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raghav

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raghav

@rargulati

betting on founders @ Ravikant Capital prev ceo @CoinList

Joined July 2008

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raghav
@rargulati
Aug 31, 2024
If you are in crypto, never forget you are building Wartime technology. Technology that forcibly removes power from the State and into the hands of Individuals. Democratizing the capability to create digital financial products, to be your own bank, your own sovereign, your
qw
@QwQiao
Aug 31, 2024
“crypto is apolitical” satoshi: “hold my beer”
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raghav
@rargulati
Nov 2, 2019
Every group project you’ve done in school.
Mr. Drinks On Me
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Mr. Drinks On Me
raghav
@rargulati
May 28, 2024
SF: a boring, expensive city where you have to actively find ways to entertain yourself, and the default activity is to work on a difficult problem / mission to impress your peers and get invited to cool things. NYC: an exciting, expensive city where you actively have to fight
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raghav
@rargulati
Feb 9, 2019
Things that have benefited from manufacturing advancements and scale have gotten cheaper, while things that benefit from regulatory capture have become more expensive.
P.D. Mangan Health & Freedom Maximalist 🇺🇸
@Mangan150
Feb 9, 2019
Good Lord - you think the cost of a college education has skyrocketed, look what's happened to insulin. A national disgrace. via @erreyedoc
raghav
@rargulati
Jan 4, 2019
Amazon: where brands go to lose their identity. Instagram: where brands can accentuate their identity.
raghav
@rargulati
Jan 2, 2025
I just sent this to a founder who asked if they should do an ICO on CoinList or raise with Echo: TLDR: Syndicate platforms like Echo are for young projects that want to add a few $100K to an angel or VC round—it’s not a retail crowdsale and tokens may not be distributed for
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raghav
@rargulati
Jan 29, 2023
Replying to @coldhealing
this is an example of what you said earlier about the how the ruling class / elite should create more “no fucks given” content, and it actually vibes correct
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raghav
@rargulati
Apr 28, 2024
Having talked to a number of founders and CEOs recently, interesting that it’s universally agreed upon the worst people to hire are crypto natives, and the best being people from outside who built an active (healthy) interest and respect for the space. I think when you’re
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raghav
@rargulati
Oct 6, 2024
Here’s how you launch a hyped, legit token (sorry @eigencloud missed this window, but everyone else can learn): 1. The community needs to feel like they’re insiders. Do an aggressive inside sale for the best community members at an aggressive discount to last round. I’m talking
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raghav
@rargulati
Jan 3, 2025
Well said.
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raghav
@rargulati
Oct 7, 2017
For the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you reprints.longform.org/playboy-interv…
raghav
@rargulati
May 20, 2019
After many bloody wars between clashing families, a fight against the undead, and overcoming a murderous girl with dragons who wanted a better world (but finds out we all end up like our parents anyway), hereditary monarchists decide to give representative monarchy a shot.
raghav
@rargulati
Oct 5, 2025
Monero hides the actor. Zcash erases the act. Blending in vs leaving no trace. Only one works in the age of AI.
raghav
@rargulati
Oct 5, 2025
Replying to @_TomHoward
Monero is like pulling on a hoodie, slipping through a crowd, hoping the cameras don’t notice as you carry a message from A to B. Zcash was never there at all, yet the message arrives. In an age where every glance is logged by AI, only one really disappears.
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raghav
@rargulati
Jul 14, 2024
Replying to @JoshuaSteinman
The left will do whatever it takes to win and the right does not take this literally enough.
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