We visited the (I think) pseudonymous author, John Bull, in his role of historian a few years ago and then again last month: "The Long Way Round: The Plane that Accidentally Circumnavigated the World".
Here's a different side of him we first posted in November 2019:
Dungeons & Dragons & Bitcoin
ADVENTURERS: We're here for your treasure!MANY MORE, Very, Very Good (plus your choice of delivery method)
DRAGONS: Congrats! Here you go.
ADVENTURERS: What... what is this?
DRAGON: DragCoin. It's my new crypto. Gonna be worth millions, bro
ADVENTURERS: Have you published the blockchain?
DRAGON: HAHAHA listen to little Bill Gates here!
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Did I mention they are very, very good?
ADVENTURERS: We're here for your treasure!Again, your choice for the rest:
DRAGONS: Congrats. Here.
ADVENTURERS: Um... this isn't as much as we...
DRAGONS: You also get equity.
ADVENTURERS: Equity?
DRAGONS: Equity
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ADVENTURERS: We're here for your treasure!
DRAGON: No problem. It's over there.
ADVENTURERS: But it's...
DRAGON: ...all in copper pieces, yes.
ADVENTURERS: But there's no way we can carry all that!
DRAGON: Logistics is a bitch, isn't it?
If he can come up with another field of endeavor we'll upgrade him from garden-variety "genius" to polymath.
