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Leathermint
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Silently building The Bitcoin Standard
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Leathermint 6 days ago
I'm very proud of this but man... It's been an absolute grind. But starting from zero leatherwork skills, no funding outside of the earnings from the craft itself and doing all this within 3 years Bitcoin only is WILD. View quoted note →
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Leathermint 6 days ago
Three Years Running a Hyperbitcoinized Company: A Financial Review image
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Leathermint 1 week ago
My Bitcoin philosophy is always at the center of my craft. It's usually not displayed in Bitcoin symbols or deep mathematical expression of reality, but still, everything is downstream from my pursuit of a sound life. In your craft, what does it mean to reach "the Bitcoin standard"? In mine, I believe it starts with the use of sound materials. - I reject polyester thread and embrace linen - I chose leathers with minimal coating. Plastic does not mix well with leather. The frequency just isn't compatible. Plastic is great ok, but I don't want it in my wallet if I can avoid it. Especially if I paid a good price for it. Is there more than that? I love simple lines. Bitcoin is rather simple. It's elegant. It's timeless. It's legacy. This part was never really done on purpose unlike the choice of materials, but I do believe my pursuit of a sound life through Bitcoin and more guided my artistic direction. I craft my physical representation of The Bitcoin Standard.
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Leathermint 1 week ago
Creating a product is not the hard part. Selling it is. It doesn't matter how good it is if no one sees it.
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Leathermint 1 week ago
It's just reach. This is why I never deleted twitter even when nostriches were telling me I'd be so much cooler if I did. Selling is so hard and if you limit yourself that much you're going to make it extremely difficult to make a living out of it. View quoted note →
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Leathermint 1 week ago
Motivational AI slop get old so quickly to me but people love it.
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Leathermint 1 week ago
If I had to tell people how I imagine Bitcoin beyond the digital realm, I would build TheLeathermint.com. I did
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Leathermint 1 week ago
Found this. This image is not accurate. The middle one is a saffiano pattern coating. There's actually no way to know what's behind it. Cow leather? Goat leather? Fake leather? It's hard to know because what you see and touch on the surface is just a finish plastic coating. It can be really beautiful and it makes the leather durable... But you don't touch the leather. I avoid these as much as possible. I like to be as close as I can be to my leather. I want to touch the real thing. In my opinion this is the biggest difference between a good and a bad leather. image
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Leathermint 1 week ago
I dream of producing an edition of The Bitcoin Standard on cotton paper. image
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Leathermint 1 week ago
I still do some custom work if you're interested. Tho I keep mostly within the models I already sell. If you're looking for something special and specific, shoot me an email (we can go to signal from there) we'll discuss it.
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Leathermint 1 week ago
I have 3 books in auction and display at Prague. They aren't going for super high prices at the moment so if you've been eyeing one this might be your chance. I purposefully chose very real pictures without fancy AI backgrounds in the auction pictures. This might have been a mistake but I thought it'd be more honest to show them in real without fluff.
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Leathermint 1 week ago
I could shitpost and promote all day here but I'm almost out of data. Please check my last few notes and share around. Have fund playing with your notes and other stuff ✌️ image
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Leathermint 1 week ago
You need at least one REAL pen in your life. Some R&D investment have gone into finding this pen. What truly set it apart are 2 things. - Aluminum hardware - Natural finish In my humble opinion, this is the Bitcoin standard of wooden pen. image
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Leathermint 1 week ago
Besides being regulated, I don't see any meaningful difference between the average yield farming defi protocols and all those financial products build by Strategy.