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This was the most productive month I've had building The Bitcoin Act.

Here's what actually happened.

I built a small swipe game. You get a Bitcoin law headline, you guess if it's real or fake. I thought it would be quick.

It wasn't. The design went through six versions before it felt right. And the part I underestimated completely was the fact-checking. 100 cards, every real one traced back to a primary source. I caught two of my own mistakes doing it. That was humbling.

Then the bigger one. A free legal library for bitcoiners.

I gave myself one rule: nothing on it can go out of date. No numbers, no deadlines, no thresholds that change next year.

That rule sounds simple. It's not. A lot of what feels urgent in Bitcoin law turns out to be temporary. What's left is slower, drier, and probably more useful.

I don't know yet how much any of this will get used. That's fine.

What I learned is that I like building things that stay put. A newsletter issue is gone from the inbox in a week. A page that still works in five years is a different kind of satisfying.

Honestly, I'm proud of this month.