The last year just absolutely exploded.
It went way beyond my wildest expectations.
And obviously right now, we're the No. 1 cryptocurrency channel.
People out there, they've got potential to do things they never believed that they could do.
And we want to help them to get there.
In everything we do, that is the basis.
Elevating potential to success in the new economy.
Holy crap!
In 2012, there was just a software that I needed to buy.
And for whatever reason,
the company said they could only take Bitcoin.
I had to learn how to purchase Bitcoin and hold it in a wallet and send transactions.
And, man! It was so confusing.
But the thing is
I never understood why I was buying.
And I was using it for its use case.
But one day,
I went and checked my account,
and I just had like a few dollars it seemed like in there,
like maybe $50,
and then all of a sudden, overnight, it went to like $2,000 or $3,000.
But in 2017,
when I started looking at the prices of Bitcoin during the bull run,
and I started looking at how much money I had gone through in Bitcoin,
that was at that point were seven figures,
I couldn't wrap my mind around it.
And it was really that deep gaping hole inside of me realizing the opportunity I missed out on
that drove me to do what I do on YouTube,
that drove me to want to educate other people so they don't miss out on what I missed out on.
The money is always what attracts people to cryptocurrency at first.
But I always like to say, you know,
cryptocurrency is not just about the moons and the Lambos.
It's about so much more.
It's an idea that we as a society and we on an individual level
have more power than we've ever had before
because cryptocurrency, it really represents decentralization.
It's the ability for us all to work together without the need to be oppressed.
Most are very passionate about things that are censorship resistant.
We just see it all the time where voices are silenced on the whims of a handful of people.
Look at all of the data privacy problems that we've become the product.
With cryptocurrency and decentralization and blockchain,
we have the ability to flip that back on its head.
I think that anyone that needs to make a big change in their life,
I think it's not a matter of will.
It's not a matter of saying,
"Okay, I definitely need to do this and I need to do it."
It's actually a matter of giving up.
Of just saying like,
"Wow, I'm totally powerless to whatever this situation is and I need help."
For me personally, like, I received help back in 2007.
I actually used to be a drug addict.
For seven years, that's what I did every single day.
And I had a major overdose.
I was in a coma for three days.
And when I came out of coma in 2007,
I realized that I need help,
so I actually spent two years going to rehab.
One year as just an inpatient, you know, resident at the rehab
and then another year as an intern.
And so, after that,
I just realized my purpose in life was to help people.
I always put my family, I put my wife and I put my kids first above anything else.
As long as I have their support, then I can keep going.
That's my-- that's my non-negotiable.
I'll do anything for work,
but I will not miss my kids' sports or any special events that they have.
When I started this YouTube channel,
my main goal was to buy my family a house.
And then somewhere along the lines,
the goals changed.
Now, it's about helping other people.
I've already gotten to where I need to be.
I'm already in a good spot.
And I like where I'm at,
but I want to help other people to be able to find financial freedom
and to be able to change their lives.
It's you!
When I created the BitBoy superhero,
his little team of other characters of other superheroes,
that was going to be called the BitSquad.
And then as my channel changed and we started doing news videos and educational videos,
my community became known as the BitSquad.
My community knows that I deeply care about them.
And they deeply care about me as well.
And I think that's the relationship you've got to establish.
And you can't take shortcuts.
BitSquad is the thing I'm the very most proud of in all of, you know, my YouTube career.
There's nothing that's more rewarding
than watching someone go from a place of like absolute brokenness
and not being able-- you know, rock bottom,
not being able to really get anything in their life to go right
to be somebody that not only gets better
but contributes to society and makes their family better,
and you just watch that ripple effect.
And that's what I really love.
Welcome to BitBoy Crypto!
You've got to understand how passionate I am about what I do.
So my self-care, my place of release really is work.
It really is coming here and building what we're building.
And it's not just working, working, working.
It's the satisfaction of watching what I went from to what we are now.
And there's so much joy in that accomplishment of not only achieving your dreams,
but I went-- I've already gone way beyond my wildest dreams.
And to me,
that means every day when I wake up and come to work and do what I do,
it's a blessing.
Like, every day is one more thing that I never thought I would have before.