Trace Mayer, J.D.
Trace Mayer,
J.D. is an entrepreneur, investor, journalist, monetary scientist, and
ardent defender of the freedom of speech.
Trace holds a degree in Accounting and a law degree. He has studied
Austrian economics focusing on the work of Murray Rothbard and Ludwig
von Mises.
He is a strong advocate of the freedom of speech, operates
RunToGold and
HowToVanish, has authored
The Great Credit Contraction, and coauthored
How To Vanish: The Book,
Bitcoin Beginner’s Guide, and
A Lawyer’s Take On
Bitcoin And Taxes,
How To Vanish Mini-Guide To Financial Privacy,
How To Vanish Mini-Guide To Political Privacy,
How To Vanish Mini-Guide To Personal Privacy, and
Secrets of Independent Contractors and How To Profit From
Them.
He is a member of the Society of
Professional
Journalists and the San Diego County Bar Association.
Trace has appeared on Canada’s national financial network BNN,
ABC, NBC, many radio shows, conferences, to many private groups and is
syndicated through Seeking Alpha, Yahoo! Finance, and
MarketWatch.
He was among the first popular bloggers to publicly recommend bitcoin in
its infancy with a market cap under $2m and well before its massive rise
to about $1b in March 2013. He has presented on bitcoin, both
objectively and persuasively, to a wide variety of audiences including
members of the Federal Reserve, Bundesbank, major financial
institutions, HNWIs, conferences, and many others.
So if you like, use or have profited from bitcoin then there is a chance
you were directly or indirectly influenced by Trace.
An accurate future predicting seven minute interview on BNN on October
9, 2009:
Trace has always been very interested in entrepreneurship, money and the
financial markets. He believes education is the key to opportunity and
that humility, the ability to change and adapt, are essential to
successfully
allocate capital.
Among those influenced about bitcoin include Robert Wenzel of
Economic
Policy Journal, Chris Powell of GATA, Lew Rockwell, Anti-War.com, Jeff
Berwick of The Dollar Vigilante, The Silver Vigilante, John Rubino of
Dollar Collapse, Jason Burack of Wall Street For Main Street,
BrotherJohnF, Michael of The Daily Paul, Max Keiser, James Turk of
GoldMoney, Kerry Lutz of the Financial Survival Network and Daniel
Ameduri of Future Money Trends were, as a result of Trace’s work, all
influenced early on and persuaded to use and accept
bitcoins.
Read his
CrunchBase profile.