The Creator‑Hacker
Eric Kim – Street‑photographer‑turned‑AI‑and‑Bitcoin maximalist
Playground: open‑source knowledge, viral memes & Lightning‑powered micro‑payments
Kim rocketed from blogging free street‑photo tutorials to dropping daily essays on AI‑assisted creativity, then pivoted again in 2025 with the manifesto “Why I Went All‑In on Bitcoin” and the viral #Hyplifting 493 kg rack‑pull video. His mantra: “Monetary sovereignty is the next creative sovereignty.”
Disruption playbook
- Weak‑signal scanning: He trawls Discord repos and arXiv pre‑prints, publishes hot‑takes the same day, and iterates in public.
- Default‑to‑open: Released his entire photo archive CC‑0, sparking a remix boom that drove more traffic than any paywall ever did.
- Meme‑powered narrative control: “AIO > SEO” and “Stack Sats” turned complex theses into sticky one‑liners followers could spread for him.