He walked the gray paving looking at his foot, his face showing the tranquile expression of the accepted defeat. The noise of the traffic passing by and the shouts of the beggars and the occasional pimp seemed not to penetrate the invisible bubble of his existence on this dark yet dry winter evening in Toxteth.

He used to blame it on Dave. He introduced him to the local crypto-group in 2016, mostly formed by guys that had some executive deals to hide from prying public eyes. He would have never been interested in Bitcoin if he hadn´t met Dave. It had taken a few months - he would not be able to tell how many - but he had finally understood that this was not about Dave, nor the guys of the club, nor for that mater Bitcoin nor any of the alts. But he finally found the strength to say it aloud, making his thoughts corporeal by the mere voicing:

"Bitcoin is a mirror that can only show you who you are. If you, like me, have gone into a x20 leveraged position, borrowing money against your home in January 2017 - bull on Bitcoin - you can´t pretend that anyone is responsible but yourself. Bitcoin has showed you who you are.".