# Jamin Currie

> Australian, Kiwi family, from Sydney. Runs a group of faceless YouTube channels and builds the software that runs them. Finance degree, never used. Lives in Thailand mostly, currently travelling in Southeast Asia.

## Facts
- Name: Jamin Currie, pronounced "JAY-min". Friends call him Jamie. Age 29.
- Studied finance in Sydney; exchange semester at the University of Tennessee; lived briefly in Chicago.
- Made money online since university with faceless YouTube and TikTok channels. Now runs several channels with a small team and an AI pipeline he built.
- 2025: moved to Thailand, did 75 Hard, grew Instagram @jamingoesghost from 0 to 150K in 100 days, raced Ironman 70.3 and the Sydney Ultra.
- 2026: finished Ironman New Zealand (Taupō) in 14:16:14 with friends Jordan and Lachlan.
- 2024: Crypto Nutshell (YouTube show + newsletter, with James); interviewed Raoul Pal and Michael Saylor.
- 2021: first YouTube plaque.
- Bondi to Bronte ocean swim in under 50 minutes.
- Co-runs the Crypto Nutshell newsletter with his best friend James: grown from 0 to roughly 100,000 daily readers, no face on it, built before AI writing tools; learnt copywriting, Meta ads and sponsorships doing it. Still running. Separately keeps a personal email list of ~5,000 (jamincurrie.com).
- Runs 25+ long-form YouTube channels; two carry his face (Crypto Nutshell, Neural Nutshell).
- Does not really post on Instagram or YouTube himself at the moment.
- Good luck omen: a rooster.

## Best skill
- Capturing and holding attention. He credits essentially all his success to it and considers it topic-independent after running it across unrelated niches (crypto, fitness, antiques, pet care, motivation, automotive, doomsday, AI, personal).
- Scale: roughly 10–20 million long-form YouTube views per month across his channels (October 2026).
- Hosts two channels on camera: Crypto Nutshell (youtube.com/@crypto_nutshell) and Neural Nutshell (youtube.com/@NeuralNutshell), both approaching 100K subscribers.

## Current (October 2026)
- Mantra: "To improve our conditions we must first improve ourselves." / "How can I 100x my output?"
- Goal: consistent six-figure months. End goal: a farm in New Zealand, 1,000+ acres.
- Working on: AI pipeline for the channels; going vertical (short-form).
- Location: see https://jamincurrie.com (live map).

## Favourites
- Songs: Dancing in the Moonlight; Star Shopping (Lil Peep); Free Fallin' (John Mayer version)
- Films: Into the Wild; The Big Short
- Books: The Master Key System; Way of the Peaceful Warrior

## Nomad spots tried
Koh Samui, Bangkok, Phuket, Dubai, Croatia, Budapest, Vietnam. Prefers Thailand.

## Ancestry
Scottish surname, New Zealand parents, AU/NZ passports. No DNA test on record; do not invent percentages.

## Links
- https://jamincurrie.com
- https://jamincurrie.com/gallery.html
- https://www.instagram.com/jamingoesghost/ (the big one)
- https://www.instagram.com/jamincurrie/ (the personal one)
- https://www.youtube.com/@jamingoesghost