October 24th, 1977 - February 19th, 2017

I am going to retweet this tweet on August 19th, 2026.

I WON THE ELECTION!

Si yo fuese el @RealBetis fichaba a este jugador. Ahora tiene un valor de 5 millones, próximamente valdrá más. Tomen buena nota.

What causes #poverty? Nothing. It's the original state, the default and starting point. The real question is, What causes #prosperity?

Happy 4th of July to everyone, including the haters and losers!

2023: Corona ended 2026: Hantavirus

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway by August Wilson #broadwaytuesday

After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today. I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC. May God bless America.

Be prepared, there is a small chance that our horrendous leadership could unknowingly lead us into World War III.

😂

There is no benefit to the price of XRP remaining low that I know of.

Porangui at The Chocolate Factory @porangui #Porangui

Art of Leaving by Anne Marilyn Lucas #newplay #americantheater #offbroadwaytuesday

Anyone can be racist to anyone obv 🤦‍♂️

💯 Sensible words from Jeffrey Mead. Worth a follow.

oh mah gerd

You can just do things. Don’t ever let em tell you can’t!

Happy Shutdown?

As happens in one’s life, I’ve been taking stock of my last 40 years. It’s been a wild ride. I’ve gone from consulting for the NSA to watching the early stages of Bitcoin. Then, I met Arthur, Jed, and Chris and worked on coding the XRP Ledger. Now, I’ve spent more than 13 years at Ripple. I can’t begin to explain the depth of my gratitude to this company, the people who work here, and the community that surrounds XRPL. It’s been one of the greatest honors and experiences of my life, second only to my amazing family. The time has come for me to step back from my day-to-day duties as Ripple CTO at the end of this year. I’m really looking forward to spending more time with the kids and grandkids and going back to the hobbies I set aside. But be warned, I’m not going away from the XRP community. You haven’t seen the last of me (now, or ever). The last few months I’ve been tinkering on the side – spinning up my own XRPL node and publishing its output data, researching other use cases for XRP (besides what Ripple is focused on), and more. I truly enjoy this part — getting my hands dirty, talking to builders, coding for the pure love of it — and I’m really excited to get back to that. More to come on this very soon, I’m sure. But back to gratitude — to Brad and Monica — leaders who have been here nearly as long as I have, and are the very soul of Ripple itself. To Chris, who took a huge leap of faith and never wavered. To Arthur, who had the big ideas every time we needed them. To the RippleX team, ledger developers, community members, builders, and everyone else — it’s been an honor being in the trenches with you all. Thank you for everything you have done for the XRPL. I have total confidence in the next generation of leaders and builders – including Dennis Jarosch (Ripple’s SVP of Engineering) – and far too many others to name in the XRP community who will carry the torch. I’ll still be in and out of the Ripple office as CTO Emeritus, and as my last task at Ripple, Chris asked me to join Ripple's Board of Directors to continue supporting the company’s mission and long-term vision...and I accept! I look forward to seeing the rest of you at XRP community events around the world. – JoelKatz

So it was all lies. No treason. No spying on the campaign. No tapping Trumps wires. It was just good people trying to protect America. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…