Just set up Blockstream’s Green #Bitcoin Wallet. There’s nothing in it, but it gives me a chance to experience the onboarding UX/UI from a noobie’s POV.

If I were out and about with family and friends at a restaurant or a bar or a concert or a movie, this would be a new and scary noobie onboarding experience.

I had to write down 24 seed phrases and create a PIN in order to set up the new wallet on the Green Wallet. And the app quizes you - rightfully - by asking you to enter some of the seed words before creating the new wallet.

While setting a PIN isn’t uncommon, the 24-word seed phrase certainly is. And suddenly, the noobie has to think about:

1) How to literally write down 24 words, in correct order, and without pen and paper on hand (because they’re out and about) And NO, the 24 words absolutely cannot be typed into a Note app on the phone.

2) Is the surrounding environment safe from prying eyes and cameras (as Green recommends).

3) Where to safely store this piece of paper with 24 words.

I’m just re-acquainting myself with the noobie experience.

Would a Passkey be something that one of my family members could use later today, when we’re all out and about at my grandson’s birthday party Looking for UX that’s a good fit for a total noobie that’s not tech savvy.

Watched a couple’a Andreas Antonopoulos videos, one in particular for IDEO which focused on how much #Bitcoin could benefit from better UX.

Even though the video was from 2015 or 2016, my graphic designer instincts kicked in.

I’ll be attending a birthday party for my grandson later today and it’s a perfect opportunity for me to chat with family about onboarding to Bitcoin and Lighting. And as I look at different apps I realize:

• Some require email and password to set up

• Some require email and first name to set up

• Some require writing down 12-word seeds to set up

And all these peeps at the party are not gonna have an easy way to remember the unique password they created, and writing down a 12-word seed phrase and keeping it safe is definitely gonna be new and scary.

And they’ll have to do this while at a party, drinking, and I doubt any of them even has a password manager to save the password and there’s no place to safely store a 12-word seed phrase while they’re out partying.

Out at a party isn’t necessarily a safe environment for securing passwords and seed phrases. Especially for noobies.

Thinking back to when I was orange pulled in 2017, person had me install Bread App on my Android smartphone, walked me through how to display a QR code, then sent me $5 of BTC from his Bread App. It was all 100% new and weird and odd to me. I don’t even remember if I had to enter my email and first name, or email and create a password. But I know for sure I didn’t have to write down 12- word seed phrase to set up Bread App, but I was told that I absolutely had to write down my 12-word seed phrase once I got home.

Graphic designer instincts kickin’ in and thinking about easiest on-boarding solutions for peeps who are drinking and having a good time and not thinking about passwords and 12-word seed phrases.

Whoa 💪

Building muscle and post-workout muscle recovery.

From Huel (maker of Huel meal replacement powder):

“As part of a protein meal, a total BCAA level of at least 4.5g of which at least 2.2g is leucine, has been shown to be sufficient to stimulate protein synthesis. This could be in the form of a supplement, or by consuming a high-quality protein meal or snack.”

Huel Black Edition meal replacement powder (per 90g 400 calorie serving):

BCAAs: 7.4g

Leucine: 3.5g

—> Key Takeaways:

• Protein is made up of amino acids

Nine amino acids are *essential*, and are known as EAAs

• Three of these – leucine, isoleucine and valine – are BCAA BCAAs – in particular leucine – ‘switch on’ protein synthesis through the enzyme mTOR

• A protein meal containing 4.5g BCAA, including 2.2g leucine, will stimulate protein synthesis

https://huel.com/pages/building-muscle-with-bcaas-and-leucine

Happy Chinese Wood Dragon New Year’s Eve.

Striped 💪

An ever-so-slight breeze on a sunny Friday. https://video.nostr.build/dc9a9da7b4cfa835f681c1dfa0aac3f4b9a34199b015e14632d2dbc62c444b0e.mp4

The color of #Bitcoin, and tasty to boot!

Same

Really cool low-profile sofa at Formaggio Pizza Express. Getting some 🍕for Momma.

#grownstr

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Horizontal poster work in progress: #Bitcoin poster + Genesis block + Key properties

It’s possible that that difficult-to-read 4-letter word is not English, but another language.

https://github.com/bitcoin/bips/blob/master/bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md

The process of receiving fresh oranges from my neighbor (they have an orange tree) is like receiving #Bitcoin from my neighbor.

- Peer-to-peer: oranges are direct, not from a store

- Permissionless: neighbor doesn't need to ask anyone for permission

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Was thinking the same.

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