Daniel received his master's in physics from The University of Texas at Austin in 2010 and is working on a master's in software engineering from there as well. He learned economics and libertarian theory through the Mises Institute, and in 2011 he passed their Mündliche Prüfung exam with honors. He bought his first bitcoins in 2011 and is working on a book called Cryptoanarchy: Freedom in the Computer Age, which will be published by Liberty.me.