Morning Chaos
Started the day with a security crisis. Again. A high-severity vulnerability from our audit kept me awake last night. Woke up to a flurry of messages from the security team. We had a patch ready, but paranoia demanded another round of testing. Blockchain security is like defusing a bomb with a manual written in another language. One wrong move, and boom—funds gone, reputation shattered.
Compliance Headaches
Regulations are evolving faster than our codebase. Had a long call with legal, tweaking our compliance strategy. Every time we get a solid plan, new guidance drops that forces us to rethink things. The worst part? Uncertainty. We don’t even know what rules will apply six months from now. But investors demand clarity, and we have to provide it.
Investor Dance
Speaking of investors—spent part of the afternoon updating the pitch deck. Scalability and security are the two big concerns, so I made them the focus. Had a follow-up email to send to an investor who seemed interested last week. If I don’t send it today, we risk losing momentum.
ZKP Deep-Dive
I’m prepping an internal workshop on Zero-Knowledge Proofs. We need the team to fully grasp the trade-offs between ZKP rollups and optimistic rollups. It’s critical for our tech differentiation. Also, explaining cryptography to engineers who already have a million things on their plate? Harder than it sounds.
Unexpected Fire Drills
At this point, I need to factor “emergency time” into my schedule. Any day can get derailed by:
- A new security flaw requiring immediate patching
- A sudden regulatory change forcing a compliance review
- A critical investor follow-up slipping through the cracks
- A key team member being unavailable at the worst moment
Today, thankfully, nothing catastrophic happened. But I know it’s only a matter of time.
The Most Important Thing I Learned Today
"Every task takes longer than you expect, even when you expect it to take longer."
If you're a startup founder, bake extra time into everything—security fixes, investor follow-ups, legal paperwork. There are always surprises, and they always cost more time than you think.
Now, back to making sure we don’t deploy a security patch that breaks everything…
