Why the Rooms Matter
Bitcoin Investors Week and the Stewardship of Insight
Today I’m in New York for Bitcoin Investors Week, hosted by Anthony Pompliano. I’ll be part of the VIP day and tomorrow the opening of the general sessions, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to be in the room. Thank you for the access Pomp.
Conferences like this have never been about checking boxes for me. They’ve been about confirmation, network expansion, and sharpening my perspective. About opening my eyes to testing assumptions. About being willing to listen before forming conclusions. Over the years, those rooms and conversations have shaped how I think about bitcoin far more than charts or headlines ever could.
Networking gets a bad reputation because people confuse it with self-promotion. Real networking is stewardship. It is listening carefully. Asking better questions. Letting conviction be sharpened by challenge instead of insulated by echo chambers. It is seeing how others are thinking before the world catches up.
That posture has been foundational in my bitcoin journey. It informed how I led and built at AWS, and it continues to inform how I think today. Curiosity, paired with a willingness to ask the questions others avoid, has allowed me to see around corners and hold multiple truths at once. Bitcoin is technical, macro, human, institutional, and spiritual. You miss it if you only study one layer.
These gatherings matter because bitcoin is not built in isolation. It is built in community. Sometimes messy community. Sometimes fragmented. Sometimes surprisingly aligned. But always human. And understanding humans is just as important as understanding Bitcoin’s code.
There are several initiatives quietly being built behind the scenes for Kingdom Bitcoin. This week is not about announcing them. It is about refining them. Pressure-testing ideas. Listening for resonance. Gathering insight that can be brought back and shared responsibly with all of you.
While I won’t be speaking at this conference, public speaking remains something I love deeply. I believe bitcoin needs translators. Pastors of understanding. Evangelists who carry the message with clarity, humility, and proper tone. Anyone in bitcoin, whether they realize it or not, is preaching a gospel. Words matter. Posture matters. Motive matters.
I look forward to filling my calendar with more of those engagements, where education and stewardship take precedence over hype.
This event brings together a serious and diverse group of voices across macro, policy, treasury strategy, custody, and long-term capital allocation. That matters because bitcoin is no longer a fringe experiment. It is a global conversation, and conversations require rooms where people are willing to think instead of perform.
I’ll be listening closely. Not for predictions. Not for price targets. But for patterns. For tension. For what feels settled and what still feels unresolved. I know it will generate many topics to pass along to all of you.
I’ll report back later this week with reflections and insights once the noise has settled and the signal is clearer.
For now, I hold this conviction. Showing up matters. Asking questions matters. And gathering wisdom before acting is always worth the time.
Prayer 🙏📖🕯️
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the rooms You open and the people You gather. Grant discernment over distraction, humility over noise, and wisdom that lasts beyond the moment. Help me listen well, learn deeply, and steward what I receive for the benefit of others. May every insight serve truth, clarity, and Your Kingdom purposes.
In Jesus’ name, Amen ✝️💛