Luis Rosende
Met 2024-11-25 16:00 at Shenzhen Marriott Nanshan, Shenzhen, China.Age 53, from northwest Spain. Moved to Virginia and Costa Rica for years each before moving to Hong Kong and Shenzhen 10 years ago.
Made a Bitcoin watch, Swiss-made. To call it a "Swiss-made" watch, 60% of parts, and the motions, and the assembly have to be done in Switzerland, but some components can come from anywhere. Great attention to detail for meaningful number 21 (21 million BTC total) inside and price.
People in China are so polite and sweet now. He noticed 10 years ago that even though older people were still being aggressive, a young ~10-year-old boy held the door open for him. He remembers that boy is 20 now and this generation is growing up more considerate. We sat with a pot of tea at a book store right next to a music school, watching little kids enthusiastically learning to play ukulele while a teacher joyfully taught them, smiles all around.
Hong Kongers are not happy now. Cost of living there is still twice as high as Shenzhen. It used to be that HK was nicer, but now SZ is much nicer.
Shenzhen is definitely focused on making money, but he loves it here, and highly recommends it. Believes in its future.
He noticed my voice on podcasts became less aggressive after leaving CD Baby. He's also the first person to instantly say I made the right choice to not raise my son in Portugal.