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Just Do Nothing. A Venture Fund's Returns Compared to Protocol Returns. My personal story... Here’s a story about how doing everything was way worse than doing nothing and how working my ass off investing in startups has done about 6x worse than the money that just did nothing. It reminded me of a human behavior lesson I learned over a decade ago. In the weirdest way possible. Thirteen years ago, my buddy @tewy launched a site called DoNothingFor2Minutes dot org. The site is still there today. A photo of waves. The sound of the ocean. A 120-second timer. One instruction: Don’t move. Don’t touch your mouse. Just sit still. Of course, I couldn’t. Thirty seconds in, I clicked a tab. Reset. Touched the mouse. Reset. Ten more tries. Reset, reset, reset. It took me 12 minutes before I finally sat still for two. The site went viral, almost broke the internet. And Alex? He went on to build a multi-billion-dollar company off this human behavior. Calm dot com. The lesson stuck: most of us can’t do nothing. Things go viral because everyone collectively feels the same thing. No one can sit still. We crave action—decisions, tweaks, “value-add.” Doing nothing feels lazy, even dangerous. But when it comes to compounding wealth, and the best returns, doing nothing—especially while everyone else is panicking—might be the hardest, yet most profitable skill in the world. Looking back, here's what happened... Six years ago, I split my capital. Half went into my little rolling venture fund: endless meetings, memos, LP pitches, founder calls, DMs, emails, yada yada yada. I worked my ass off. The other half? Into two protocols I thought would keep compounding. BTC & ETH. Sound money & the world's computer. And then I forgot about them. Did nothing. Venture fund has 3 unicorns, a few dead companies, and 25 more that hopefully become something. Mostly illiquid, with a 1.41x MOIC, it appears to be a 2-4x fund, but who knows? I mean, I think that's decent but it's not great. I don't think I'll lose money! It's all so illiquid, who knows? Everyone says venture is a long game. Good thing, because I’ve returned about enough to play one round of mini-golf. I'm not even a good VC, and I only did it for 2 years. But if we look at the best funds in the world, say the ones that have 35% IRR, even that doesn't beat doing nothing. Check this... In 2019, I put roughly the same amount I put into my venture fund into this simple allocation: 40% Bitcoin 40% Ethereum 15% USDC 5% experiments (ENS, NFTs — most lost money) Looking back at the returns: BTC: ≈50%+ CAGR ETH: ≈70%+ CAGR USDC: flat, but provided stability ENS/NFTs: losses, but tiny allocation Even with experiments losing money, this simple protocol basket averaged 50%+ CAGR over 6 years. It was a WTF moment for me. To actually feel it. Who knows if this will continue, no one can predict the future. What I do know is that I believe more in open protocols today than I did in 2019. Value accrues to trust and trust is shifting towards open protocols not people. I will also say that venture is amazing and as a founder, I'm so grateful for it. It helps founders build incredible companies that make the world a better place. I'm so glad that VCs exist and I believe the mission is worth doing. The question I'm asking myself is this: Am I doing venture or angel investing because of my identity, my ego, and the mission or because I want the best returns? Based on this learning, I think it's the former - and I think that's fine - it's purpose. I'm just trying to be honest about that reality. It makes my ego feel good to meet founders and be helpful, but it's hard to say it's the best use of time, especially if we believe that time is money. Fun lesson to learn that doing nothing crushed doing everything. If you're interested in the actual details, strategy, how I have my protocol investments allocated for the next few years and just overall thinking about this - just reply with "Surely You're Joking" and ill send you the link. I'm thinking about just making my investment portfolio and allocations and buy-in algos open source if anyone is interested in contributing.

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