I began the Gold Token project 25 months ago. I've made no money so far, in fact I've probably lost $150-200k in opportunity cost. But I've accomplished most of my goals and I consider it the best work I've done since 2018. Best of all, two years without bumbling zombos jammimg their greasy fingers into my pie mix to "improve it", sabotage it, slander me or whatever is in their misfiring medullas.

That said, I'm rewriting the paper once again for 2026. The first versions were too long and technical, these last versions too grandiose and encompasing so I'm cutting it in half and refocusing on WHY instead of HOW.

AI makes the HOW increasingly irrelevant.

And I expect financial turmoil leading into the 2026 session with an opportunity to capitalize on a Diffraction phase. If Trump manages to stabilize this rattling house of cards, I'll be astonished but not upset.