I might want to become a billionaire for roughly the reasons in this post [1] (tl;dr EV is tens of millions per year and might be the highest EV thing I can do), and crypto seems like one particularly promising way. I have other possible career paths, but my current plan is to
- accumulate a list of ~25 problems in crypto that could be worth $1B if solved
- hire a research assistant to look over the list for ~100 hours and compile basic stats like “how crowded is this” and estimating market size
- talk with experts about the most promising ones
- if one is particularly promising, do the standard startup things (hire smart contract and front-end devs, get funding somehow) and potentially drop out of school
Does this sound reasonable? Can you think of improvements to this plan? Are there people I should talk to?
I might want to become a billionaire for roughly the reasons in this post [1] (tl;dr EV is tens of millions per year and might be the highest EV thing I can do), and crypto seems like one particularly promising way. I have other possible career paths, but my current plan is to
- accumulate a list of ~25 problems in crypto that could be worth $1B if solved
- hire a research assistant to look over the list for ~100 hours and compile basic stats like “how crowded is this” and estimating market size
- talk with experts about the most promising ones
- if one is particularly promising, do the standard startup things (hire smart contract and front-end devs, get funding somehow) and potentially drop out of school
Does this sound reasonable? Can you think of improvements to this plan? Are there people I should talk to?
[1]: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/.../an-update-in...