Cardano Dan's Newsletter - Issue #44

Successful Decision-Making

May 12, 2021

“Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.”

― Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is an author that writes phenomenal books with tremendous insights.

I love the quote above and I couldn’t agree more. When I consider the quote in light of my own Cardano story it is perfectly accurate.

I deliberately thought about Cardano ADA for a long time before I did anything about it. I researched it, thought about it, talked about it with others, researched it some more…

But there’s something beyond deliberate thinking for me when it comes to Cardano, I have a measure of instinctive thinking about the project that pulls me towards it.

So I started a Cardano Twitter account on New Year’s Day in 2019.

Card₳no "Moon" Dan 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 🇪🇹 🇹🇿 @CardanoDan

Hi. I'm Dan, an IT professional that's been following #cryptocurrencies for a few years. I think that #Cardano is the best of them & has the potential to #ChangeTheWorld. Follow me for a curated view of the most important Cardano news & commentary (including a little of my own).

It was the result of both deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Since then, the balance of deliberate and instinctive decision-making related to Cardano has continued. I’ll think about something for a while, research it, do some deliberation mentally or with trusted advisors.

But I also have instinctive thoughts about the project too. And when my instincts are telling me something about a particular opportunity related to Cardano, I try to step back and listen to them.

This combination of deliberate and instinctive decision-making has served me very well. As a result, a number of very successful decisions related to Cardano have changed my life for the better in a LOT of ways.

One of those is the tremendous community of people, like you, that I get to interact with on a daily basis. Thank you for being so great!

By the way… I have this instinct that the positive impact of Cardano on my life and yours is just beginning.

In The News

Ethereum has been taking a LOT of heat lately. Here’s just a sampling.
JRNY Crypto @JRNYcrypto
Ethereum gas fees right now 💀🤯
1:21 AM ∙ May 9, 2021
2,875Likes184Retweets
Lark Davis @TheCryptoLark
#ethereum gas fees back to extreme pain zone again!
2:46 AM ∙ May 11, 2021
1,944Likes109Retweets
🌍₳DA Ape🌍 @TheADAApe
#cardano moved $9.7 BILLION in transaction volume in the last 24 hours. #ethereum moved $24.81 BILLION. Fees: - $ETH charged users $88.99 MILLION. - $ADA charged users $18 THOUSAND. #cardano is 1,938 times more efficient. EIP-1559 won’t even come close to fixing this.
12:11 PM ∙ May 11, 2021
1,792Likes551Retweets
Cardano will definitely fix the fee problem. I can not wait for the release of smart contracts!!! SOON.
Ebay has jumped into the NFT market! This makes total sense to me and I’m honestly surprised that it took them this long.
Maybe they’ll be using our Cardano NFT Key Service to verify owners actually own their NFTs before allowing users to list them for sale… Don’t forget to vote for our proposal when Project Catalyst Fund 5 comes up for voting!

Cardano Updates

Cardano’s Reddit reached 400,000 subscribers! Check out this view of the growth! You’ve heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” Yep. There is a massive amount of new interest in the project.
My Cardano Moon Man NFT sale has been a tremendous success!
On Sunday night, we introduced the Moon Man. Since then, we’ve unveiled a “misprint” batch that has rare misprint Moon Men. There will only be 500 of the “Moon Man Black & White Collection” and the available Moon Men are dwindling.
If you’d like your shot at a “misprint” make sure to get a Moon Man NFT before they’re gone!
Chris and I have some exciting ideas planned for our NFTs as it relates to our NFT Key Service. There’s some news about that too!