Who is Charlie X?
Not a guru. Not an influencer. Just a guy who's been online too long.
From the Command Line to the Index
My story? It starts like a lot of others: messing around with computers as a kid, breaking things, fixing them again. Writing code, building sites, getting curious about how people find things online. That curiosity became a job—SEO for major brands, FTSE 500 companies, the big end of town. Clean code. Clean data. Clean results.
But that was just one side of the screen.
The Other Thread: Bitcoin and the Open Web
I got into Bitcoin early—not for the hype, but because something about it clicked. The logic. The cypherpunk roots. The simple idea that money could be uncensorable, open, and finite.
As I dug deeper, I saw the parallels:
- Early domain name speculators? A lot of them were early Bitcoiners too.
- SEO? It’s about ranking, visibility, game theory.
- Bitcoin? Same. Except the stakes are higher.
The more I learned, the more I saw a pattern: computers → internet → SEO → Bitcoin. Each phase building on the last. Each one more decentralized than the one before.
These Days
By day, I work on web infrastructure and search strategy.
By night, I follow the signal in Bitcoin, DAOs, and decentralized governance.
Sometimes I write about it. Sometimes I just observe.
I like open-source projects, strange edge cases, and clean UX. I’m not into hype. I’m into protocols.
Not here to sell. Just here to build—and learn from those who build better.
Pseudonym, but Present
“Charlie X” is just a name. A nod to anonymity, not evasion.
The internet is weird. You don’t always need a face to contribute.
Connect if you’re building something that matters.
Music for Reading This
"Digital Rain" by Burial or "Cold Equations" by Barker. Mood: introspective terminal windows and long scrolls through GitHub issues.