Somewhere in Eseandre Otomiewor’s memory is an alternate version of his life in which he is, by his own joking estimate, a billionaire.
It began years ago when a client on Fiverr offered to pay him in Bitcoin instead of cash. Otomiewor declined. He wanted dollars, not a volatile cryptocurrency that, at the time, most of his family, friends, and clients barely understood. It was not an isolated offer. He said other clients proposed the same arrangement, and he turned each of them down.
“I think [my] story should be [about] the man who should have been a billionaire [and] accepted Bitcoin; I said no,” he told TechCabal, laughing at his own expense. “In hindsight, maybe I would have a lot of money by now. But you know, we’re still good. When you’re where you are right now, it’s easy to look back—but it’s never easy.”
By his own admission, it remains his biggest regret.
Originally published by TechCabal.