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Will Cole
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Bitcoin. Previous builder of Unchained Capital and Stack Overflow. Now building Zaprite.

Wait. Mutiny plus was eligible for TestFlight this whole time? I thought I was giving yall sats to be nice.

Congrats on the launch.

Around this time in 1836, the weakest section of the Alamo manned by Davy Crockett and other sharp shooting volunteers fell to Mexican forces. All Texian combatants, even in-firmed ones like James Bowie died in the attack. Bowie’s mom summed up what a badass James was when told of her son’s death: “I’ll wager no wounds were found on his back”.

Texas rules.

Took me…5 companies to figure this out? The early days of a company can be so much more pleasant if the bar for design is high from the start. Really, if the overall bar for criticality in everything is high from the start.

It’s hard to overstate the impact of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute when it first launched. A couple of Texas-Austrians effectively orange pilled a generation of bitcoiners in the most genuine and intellectually fulfilling way possible. Many that had been around prior to SNI like myself found new conviction around this bitcoin thing we were playing with after reading nostr:npub1j4u5gjzjyggr3h96x3gjy4akdgwxuk7mgvumv72gym2qyje7fn5s47d6x9 and nostr:npub1hxwmegqcfgevu4vsfjex0v3wgdyz8jtlgx8ndkh46t0lphtmtsnsuf40pf ‘s work, along with the wealth of knowledge they curated. Seeing SNI get its second wind is the most bullish bitcoin news since the ETF. I just donated to contribute to their second act.

https://nakamotoinst.substack.com/p/sni-going-institutional

Alright. For real now. Looks like we have ~25 tickets left for next week’s Bitcoin Takeover in Austin. Don’t blow it. nostr:note1fejle3qprsvgrghluvne66h9r7cr8peah33xlen0ug680zk4r4jsl0stak

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Financial planning for psychos: try out every Bitcoin trading service ever built for over a decade. If they have it, try out their DCA tool. Forget you set it up for years at a time. Never check your finances. Ever. Just be confused why you have less money than expected. Every three years or so remember and panic about having too much bitcoin on these services and sweep to cold storage. Any liquidity event in your life, ape 100% into Bitcoin without considering your kids future. Forget everything again. Repeat forever.

Only responsible behavior: meticulously setting up cold storage, multisig etc…

^ A true Bitcoin story.

We just launched teams for Zaprite, allowing colleagues to collaborate on their bitcoin (and fiat) payments, reporting etc… This is the third time I’ve built teams functionality for a web app (Stack Overflow and Unchained prior), and by far the earliest in a product’s lifecycle. It’s a testament to John and Tom’s forward looking architectural decisions making a feature that is usually a slog a breeze. I love this team.

https://blog.zaprite.com/teams-for-zaprite/

To my knowledge no one has yet. Who does it first is interesting to me. The post doesn’t claim it’s already happened.

The Swiss central bank prints francs and buys US equities, essentially for free. Which country buys bitcoin next doesn’t really matter. Which of 5 central banks with an in demand currency follows the Swiss model by debasing in secret, and obtaining bitcoin does matter. Only one will get away with it, and the price of bitcoin is inconsequential to this ultimate speculative attack. Knowing this is the most likely end game is why I’ve never sold any bitcoin.

https://mises.org/power-market/swiss-national-banks-us-stocks-150-billion-and-counting

It’s 57k in mountain time zone.

We’re filling out for the Bitcoin Takeover during SXSW at the Bitcoin Commons on n Austin, Tx. I don’t want any nostriches to miss out because of procrastination. The lineup is stacked and the food will be great as always. 3 weeks away!

https://pay.zaprite.com/pl_FnAaejk5Ky