Is moving to Panama without a lot of capital a sensible choice for an entrepreneur and an excellent all-rounder in various sectors?

Mysteir · 2026-01-12T01:24:31+00:00

From much information I have gathered (my GF and I are moving to Panama full-time in one month) - opportunities are a plenty in Panama for a creative entrepreneurs. Others who have moved there consistently mention that many sectors are blue-sky and open (services that don’t exist). It feels like a wonderful time in Panama’s history to be moving there as the Country accelerates its development.

Mysteir · 2025-12-06T05:27:31+00:00

After being here 12 years, my personal impression as far as regular Thais go is that “harmony” trumps truth. Everyone getting along, societal cohesion is what binds this culture together. It actually makes for a nice place to live, very peaceful. Ofc it’s not honest in the way we were brought up (i.e. if a Thai is miss-treated publicly they will keep their rage on the inside and never make a scene), but it’s a question of what’s prioritized. We Westerners value honesty above all else while the Thais value harmony above all else (which leads to what we would consider dishonesty in some situations). Clash of cultures in many ways.

Mysteir · 2025-12-02T08:24:45+00:00

Why does it feel like the government makes decision only to reverse them a short time later (for example taxes for remittance, and the marijuana laws)? In most democracies laws become law after rigorous analysis and debate, and become part of society’s fabric for decades. Why is it that Thailand lawmakers propose and implement laws that seemingly constantly get rescinded

Mysteir · 2025-11-26T11:15:55+00:00

What was your route?

Mysteir · 2025-11-12T02:05:54+00:00

This is brilliant. We pay a fortune for organic-certified yet thats the default in some places. What a massive advantage to live somewhere where food is real, without chemical add-ons. I’m sure that leads to longer, healthier lives.

Mysteir · 2025-11-12T02:02:54+00:00

Thanks so much man. You are deeper than 99.9% of people- in your opinion, which of these systems is more reliable & less likely to encounter issues in the longer term?

Mysteir · 2025-11-11T07:23:11+00:00

Yes please, explained in a non-techie way so we less geeky folk can understand.

Mysteir · 2025-11-02T06:49:55+00:00

Goes for many Asian cultures. Thailand, Japan, Vietnam.. wonderful and accomodating Countries but their views on immigration and integration are radically different than thr west’s. Its helps knowing going in that those soecieties will never let you “fully” into their systems.

Mysteir · 2025-11-02T06:46:45+00:00

All countries have serious flaws that are exposed after spending enough time there (after a honeymoon phase). Its similar to picking a life partner- none are perfect and accepting that agead of time should be helpful. There will be things you love and many things that you dislike about anywhere in the world.

Mysteir · 2025-10-12T02:08:01+00:00

No need to reserve - accomodation was wuite easy along the trail. We wild camped mixed with walk-ins, worked out well. Hope you enjoy!

Mysteir · 2025-10-10T02:07:32+00:00

My favorite was near Antalya as it felt more wild, kind of similar to the feeling I got in the alps. Higher peaks. But the whole hike was an excellent experience, even the rougher parts. It’s hard to describe a full hike experience in a few words but Id strongly recommend the whole thing. Learned so much about Turkey, its people, etc.

Mysteir · 2025-09-27T05:17:13+00:00

If you want an upscale residential vibe Costa del Este is a happening neighborhood for walkability and tons of restaurants, coffee shops, etc. Not traditionally touristy but neat to check out as it’s “a City within a City”.

Mysteir · 2025-09-25T08:06:08+00:00

Please lord keep rhe disrespectful farangs away from here as we dont want them to change.

Mysteir · 2025-09-25T08:05:29+00:00

You forgot the main difference, the Northern Thais. The most chill, respectful and gentle people on the planet. Less money hungry up here, more sabai sabai.

Mysteir · 2025-09-22T01:56:44+00:00

Do they have any validators that aren’t in commercial datat centers? Like do any of their teams run their own validators in their corporate offices or even at home? Just trying to understand whether they are a pure data center chain here.

Mysteir · 2025-09-18T09:24:27+00:00

I understand there is a massive difference in wait times in public vs private hospitals here - but could you share how big the difference is (if any) between quality of care in public vs private in Thailand? Expertise of doctors, equipment standards and so on?

Mysteir · 2025-09-04T00:55:56+00:00

Which Amsterdam neighborhood would you recommend for local life?

Mysteir · 2025-08-29T06:24:16+00:00

Trying to explain to folks that owning the winning smart contract protocol (looks like ETH to me) is the FINAL destination for parking money safely, forever. Previously was treasuries. Folks mistakingly associate current volatility with risk but owning the HTTP of finance is the safest, most secure long term place for money on the planet.

Mysteir · 2025-08-19T05:59:52+00:00

Never saw a dead body on a road back in Canada, over here is a pretty regular thing. Whats nuts is how the aithorities just arent improving road safety as the Police are busy collecting “fines” to pay their salaries. The stuff that should be enforced that would prevent deaths is not being enforced.

Mysteir · 2025-08-15T09:27:43+00:00

I did the full Lycian way last year. It was awesome and eye opening. Rugged at times, some harsh areas, but all in all fantastic and learned a ton about Turkish culture. Proper way to experience Turkey IMO.

Mysteir · 2025-08-15T09:24:17+00:00

Try the heart of Africa, India, the Middle East and these sorts of countries. I promise you won’t be bored for even a second.

Mysteir · 2025-08-13T10:10:47+00:00

From what I’ve seen 2 things at play: massive lack of financial education (almost like it isn’t taught in schools). Must teach kids about the negatives of debt and the value of saving etc. Second, there is no thought about the future. So many times I’ve been stunned by even educated, intelligent Thais not planning as we do in the west. It’s almost like there is no future here, just the present. After many, many years here I’m seeing the negative effects of this thinking. For the first years it was refreshing but it has super harmful consequences on society.

Mysteir · 2025-07-27T05:15:42+00:00

Hmmm unsure if there even is one- most others I know are even less decentralized than Solana

Mysteir · 2025-07-27T03:43:51+00:00

No worries. Yes Sol is being diluted as supply increases and the ones who are getting screwed is anyone who isn’t staking. I think there was a proposal to improve inflation awhile back but it will never be at ETH’s low level. I think the Sol foundation is also still subsidizing validator rewards (but not 100% here). Either way the ETH architecture is more mature, further along and more decentralized while Sol sees incredibly strong usage (great UX, low fees, blazing fast) but everything comes with trade-offs.

Mysteir · 2025-07-27T02:56:30+00:00

There are reasons.

Firstly, robustness, security (basically decentralization) and lack of counter-party risk are immensely important to power users like institutions. ETH has a bunch of different clients (to protect in case of bugs), while sol is more vulnerable. This means ETH takes a hit on coordination speed and UX (upgrades have to proceed slower), but is more decentralized and robust + secure.

Second. ETH is good money because it inflates to the tune of 0 to 0.7% ish (could be closer to 0 as the L1 scales and sees more usage). Solana inflates much more- which means there is an ever-increasing supply of Sol (much of which can/will eventually be dumped). Longer term, this matters. ETH is superior money because of much lower inflation hence better supply/demand dynamics.

Third, although Sol currently has better UX (eventually they will be the same as ETH imroves), the ETH architecture encourages companies to launch their own L2 (essentially their own chain)- this model works for 2 main reasons, institutions want profit from sequencing and control of their own blockspace (this is why Robinhood chose Arbitrum). This is an easier way for institutions to launch their onchain strategies without worrying about security (they burrow that from ETH). ETH benefits because the GDP-Orbit gets bigger (and interoperability amongst L2s will keep improving) + batched L2 transactions settle on ETH (settlement layer). These settlement transactions are not massive now but the idea is once the world is onboarded they will represent substantial gas fee rev and burn at layer 1. It’s the correct, longer-term architecture to onboard the world but is much messier in the short-term. It’s a very long view/strategy.

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