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Was this after you went to prison? What was after when I went to prison? You had a million dollars in crypto? No, that was before. Well, I want to get into all that. Yeah, it's honestly a lot. Okay, well, this is good. I'm glad that your story is strange. Well, it's made for a movie.
It is very long and strange. And honestly, for me, I lived it and told it so many times that it's so normalized.
Yeah.
That I'm just like, yeah, I did this and that. And I went to federal prison for five years. They're like, holy shit. And I'm like, yeah, I know. It's crazy, right? Okay. Well, then I'm excited. There's a lot to cover. Yeah, I'm excited to do it. Do you want to start all the way? You didn't give me any kind of reference for how you wanted to go about this.
So I just want to get a verbal confirmation for... I don't know, legal reasons or whatever. It's okay to record this call to use on the podcast Darknet Diaries. Is that okay with you?
Yeah, of course.
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