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One million coffees.
One retirement.

One million coffees sent in Bitcoin retires one ordinary person early. That person is me. Send one. Send a thousand. A sound money experiment in coordination and generosity.

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In Bitcoin terms…

A coffee
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at $5
1 Bitcoin
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live spot price

A rounding error in any wallet. That's the point.

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A Sound Money Experiment

Can the internet
coordinate this?

Not a charity. Not a platform. No middlemen, no platform fees, no gatekeepers. Just wallets, an address, and whatever the internet decides. One million coffees, one retirement. That's the question.

Hypothesis Bitcoin makes this possible for the first time: a coordination experiment with no issuer, no custodian, no fees, and no permission required. The question is whether enough people find the idea interesting, affordable, or funny enough to participate.
Method Ask. Publicly. With a BTC address and a progress bar. Then wait.
The Maths One million coffees is the shorthand. The actual target is $3M, reached however it arrives. Some people will send $3. Some will send $3,000. Both count. The maths doesn't care.
Success Condition $3,000,000 USD equivalent in BTC. Applying the 4% rule, that funds roughly $120k/year over a standard 30-year retirement. Not glamorous. Just not working.
On Volatility BTC moves. The target is denominated in USD so the goalpost doesn't. If the price falls, the experiment needs more coffees. If it rises, fewer. What remains is patience.
Timeline Open-ended and one-directional. The experiment runs until $3M is reached. No end date. No backing out. In for the long haul.
Identity Anonymous until the experiment concludes. At $3,000,000 raised, you'll find out who you retired.

Sound money made it possible. A progress bar makes it visible. The rest is coordination and generosity.

The Numbers

One coffee or a thousand.
Both count.

Four numbers that frame the whole thing.

$3
An espresso's worth. You won't miss it, and I'll stack it with the others.
$10,000
What one generous stranger can do. There's no ceiling either, so retire me single-handedly if you're moved to.
$3M
The target. At the 4% rule, $3M generates about $120k a year indefinitely, which isn't rich. Just not working.
35 yrs
What I've already given to a desk. The experiment is about what comes next.
Live

Arriving now.
Someone just helped.

The most recent coffees sent to the wallet, on-chain and in real time. No names, no sign-in.

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Experiment Log

Breadcrumbs.
Dropped as we go.

At each milestone, I reveal one detail about who I am. Consider it a reward for collective participation. The final reveal happens at $3M.

$10,000 ~2,000 coffees
🔒 My daily coffee of choice unlock at $10k
$50,000 ~10,000 coffees
🔒 My best latte art, photographed unlock at $50k
$100,000 ~20,000 coffees
🔒 A photo of my coffee setup unlock at $100k
$250,000 ~50,000 coffees
🔒 The barista I'd most like to have a coffee with unlock at $250k
$1,000,000 ~200,000 coffees
🔒 The first thing I'll do when I retire unlock at $1M
$3,000,000 1,000,000 coffees
🔒 Everything. Who I am. Where I worked. What I did with my last day. The first coffee I brew on my first free Monday, and every detail of it.
Frequently Asked Questions

Answered honestly.
Mostly.

Is this a scam?
You are voluntarily sending a few sats to a stranger on the internet with full knowledge of exactly what it's for. That's not a scam. That's the experiment.
Why should I donate to you specifically?
You've spent $5 on worse things today. This has a progress bar, a clear goal, and the modest ambition of retiring exactly one person.
How much should I send?
As much or as little as you want. An espresso, a bag of proper beans, a grinder, a decent coffee machine, most of a café. Every one of them counts.
Why Bitcoin?
Because it is the only money nobody controls. No government can print more of it, no bank can freeze it, and no institution decides who gets to use it. Sound money, sent directly, with no permission required. That matters to me.
Why coffee?
Because nobody makes coffee the way you do. The cup, the ritual, the moment. It is endlessly personal and that is what makes it extraordinary.
What if you don't reach $3M?
I return to work on Monday. As I have every Monday for the past three and a half decades. The experiment has no end date and perhaps it might be enough to retire a little earlier.
Will you actually reveal yourself?
Yes. That's the deal. At $3M I reveal who I am, where I worked, what I did with my last day, and the first thing I do with my first free Monday. You'll have earned the ending.
Surely you can retire on less?
Expensive city, a mortgage, and young children with a lot of school ahead of them. $3M isn't ambition. It's arithmetic.