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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to another exciting episode of Mick Unplugged. And today's guest is a visionary in the financial technology space, blending his expertise in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and software engineering to reshape the future of finance.
Known for his influence on social media as the Tall Guy Tycoon, he continues to inspire millions by sharing insights on wealth building and the future of financial markets. Please join me in welcoming the innovative, the driven, the Tall Guy Tycoon himself, Mr. Armando Pantoja. Armando, how are you doing today, brother?
I'm good. I appreciate you having me.
Hey, I am honored to be here and I want to just go straight in, man. Like you have, I don't want to say you figured out blockchain and crypto, but you figured it out. But the most important part is you're sharing your knowledge and expertise with others. So my initial question is, man, what got you into blockchain and crypto?
So it's an interesting story. I was a software engineer for many years. So around 2009, 10, I decided to go back to grad school. So when I got first day in grad school, you know, you learn the base of software engineering in undergrad, but then you go on to grad school, you have to pick a specialization. So first thing they asked me, what's your specialization going to be?
I don't know, I guess software security. Well, you need further specialization. What are you going to focus on? I said, well, looked at the list of stuff, cryptography, cryptology. which is the study of computer encryption. And then, you know, I got into it and I liked it and everything. But then right in the middle of grad school, cryptocurrency came out.
Now, cryptocurrency and cryptology and graphy is two different things. Now, cryptocurrency is a currency based on the science or the study of cryptology or cryptography, which is the study of computer encryption. And that's why crypto is so transformative is because it's the most advanced database ever known to man. And that's what people don't realize.
They see Bitcoin as like some kind of money or some kind of investment, but it's way deeper than that. So I was just early. I was just lucky to get in so early because I was studying that at the time and I thought it was a cool technology. Now, for about three years, I didn't really realize it as an investment. So with my... The opportunity I saw in cryptocurrency the first three years was way.
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