Leah: Why should investors choose BitBay to Bitcoin?

David Zimbeck:
First and foremost BitBay will have a moving peg. Also known as dynamic/rolling peg. Bitcoins biggest problem is price swings. It's not really stable as an investment or a currency. Historically it has been known to grow because it's new technology and the weakness of government backed currencies. However Bitcoin was meant to be "programmable money" and nobody has really taken advantage of this to play with the coins economy. This is what my peg does. It will increase and decrease the supply to control the price. This can force the price to really be anything and grow at a predictable rate. The decision is made by the investors themselves so it's completely fair. Also an algorithm is used that will maximize volume and price. The way it works is pretty simple. Coins freeze and unfreeze for everyone based on when they got involved. A user who has frozen coins can't sell them on an exchange but can still use them like a bond or future. They are called "frozen" but they are actually "slowed" down with a 1 month delay. This is what makes the liquid funds you hold much more valuable since it changes dynamically throughout the day based on demand. Up until now, most of my innovations have been cross-platform. Meant to work with any coin. The peg will be my unique blockchain innovation and it's really exciting because it solves Bitcoins biggest problem. Also Bitcoin is expensive to send due to bloat and so contracts are much cheaper and faster to do in BitBay as opposed to BitHalo. BitBay is "Proof of Stake 3" which is a good protocol. It wastes less energy than Bitcoin mining. Also we can "cold stake" which is staking from two computers among other exciting innovations. We have a "wall of features" on our site.

Leah: How has the incident where you were betrayed changed the way you work?

David Zimbeck:
Yeah, a famous story for the history books was how I got set up to be destroyed. I was small in a small industry in 2014... Bitcoin was still young. This put a lot of eyes on what I was doing. You could count the number of good blockchain coders on two hands when I started. The first sign was when we had problems getting into the news as they were clearly in someone's pocket or something like this because they were censoring my work. This is despite having the worlds first working smart contracts in Bitcoin. You would think the industry would have clamored. Instead some ominous group of guys founded BitBay and asked for my help. They were charming enough to get me involved unfortunately. Similar to JTRIG, they proceeded to cyberbully me using fake profiles almost immediately after they started fundraising. That went on for weeks. They also broke their promise to keep my name off it and instead used my name on the project. They also kept their portion of the funding and ran trying to propagandize me as a scapegoat. I was the one to come public with what they had been doing. However they counted on that and all hell broke loose as 100s of profiles most of them completely new started flooding the forums and other areas. Some profiles on bitcointalk entire comment history was about me such as the profile "Diabolic". It was pretty obvious but preventing it was the problem. Apparently their goal was to force me out of the industry. I don't give up so easy though since I was never in Bitcoin for the money. I've been in it to popularize unbreakable contracts to rid the world of deception in common agreements in a way that is self-enforced using the two deposits. The irony is I didn't use BitHalo unbreakable contracts when they asked me to do dev work on BitBay. So myself and the community took over the project. The community trusted me for good reasons. I was working my ass off with absolutely no funding honoring the promises that others gave them. They left, I stayed. The proof was in the years to follow as I persisted despite almost being in an echo chamber. In all honestly I wish the funding was there so we could have hired a big dev team. Instead I was stuck coding alone for a long time. I was used to it anyways as that is how I started when BitHalo's prototype was made. For a while we only had a few hundred dollars of volume a day. Today this has exploded going above 20 million dollars a day at times. It's an underdog story. We were the underdog fighting against some pretty evil people. And yet despite the challenges we rose above it. There was a few loyal people in the community who stayed by my side testing, supporting, working, volunteering their time to help me. They were like angels or something. It's an amazing story. The way it's changed me is to make me grateful. Also it has taught me to ignore what people think of me since the propaganda... a lot of people are too lazy to research. If a person spreads a rumor it's very hard to invalidate it because it's easier to fool people than to convince them they were fooled. And there are unfortunately a lot of wicked people in crypto who will stop at nothing to destroy certain projects. And they all vary in motive from governments to banks to other coins and private businesses and sometimes just unstable people. So it's helped me ignore my ego, not be so defensive, it's helped me stay motivated to help investors, and it has taught me to use discernment when choosing who to work with. At the time I had a licensing model for BitHalo willing to give it to other projects if they wanted. Now I'm much more selective as I realize the brand is valuable. Today things are changing. The team has grown, investors are very active, some of them full time. It's starting to blossom and it's amazing to watch.

Leah: One of the reasons that no banks and fewer merchants accept Bitcoin is because of its volatility. More people, too, would accept Bitcoin if its volatility were gone. Would BitBay, with its rolling peg, be enough to overcome these limitations?

David Zimbeck:
Yes. This is why it was designed. At first it was a tool to protect investors in worst case scenario. Also it was designed to revive any coin from the grave. The method had to be decentralized, not reliant on reserves, not reliant on backers, not reliant on trading tricks, shorts or options. It had to be pure. The best way was to control supply. In cash that can't be done. But with crypto a whole new set of amazing things can be done. So by controlling supply with freezing and unfreezing that supply changes by the hour potentially. The amount of times we allow it to move per day and the amount it moves each time it changes it what determines it's strength in holding a stable price. Also if we allow votes or algorithm is a big deal as it will influence volatility. For our debut we are going to allow some volatility but in a way that investors control by voting. There are other ways to do this. An exact price can be set if you allow unlimited rate changes. The more that rate adjusts the more fixed the peg to the algorithm even if that algorithm is told to slowly go up in value. But increasing value senselessly is not economically sensible. So you need it to be reactive to demand. It's more of an art than a science if you want the peg to move. It might be pegged to a basket of currencies and commodities. It may be programmed to stay near it's peaks. Regardless of how you do it, it finally solves the problem in a decentralized way.

Leah: You call decentralized pegging “a very important feature which can revolutionize crypto and world finance.” Do you want to elaborate in which way/s?

David Zimbeck:
Crypto has volatility. We solve that. Now the factor of a projects success will not be price but increasing demand. Popularity will be the reason now. Even something that has low popularity still has demand though which is why supply can adjust dynamically for that situation. Everyone and everything is in demand to somebody or something. Everything has value. The key is adjusting the supply to match that demand.

Leah: Do you think BitBay would be attractive enough for merchants to accept? (why/ why not?) what about price and speed of transaction - how does that compare to Bitcoin?

David Zimbeck:
A merchant needs a few things. An easy way in and out of fiat(we have p2p cash deals). A stable price(the peg). Low fees (our platform doesn't charge fees). And a way to have agreements honored(unbreakable contracts). If someone buys the process needs to be fast and smooth. Double deposit escrow AKA unbreakable contracts ensures honesty and trust. The "Halo handshake". It's a game that favors only honest parties which is something that is totally new to society. This is why it's so attractive. No more scams, no more middle men, no more fees, products are now held to a higher standard, merchants and buyers held to a higher standard. We still need a few things though. We need a good mobile platform and the user interface needs to be fast. And even with the perfect system you have to market it. It's a very important step which is being heard and being used.

Leah: Is BitBay built on PoS -as BlackHalo is?

David Zimbeck:
Yes they are both the same in this regard. Proof of stake is much more energy efficient. It's one of the better systems out there.

Leah: There are many who say blockchain rather than Bitcoin will survive and change industry. What is your opinion? Do you want to elaborate?

David Zimbeck:
I completely agree with this. The internet itself isn't made up of one company. That is just weird to think about. There is multiple banks, multiple telcom industries, multiple stocks. So why wouldn't there be multiple blockchains?! Bitcoin needs to keep up with the competition or be prepared for a major awakening. Bitcoin needs to change to survive and adapt or it will be replaced the way Facebook replaced Myspace. The brand might always survive though as it's heavily branded. And surely one day Facebook will be replaced. People tend to gravitate towards monopolies. It takes a while for them to migrate. But the migration is inevitable especially when superior alternatives exist. A superior alternative can be suppressed and indeed this is common today. Once known to a person, they will usually migrate. Also blockchains can exist for various reason. It's better to look at them as "stocks". Stake in an idea, group or company. Perhaps a construction company will have their own chain. Then you have notary platforms. There is really almost unlimited applications for this.


Leah: Why do you still have BlackHalo out there, if BitBay is an improvement of BlackHalo? If the founders hired you, left you with BitBay, why couldn't you integrate BlackHalo and BitBay?

David Zimbeck:
Well Blackcoin was where I started. It was funny because I didn't want to do my own ICO as I wasn't fond of the money grab. Instead I needed a coin to start on, they had proof of stake and was faster and cheaper than Bitcoin. So since they have the tech there is no reason not to let them have it. They get the honor of being the first along with BitHalo. BitBay is different because I can make updates to the chain, to the protocol and also the peg. I'm not sure how BitHalo and BlackHalo will get used but I think they will be here to stay. Blackcoin is a different blockchain really so I have no ability to merge them.

Leah: Certain financial experts predict Bitcoin will bust (is another bubble). What do you think? Why?

David Zimbeck:
The news loves to call a correction a bubble. The reason so many people are confused by cryptos rise is because nothing like it has existed before. Like the dot com boom. The biggest bubble is fake ICOs. I would say most of the projects on coinmarketcap are faking their volume or they secretly hold a majority of the supply without investors knowing. This gives a disingenuous perception of it's marketcap. If a team secretly holds 90% of it's coin and the marketcap is 100 million. Then the true circulating marketcap is 10 million if all they do is hold and slowly sell their portion. This is very dangerous to investors and that is where the bubble will happen. The news will interpret it the wrong way I think. All that will really happen is projects that are useless will disappear and projects that are good will stay. Investors should pay close attention to what they buy. Make sure there is a real project, good prospects for the future and so forth.

Leah: How do you think (a) your acting (b) your real estate © your experiences in chess (d) commercial production, or photography  - or even with oil rigs, satellites and on land contributed to your blockchain programming experiences?

David Zimbeck:
Chess has helped me visualize code. It has helped me plan, memorize and problem solve. It has helped me anticipate problems well in advance. It has helped me anticipate my enemies attacks and solve them before they arise. Unfortunately I didn't apply this skill when dealing with the founders of BitBay because I try to avoid judging people. But now I pay much more attention to my intuition with people. Chess is extremely useful for not just programming, it's useful in many things. Acting really just helps with public speaking and stuff. I've always been pretty articulate, me and my mom used to love playing scrabble and I used to read the dictionary. My sister and dad loved working theatre and they taught me to sing. I've never had a problem going in front of crowds and just being myself. As an actor I liked to be in roles that fit me and my personality (like a Pirate in "Pirates of The Caribbean 2". With acting however you don't always get that control based on what you get sent out for so I'm more fond of the business end of it. This is why I was doing production. That is very useful to what I do. Since it taught me to manage and organize, to outsource, to build huge lists of contacts if needed. There is almost endless lessons to take from production. I was working for Video Optimize mostly and they were putting me on a tight budget for some projects so it showed me how to maximize efficiency and squeeze the highest dollar per hour rate out of any project while maintaining quality. I was subcontracting a lot, building massive databases and finding out prices of everyone using job postings and automating how that was aggregated. Also my personal production projects taught me so much. It showed how to manage teams, when working with friends I had some flake on me so it taught me how to overbook and manage. Video Optimize showed me how to do Video Marketing so I was able to learn a lot about SEO and how things rank on Google. This is useful for any business really. Getting a team together, managing them, keeping a tight schedule, working long hours. Oil rigs is even more demanding. It was a strain on the body much like programming. Working 100 hours a week. Almost to the point where we would drop. It is not the kind of job where you can complain. You must move forward, muscle your way though everything, overcome your tiredness. Real estate taught me about contracts and escrow. The fundamentals of agreement. And really it shows me so many things that is wrong with the legal system. Really it's a broken system and shouldn't exist. It doesn't prevent fraud and if anything it harbors it. It's a system enforced with violence. So I was literally jumping for joy when I came up with the concept of double deposit escrow. Since this contract is enforced by the deposits themselves. Also real estate notary is not in an open format easy for the public. Imagine all of that on the blockchain. Hopefully soon we can say "Bye, bye" to the bureaucracy and paperwork. The time I picked up real estate things were melting down from the collapse. So my deals were hard. I had to make tons of sacrifices for clients. I closed two deals that year and it was eye opening. It showed me how corrupt banks and lenders were. This is why crypto is so exciting. We can see it open and transparent. Also loans can be done with the frozen coins so they are completely trustless. Instead of "lending" a person would simply trade frozen funds for liquid funds. This to me is a much cooler and honest system. I'm opposed to usury. I've seen how home prices inflate due to the fallacy of interest rates. Nobody can afford a home. If homes reflected their true value they would be a fifth of what they are now. If people didn't have loans and were forced to come up with cash in full the prices would readjust and it would be perfect. Photography is similar to production in the regard that we have to get a team together to get higher quality shoots. It's more fun and glamour though, working with models and stuff... hahah. There is no direct benefit to blockchain work other than just running a brick and mortar business. All professions can be approached from a business perspective. Working on satellite dishes was more about coordination on my jobs. Watching out for my own security because it was -50 below at times in North Dakota. Going on roof tops in the blistering cold. Working with fittings and pointing the dish and so forth. I was given my job in land easements out of pity because a client thought I was going to die working in the winter. Driving can be very dangerous in Dakota when the weather hits that low. My truck was old there is a good chance it wouldn't make it. Working easements was the first time I ever coded anything. I used WinAutomation to automatically type bulk legal documents and I wrote a custom address parser in Python so I could import those into spreadsheets. People immediately looked up to me as the tech guy because I was revolutionizing how they were working with Google sheets and how they were planning out their fiber optic and oil line projects. One job that was supposed to be a month of work I did in a day. It unfortunately got me fired because the managers were jealous and probably wanted the work for the comfy winter. Without the work it makes them think they are being worked out of a job. So I learned office politics. In reality this could have made the business millions but instead it really showed me that I had to run my own business. In fact, the day I got fired was the day I had the idea for BitHalo. So it was destiny.

Leah: “I moved into photography” - what kind of photography?

David Zimbeck:
I did a lot of head shots and fashion shoots. One of my favorite shoots was for my friends jewelry line. We had a bunch of beautiful girls with lots of awesome pieces. I got to experiment a lot in that job. We had some really exciting shots and ideas. I've worked with many different lighting set ups, lots of beautiful techniques with lighting and backdrops. When I was in Los Angeles it was required to work multiple jobs to push forward. So I was doing a lot of freelance work from photography, production, acting, real estate, web design, film editing, events and promotion. Whatever was available.

Leah: Your website says that “He also has his own film company” - Is this bio/website current? do you still run it?

David Zimbeck:
I do but I haven't had time to dig up old footage and edit it. I've had almost 100 clients. So it would be nice to get a portfolio together. More importantly it would be fun to run my own short films as I sort of enjoyed that. I had some awesome stuff. The working name was DigiStar films and my mom also registered Dash productions. When I was contracted though it was mostly for commercials and we didn't bother with the brand recognition. Today I would approach it differently. However this was probably my most consistent work other than acting gigs.

Leah: According to your LI, you’re currently involved in all these fields: Entertainment Services, Events, Commercial Production, Web Design, Editing, Photography, Human Resources, Real Estate, Open Source Software Developer, Cryptocurrency, Programming

How are you still involved in Entertainment Services? Commercial Production?

David Zimbeck:
Since I was doing production, events were easy for me. The most famous one was in the Pacific Palisades at Claire Goldstein's (Audio Visual Entertainment) house. I coordinated my acting agencies Christmas party there (Mademoiselle Talent) since I had lamented that there had not been a party the year prior and he used to host some really awesome Christmas parties. At the same time we had Video Optimize and DigiStars party there and it coincided with my birthday as well. We had a really awesome guest list. I also had a couple live bands perform there, and we catered food to everyone. It was a very demanding but fun event. I don't do events anymore but perhaps one day I would enjoy coordinating a rave or something. I would rather do short films than commercials now that I have the liberty to.



Leah: What do you mean by “Events”?

David Zimbeck:
An event can be any type of networking event such as large scale parties and promotional events for businesses, seminars, etc.

Leah: Did you design BitBay website? Which websites do you design?

David Zimbeck:
I oversee the design of my current websites but don't code as much anymore (such as BitHalo, BlackHalo, BitBay). The previous ones I coded myself from scratch. I've done sites for Fred Segal Salon, a well known cinematographer, some models and actors sites, my chess website, Motor studios, a lawyer and various other clients.

Leah: What kind of Photography do you do?

David Zimbeck:
Mostly models and actors and product lines. Although I have photographed businesses and buildings. Various clients in video marketing needed photos of their business. So I shot a lot of those.

Leah: How do you manage to juggle all these different occupations with 8 regular hours of programming?

David Zimbeck:
I don't anymore. All of my time is devoted the finishing my code. After that is done I plan on going into construction, farming and off-grid stuff.

Leah: What does your typical day look like? How many hours of sleep?

David Zimbeck:
My sleep schedule is probably the worst part about my schedule. I've struggled my entire life to keep normal hours. But basically I sleep when I'm tired. It can range from only a handful of hours to many hours. I mostly eat vegan, exercise, walk on the beach, code.

Leah: Do you keep yourself fit? If so, how?

David Zimbeck:
I've got a gym with tons of equipment in my house. Used to love martial arts and exercise. Back in the day I worked out for 2 hours a day for many years. The rigs were a great workout. However programming changed all of that. I lost almost all of my strength at one point. Now I've been in the process of recovering it. I've got a gym in my house. Also I've taken up Yoga.

Leah: Are you big on diet? If so, which type of diet?

David Zimbeck:
I believe the crops have been depleted. The reason most vegans are not healthy is because their vegetables are not raised right. If you have ever shopped at "Dean and Deluca" in New York you will know what I mean. So to me, food needs to be highly nutritious. I think human digestive system wasn't designed for meat. I do eat meat but have been on a quest to get off it entirely. A diet high in fruit and vegetables is ideal. Perhaps to overcome nutrient depletion you can combine your diet with foods that have high density or nutrients like chocolate and spirulina. Hopefully one day I have my own farm so I can get the best quality food.

Leah: How do you get the energy you need for your incredible workload/ responsibilities?

David Zimbeck:
I'm not always energetic. It drains me and sometimes I sleep for long periods of time. But I've been very persistent towards my goals. It's a marathon, not a race. At times I get bursts of energy and then just try to power my way through it. I'm thinking diet and exercise will help a lot.

Leah: Do any of your careers in #8 differentiate you to other blockchain programmers (do they give you special insight/ drive your platform programming in a different direction? If so, how?)

David Zimbeck:
I would think so. My story has been very unique. Not always do I live up to my own expectations but I do keep pushing for new heights. Now I'm very much at peace with myself. To be honest, I can't speak for anyone else or their path. It's a very colorful road I've taken and the training was not limited to one field. Being well rounded is critical for perspective and insight.

Leah: Certain things you said make me think you may practice crypto-anarchism.  Do you agree? If so do you think blockchain can cease war, remove tax and shatter borders (as certain crypto-anarchists argue)? Do you think it will replace fiat as exclusive currency?

David Zimbeck:
Government is not needed. The word itself Govern = Control and Mente = Mind. We either control our own minds or someone does it for us. Human behavior is self-regulating. The illusion is that police and military are there for our protection (they are the opposite). When 85% of the people in jail are there for victimless crimes the truth can not be more clear. The laws are enforced through fear of violence. This is the opposite of how society should be. Also the punishment doesn't fit the crime. Two wrongs don't make a right. A judge and jury cannot possibly know the truth and usually guess causing the innocent to suffer. We should be living in a lush paradise where everything is free. The world is abundant there is more than enough land for everyone. The water can be rich and clean, the world a giant fruit forest and no land off limits to anyone. But someone decided they owned the world. Someone claimed to have domain over us. When a child is born into the world they know nothing of law. But are threatened with violence if they do such trivial things as go outside naked, speak about controversial topics, don't give a percent of their hard earned money, can't collect rain water or sell raw milk. It's absurd. Anarchy is just a word. The real truth is simply that we should not be trusting cops and governments with anything! They don't have our best interest at heart. They are known to literally make up laws to whatever the feel. Who gives them the authority? The minority should not be ruled even by a majority as it is their suffering that must be heard. Nobody should be forcing anyone to do anything. Law is NOT morality. We should live in a moral society not a legal one. Law is perverted and immoral. People are conditioned to believe that what is "illegal" is immoral. "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." ~ Thomas Jefferson. Governments are known to incarcerate, confiscate children, poison citizens, send them off to die in wars, force vaccinate, force "educate" with speculative schooling that doesn't teach a single trade skill and even kill citizens. Blockchain can not stop war. However educating people to put their guns down and quit their jobs working for government can be the beginning of the end. The media is what needs to be silenced. Their opinions must go unheard, drowned in the sea of the nothing. When the media has the predominant voice on the internet, it will be what shapes peoples minds. So they can warp, shift and pervert everything they touch. Including blockchain. A wicked person will attempt to corrupt whatever they touch. So the key to saving everyone is to teach the citizens to exist without governments. How do they go off grid? How can they manufacture their own goods (3d printing). How to form mesh networks so communication is done without hearing the voice of the media. How to abandon their phones and computers for systems they control. Socialize in person. How to farm, construct, and do such things with the aid of new technologies. Passive technologies like water for air. Crypto-anarchy might need some form of internet so if they have no mesh network it's unclear if that can survive. Crypto itself can be used for economy and trade. Halo for enforcement. But at the end of the day trade can be a system of utilizing the service of others and in some cases abusing it. We instead need abundance and to do so people must look deeper into 3d printing and new construction and farming techniques that get trucks off the road and move manufacturing to the individual. Blockchains big boom was due to the powers that be accepting it and not trying to make it illegal. We got lucky this time, it's good that this has been allowed to grow so much. To what end I don't know.

Leah: I understand you innovated “double deposit escrow” too; was that how you innovated smart contracts? And is that how your smart contracts differ from those of Ethereum (for instance)?

David Zimbeck:
Yes I was the first person to do smart contracts. Not only that but a working platform with offers and counter offers. I have long said ideas are not discovered they are "rediscovered". Nobody owns an idea. After I started working on it I saw that there was similar ideas in the past. Ultimatum game, mutually assured destruction, Nash equilibrium. My name chosen was double deposit escrow because two people deposit into a two party escrow joint account. However unbreakable contracts is the simplest description because it cannot be broken without causing loss to yourself. That is why it differs from Ethereum. We enforce it in real world situations and do so in a way that is peer to peer!! This prevents all that bloat that Ethereum suffers from. I've always believed that contracts should be moved to sidechains to remove risk from the main chain or heavily pruned to allow for scaling.

Leah: What are your future goals? Long Term? Short term?

David Zimbeck:
I want to finish the peg and templates. Then I want to see where things go and hope new devs take over the project, refactor it, make it into JavaScript and that way my baby will be all grown up able to survive and defend itself without me. After that I am interested in construction and farming and perhaps the occasional inventing and sports. Meditation and spiritual development. Perhaps raising a large family. Also I might choose to continue my service to others and try to promote good technologies like water from air machines, solar and wind, Tesla and Royal Rife, 3d printing, etc. I've also got a mild interest in virtual reality sports to get people off the computer and in a more active state.

Leah: What do you want BitBay to accomplish this coming year?

David Zimbeck:
I want it to succeed in the peg, broker good exchange relationships so the transition is seamless, and best case scenario get some coders to work on a web based version of Halo. But the web version may not happen if the project doesn't become self-regulating. I want to focus on realistic short term goals.


Leah: How did you teach yourself programming in such a short time? What was your program of study?

David Zimbeck:
I just used Google, lot's of trial and error. Luckily Python interprets as it runs so that helps for fast testing. As a kid I did some Qbasic and a little bit of c++ in high school. Although I dropped out of high school. So this meant mostly teaching myself everything from scratch. It was just a matter of will power and persistence. It wasn't easy. I worked 16 hour days and was a bit used to it from the oil work. However it took a serious toll on my health. My friend was coming back to my trailer and bringing me Taco Bell spicy potato burrito and a Mountain Dew every night. That, almonds and chocolate and sunflower seeds kept me alive barely. Hahahaha. I developed a nasty cough. It was so bad I had to go fly to Florida after my prototype was done to have my parents nurse me back to health. I would wake up, roll out of bed, code sleep. It was crazy. I'm glad those days are over. It was what was needed to make the worlds first smart contracting platform when I was literally a nobody in cryptography and I came completely out of nowhere.

Leah: Do you see any connections between your acting career for example the movie The Real Deal (2009) on IMDB and your blockchain philosophy? There seems to be certain elements like an ideal or authentic existence versus phony system that seem to speak to crypto-anarchism. Your LI profile shows you were already interested in cryptocurrency at the time. Did crypto influence movie, or v.v?

David Zimbeck:
It's funny how the jobs I got cast in sometimes matched my philosophies. That was a small job. It was a fun little film project. One scene they had me impersonate Harry Potter. However my biggest job in the film industry was "Pirates of the Carribean 2". I was in tons of scenes like the "Jar of Dirt" scene which is a meme on YouTube. I was not credited on IMDB though even though I should have been. We booked an audition out of 10,000 people. It was only 20 pirates in the core and we were on location in Freeport Bahamas. It was booked as principal but Disney is a bit stingy and didn't give contracts out until the last minute. I might have gotten a line and credit had it not been for Hurricane Wilma which hit and we had to be flown home charter.  Also I was very new and inexperienced in the industry. Some of the core pirates submitted to IMDB and got on, I never bothered. My manager was not aggressive enough with that and I wish she had been. Regardless, I did lots of commercials as well (Time Warner, Arla, MTV, etc). None of my jobs influenced my philosophy. I was always the way I am. However I've always had a "pirate" attitude. And I was always looking for ways to improve the world I live in. That is why acting never spoke to me. Acting can be a phony system depending on how it's applied. Hollywood is one of the most corrupt systems out there. Even modern films hardly ever take risks or step outside the dogmatic format. Anarchism is an ideology about freedom. Being free to express and be heard. Free to break boundaries and step into uncharted waters. It should be the de facto philosophy. I was aware of crypto in 2009 but I was not involved. In fact my friend told me to mine it and I even downloaded the software but when I wanted to buy it he told me I had to go on forums. Neither him or myself got involved. You could say that was a billion dollar mistake. He said it would be valuable one day but I didn't give it enough thought to really see it as an investment vehicle. I saw it more as an experimental technology. If I had pursued it then my life would surely have been different. But perhaps this is fate, destiny whatever you want to call it. Things happened this way and so I look forward.