# How the Flywheel got here

The Flywheel was built one part at a time, in public. Each stop is a part or a milestone, with the video or post where it first appeared.

## October 12th, 2026: Whitepaper published

The whole model in one paper: the Core, Engine, and Reserve, and the written Plan that runs them. Free to read and share under CC BY 4.0.

Source: https://cryptoflywheel.com/whitepaper/

Also: [DOI registered](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23325576), October 12th, 2026.

## May 5th, 2026: Three builds

The Flywheel splits into three builds: foundational, blue chip, and advanced. They are now Foundation, Prime, and Advanced.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4JhNcUMPOo&t=14s

## March 31st, 2026: Every position gets a job

The coins you never sell back the loan. A second group earns. A reserve waits for the dips. These three jobs become the Core, Engine, and Reserve.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqct3wvsxvA&t=326s

## September 24th, 2025: The Crypto Flywheel, start to finish

The whole loop in one video, under the name it has today: lend your coins, borrow against them, and put the borrowed money to work growing the collateral.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1bKEVVrvq0&t=150s

Also: [The Lend and Borrow Flywheel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-MZNFfozNE&t=412s), February 17th, 2025.

## May 14th, 2025: The income gets directed

A blog post decides where the income goes: back into pools to compound, into coins held for the long run, and into cash for the dips and for living on.

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20250518233437/https://buildrwealth.com/blog/the-defi-flywheel-strategy-how-millionaires-grow-their-crypto-portfolio

## January 23rd, 2025: The first calculator

A free calculator goes live on its own domain, so anyone can map out a Flywheel of their own.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O4edvVpQkg&t=482s

Also: [Internet Archive copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20250123135654/https://www.defiflywheel.com/), January 23rd, 2025.

Also: [DeFiFlywheel.com registered](https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup?name=defiflywheel.com), January 22nd, 2025.

## December 23rd, 2024: Named on camera

The DeFi Flywheel gets its name, and the method fits on one whiteboard: deploy capital, earn income, compound it.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6WQvuaLKtY&t=157s

Also: [First said on camera](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14mFjxuwHaw&t=360s), December 11th, 2024.

## October 30th, 2024: The loop closes

The borrowed stablecoins earn, the earnings buy more Bitcoin, and that Bitcoin goes back in as collateral. Each turn of the loop feeds the next.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1veqN-wHIU&t=426s

Also: [Taught live to members](https://app.buildrwealth.com/c/member-live/creating-your-defi-flywheel-interactive-session), November 5th, 2024.

## September 16th, 2024: The loop comes together

Jake draws the parts as one loop and runs his own portfolio on it: "this is the flywheel right here."

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jex4d0TGe1o&t=160s

## January 29th, 2024: Holdings become collateral

Coins held for the long run stop sitting still. They back a loan, and the stablecoins borrowed against them go to work in DeFi.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5BJRyJZbFs&t=515s

## December 21st, 2023: First called a flywheel

Fees from one pool buy a coin, and that coin is staked to earn again. Jake calls it "a flywheel of me just constantly earning money."

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an67yDiFjGA&t=211s

## November 11th, 2023: A pool that buys on the way down

It starts with a MATIC and USDC pool. As the price falls, the pool spends its USDC on MATIC and earns fees while it buys. The Engine still works this way.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbUOownbG6Q&t=420s

Also: [Posted on X](https://x.com/jakeacall/status/1695665093441138692), August 27th, 2023.

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