I built the system I needed.

2017: a basement in Minnesota

I built my first mining rig in a friend's basement with RX 570s and 580s. We dodged the Micro Center one-per-customer limit by sending kids in waves. I was underage for legal exchange access, so I sold mined BTC online for Amazon gift cards — then sold the codes to my dad at face value.

The wooden frame caught fire one night. NiceHash got hacked the next month. By the end of 2017 I'd learned every way to lose money in crypto, including ways the books didn't cover.

2018: the lawsuit summer

Ran north of $100,000 in mining rigs the next summer. A client out in Winona stopped paying — I locked his HiveOS access for leverage and we ended up in court. The 2018 bear gutted what was left. I went into 2019 broke, but with a stack of lessons I couldn't have bought.

2021: the round-trip

By 2021 I'd built up a real portfolio. And I gave it all back. I sat in my dorm room watching $30K disappear between two college classes. No system, no exit plan, no idea what the indicators were screaming. Just hopium.

That moment — staring at the screen between two classes — is the reason LiftOffr exists. I wasn't going to ride another cycle without a framework.

2022–2024: rebuilt with rules

I DCA'd through the bear. Not because I was brave — because I'd built a system that told me when the indicators were screaming "buy" and I trusted it more than my feelings. CBBI under 0.3. MVRV negative. Puell below 0.4. Fear & Greed in the single digits. The same readings that look obvious in hindsight and feel impossible in the moment.

2025: the apathy top

I DCA'd out cleanly through the 2025 cycle top. Started the exit ladder when the V7 confluence model crossed 0.85. Finished it within six weeks. BTC peaked at $124,824 on October 6 — and unlike 2021, I didn't watch it round-trip.

The public backtest at /track-record shows the math: $50/week from January 2017 + the same V7 exit ladder = $1.88M out of $24,450 in. The same system, run consistently.

Why LiftOffr

Because the difference between 2021-me and 2025-me wasn't intelligence, conviction, or risk tolerance. It was a system I'd actually run when it mattered.

And every week, hundreds of DMs ask me the same two questions: When do I buy? When do I sell? That's not a DM-sized answer. So I built the thing I needed in 2021:

• The daily brief at 8am MT — what the indicators read, what to do today
• The live confluence dashboard — all eight signals in one place
• The full 6-module course — wallets through advanced custody and exit strategy
• The private Discord — the room I wish I'd had in 2021

No leverage. No quick-money pitches. Hardware-wallet discipline is non-negotiable. The brand is anti-influencer for a reason — because the people who sold you 100x altcoins in 2021 didn't text you when it was time to exit.

The dad callback

The same dad who bought Amazon gift cards from me in 2017 saw what came out the other side: a 2019 Civic Type R, a 2022 Corvette C8, a 2022 Macan S, Lambos rented in Vegas for friends. Not because the cars matter — because the kid selling gift cards had no idea any of that was possible.

If you're sitting where 2021-me was sitting — round-tripping, panicking, or just guessing — I built this for you.