Jesus Martinez

Conviction is $TAO's most important upgrade in recent times This could be the difference between success & failure youtu.be/0KPWUWOZrAY

@ZssBecker 100% true & I got a reminder of this last month when a family member had a very serious incident Cherish every moment, glad to see you’re still with us in the land of the free

Okay. I'm ready to talk about this. It was the worst month of my life. Also ironically the greatest blessing god has ever given me. Last month I was held in the Cayman Islands facing 15 years in prison. The charge: illegal firearm importation. Here's what happened. More importantly what I learned. Short answer: no. I haven't been smuggling guns. In the States I legally carry a gun on me at almost all times for self defense. Part of this is ensuring I am trained. Hence why I routinely go to the range to shoot. When I do I pack the firearm I intend to use in in a backpack. Last month I was in a giant rush to make a private flight and didn't fully check my backpack before leaving. In it was a small firearm I missed. It was discovered when I went through immigration. At first I assumed I'd just be sent home. Then my wife did some quick research. She pointed out the minimum sentence for importing a gun is 15 years. The police who showed up confirmed it. To say I nearly pissed my pants is an understatement. This was completely my fault. I'm an idiot. The point of this post isn't to blame or complain about anything. The laws there are fair. I'm a grown man capable of checking his bag before flying. The point is: for three weeks on the island (on bail), I got to take a long hard look at my life. I've built a high net worth and a company I love, with people I love working with. I have a beautiful wife who is my best friend. I do whatever I want all day every day. My parents are alive and I get to see them almost every week. Still, despite all this, I often wake up annoyed I haven't done enough with my life. Asking myself "is this it?" In fact I'm pissed half the time, feeling I can do better. Which is ironic. I made $20,000 a year in the military. If you'd told me then I'd achieve a 9 figure net worth and all the above, I would've assumed I'd consider my life a dream. The twist truly hit me on the island as I watched everything I worked hard for in my life held at "gunpoint". Pun intended. Everything I worked so hard to get — poof. Didn't matter for shit. The way the law works there are simple : if you can't prove it was an accident, the minimum is 15 years. It became glaringly obvious. Not only was I an absolute idiot who couldn't pack his own bag. I'd also become a fool who couldn't enjoy the blessings I already had. I'd taken all the people in my life and the success totally for granted. Blind. Blind. Blind. Nothing like a 20-year potential sentence to make you realize: waking up with fun stuff to work on, then chilling on the couch reading with your wife at the end of the day — that's about as good as it gets. I should be euphoric 24/7. To go from having it all, to potentially not even having the option to piss and shit when you want — that's a wake up call if there ever was one. Luckily, the Caymans is a fair place. I was found under exceptional circumstances during my trial. AKA the judge and the courts reviewed the case and agreed it was an accident. I still love the island. It's probably my favorite place to vacation. Just check your luggage before you go. Ha. My point is this: be present. Enjoy your life. One day something could happen — even by complete accident — and yoink it all away. I have so many friends who'll read this and by all definition live a "dream life" — and yet are dissatisfied just like I was. If anything this is the default for most successful men. Not the exception. I'm writing this to help you stop. It took god slapping me across the face with my own ignorance to see it. It was painful and scary. Dark. But honestly, it was the greatest blessing I've ever received. I'm writing this from my office at home, giddy as absolute fuck about my life and everything I have the option to do today. If anything, I'm sad about how much time I wasted feeling otherwise. Don't be ignorant and stupid like me. You might not get the blessing of a 15-year prison threat in a foreign country to wake you up. Wake up. Appreciate what you have now.

@crypt0draz That’s okay!

@JesusMartinez I'll probably fade all of your tao calls but i hope you forgive me and we can still be friends

this is why you don't sleep on my $TAO posts even in subnet slumps, being active & being attentive rewards you

@Collingbourne I put a pretty conservative bag in I messaged the team & the product seems solid for VPS users

@JesusMartinez Let’s freaking go but also, Sad cause I had a big buy order ready to go for SN118 today 😢

@metacinderella Edgewater probably

So...where's the best place to live in Miami?

@OniAzarak If you knew how expensive the rent was here, you’d think I would take more sponsors 😂😂

@JesusMartinez 🤣🤣 you're in Miami too, cheap one I say.

Today I found out I’m a prostitute

@0xarrash I threw in a few dollars Great to see Const supporting

@JesusMartinez massive respect for const🫡 one of the few founders in the crypto space who goes all in to support ecosystem projects

my quant const threw $155k in one buy at SN118 on $TAO -betting on a private location for AI memory, a place to store sessions

@TonyMrPresident @StratosphereVIP Chads

One of my best friends stopped smoking weed and lost 60 pounds (30kg) in less than 5 months My head of finance now wants to get jacked When you're around killers that keep you accountable, it's impossible not to achieve your goals This is @StratosphereVIP Way more than work.

@Swatch so ugly

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@dotNetOverlord do you actively use xrp for your day to day needs?

@JesusMartinez vaporware?

$XRP is a project that I know is in essence vaporware used to grow Ripple, w/ terrible value capture for holders but will inevitably pump because enough suckers will buy it so why be bearish on it?

@Alfarius77 yes for some odd reason they do

@JesusMartinez Ahaaa a bit of click bait, interesting that people click more on these.

Conviction is $TAO's most important upgrade in recent times This could be the difference between success & failure youtu.be/0KPWUWOZrAY

@TheGodMurdoch 😅

@JesusMartinez At least you are a pretty one and not a cheap cheap one

@valueandtime I don't understand why people HAVE to obsessively flex online is that their only redeeming quality?

GM to everyone in crypto not facing 30 years in prison

I see a lot of tribalism between $HYPE & $SOL Let's put it to rest... Which chain are YOU actively using the most?

@buytrex It was directly benefitting from the lobbying efforts they did & the Trump term so yeah, it 100% does make sense even to this day

@JesusMartinez A few months ago people were saying that $XRP was going to 10$! And look where it is now...

@DrocksAlex2 100% Burn subnets should be penalized if they sustain 100% burns for more than 15 days in a 30 day period

So many have completely missed the point here. Chutes did not do this. But imagine how bad it would be for Bittensor. If that msg hit you and your stomach hurt for a sec then it means you care Bittensor has subnets who's purpose is exactly what this joke was about. They literally exist just so ppl can say GM (sn28) and GN (sn73). This is an example of why other projects with good intentions struggle to do their work. We host memes and shit nets and we even have idiots buying them. And one day if we wake up and a premium subnet that actually works is gone, we will be shocked? I think if it happens it would be kind of well deserved. Level up ffs

@shivst3r I’d give it to my wife

Be honest, would you wear it?