Two things that happened immediately when I finished my first vacation in the last 4+ years at LedgerX — I was told to take two blog posts down, and I did. This upsets me for a lot of reasons, all of which I will lay out now.

How many of your friends are adding up the transaction costs for their coffee every month and writhing in pain about the huge financial hardship? I love bitcoin, but I’m not aching to use it to buy coffee.

I will soon be leaving LedgerX. I wanted to take a moment and reflect on my experiences and lessons learned from working at LedgerX, the first CFTC-regulated digital currency clearinghouse and options exchange.