The backstory

In crypto since 2014. An early Bitcoin miner who lost his seed phrase — and access to every bitcoin he had mined. Now he has to write for Blackwood to pay the bills.

By rights, I should be driving a Maserati and leaving you all generous tips. But I’m sitting in an office drinking Nescafé, and you’re reading these articles.

Arif Rahman is an editorial pen name used by Blackwood. The biography and location are part of a fictional author persona.

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