I should have been more specific. It seems to me that a lot of people initially start working with Bitcoin because they think it is some great anonymous way of sending money outside the governments power, and that this is the only freedom it offers, but it's so much more 

Personally I'm all for anonymity. I'm big on putting peoples power over their data back into their hands, and I think anonymity of their online transactions goes hand in hand with that ideology.

Tried to send him this but it didn't allow me cuz newbie. So here it is -

Hello,

I'm from a small town. Less than 2000 people. Most don't leave here. I grew up never even thinking about college. Thought I'd be a blue collar worker, making less than $35k USD like everyone else here. Somehow, my eyes opened at the end of high school. I applied to 1 college and got in. I got educated, graduated last year and finally am free. How?

I almost bought $50 of Bitcoin in summer of 2010 I believe (possibly 2011). I was 11 years old. I was reading about it and had a $50 gift card from my birthday. I downloaded the wallet and tried figuring it out, but got scared my mom would be mad and I didn't. If only...

I never forgot about Bitcoin after. I knew it was a movement I wanted to be a part of, but the environment I grew up in didn't let me bloom and I wasn't given the opportunity to focus. If a flower doesn't bloom, do you blame the flower? No, you just put the flower in a better environment.

After properly realizing my potential and learning what I loved to do, I started getting involved with BTC again in 2017 at 19 years old (only lost money though ). I was trying to get miners to mine it, trading it etc. I started to finally learn what the freedom of Bitcoin actually was. It wasn't about an anonymous currency, it was about moving the finances of the world back around and out of the controlled top. It was about people like me having a chance instead of slaving away.

I've stayed involved in the community since, and after graduating last year, I was able to get in a trading company. I'm helping them turn their bots into licensable products, so we can expand these kinds of services to big account heads of old money. An easy transition into the crypto universe for those kinds.

I'm also involved in other projects, mainly in DeFi. Hope you're around now to see the impact of this. It's giving the world even more freedom.

Just wanted to say thanks for helping create Bitcoin without greed. If it wasn't for you doing it, little me from a tiny town in the hills wouldn't have bloomed.

Now, my goal is to help others bloom too.