they mean by that. 

All of it is really confusing. Does anyone know much about the "famous" Dennis Porter? Is there some embarrassing or controversial thing he has said or done that I should be aware of? I understand that everyone at my meet up is joking around and I truly love going to my meetup and I have made great friends. I just am a little confused and frankly it makes me uncomfortable when people shout my full name out in the bars or venues we meet at because they are always busy places full of people who are not associated with our meetup but who now know my full name, what I look like, and that I have Bitcoin.

Any advice or context would be appreciated!

Class of 2024 Bitcoin maxi and software engineer in the Seattle area