nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 How long do you have to redeem a paid lightning invoice on lightning.gifts? Is there a maximum?
24 words in your head. No decision needed.
I was drinking 72 Oz a day. Preaching to the choir here. It is quite tasty; for a reason.
Stopping my Diet Coke addiction is what I imagine quitting heroin is like. It was so brutal. Brain, body, it was all rekt.
Get the sugar substitutes out as well, including honey. All of them make you fat and make your body crave eating more garbage.
If anyone had a daily market cap (priced in dollars) created for Bitcoin’s lifetime based on (price that day * # of BTC created that day), that would be a very cool and interesting chart.
Should have bought #Bitcoin.
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/26/metas-reality-labs-has-now-lost-more-than-21-billion.html
And their stock price is puhmping today. Fiat clown world is truly remarkable.
Wait til you read Layered Money 😂🤣. Glad you find it insightful. Changed my views of money completely as well.
I am no longer part of Strike.
After 4+ years, the time has come to move on and contribute to Bitcoin in a different way.
My thanks goes out to all of you here who came from #Bitcoin Twitter! Support Strike and me have received from you over the years was instrumental in our success!
Twitter also helped me and nostr:npub1dmcd5wqd3yku05svp6xqk5gyywek4cgg0w3dk63tcu0rmjxnanns5xutjm connect and develop our relationship.
He followed the success of nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg, and over the years we began talking on coding, FOSS, teams, life...
Then in June 2019 Jack texted me and asked to help him take ln_zap to the next level:
> Unc, I'm looking to turn Zap into a startup and begin selling BTC over Lightning directly inside the wallet
Having a pre-seed startup for your full time job is always tough.
I considered doing it mainly because I wanted to see how Jack will grow as a person and entrepreneur. Like many in the Bitcoin community, I believed in him... and wanted to help him with my skills and experience.
Zap also already had a team of amazing FOSS contributors that I appreciated and wanted to know better.
Opportunity to work with Otto, Ole, mrfelton, Dylan, Korhal, Raph and Namson is what pushed me over the top and sealed commitment.
What followed was hardcore coding of backend that would provide additional APIs and run features Jack had in mind for Zap wallets on iOS, Android and Desktop.
By September we had the first version out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj9IMNAswSM
By the end of 2019 we have completely abstracted away the ability to pay lightning invoices.
This is when decision was made to go with completely new app, providing clean experience, focused on ease of lightning payments and UX.
Strike was born: https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-by-zap-4f578c7c8984
6 months later, it was time to go with public... Strike BETA was released to everyone that wanted to download it.
https://jimmymow.medium.com/announcing-strike-public-beta-325877a79f87
Looking back, I couldn't be more proud on all the coding I've done on Strike.
Credit where credit is due - big part of that was mrfelton. Otto, Raph and Korhal as well.
Support these guys provided was critical for my coding commits streak of 2019, 2020 & 2021.
And not just them. I was lucky to be able to bring in more amazing engineers into Strike.
Kataklinger, Frank and Giancarlo who I hired for backend delivered big; so it was asked of me to help do the same across Engineering... and eventually whole company.
Thus in 2021 and 2022 I did more of what VP of Engineering traditionally does. There was still sporadic day to day coding, but I was focused on recruiting needed talent, structuring teams and setting up others for success.
In the end I've helped interview and hire over 80 people.
I'm especially proud of realization that I would repeat every single technical hire we've made.
To all that joined Strike over the years - thank you for the work you've done. It was privilege working together with you.
Finally, my focus in the last year was on ensuring that culture of Bitcoin is strong within Strike... and that Strike gives back to Bitcoin for the immense support it has received over the years.
In the process we started numerous partnerships and executed on several grants.
We were glad to give to organizations
https://twitter.com/unchainedcom/status/1636777955727753230
To individual contributors
https://twitter.com/Strike/status/1595185069538349056
To projects
https://twitter.com/jackmallers/status/1529204176101724161
And all that are working tirelessly every day to push Bitcoin forward.
We have also supported conferences like TabConf, AfroBitcoinOrg, TheBitcoinConf and meetups like ChiBitDevs.
In the end - I wish Strike all the best. It turned into the app that served as entry point into Bitcoin for many... and I hope it will get to do that for many more, across the globe!
Thanks for all your work, and Godspeed on your new adventure; whatever that may be. Much love.
Sherry's July:
Talked about nostr (1) at laytwo labs asia event
Helping Nostr asia unconference (2) (hk venue already decided, menu decided!)
Organized monthly nostr hk meet up (1) (the same with previous three months)
Organizedthe first chinese nostr nest (1)
Translated #nostrdocumentary, so cool work with nostr:nprofile1qqsp7cq7dw5zmyu8zep83323dzcs8dsv6grdfxmm7xt8p2pzr3jyp9s4ctfl4
Developing a dm tool so I dont need to dm people one by one everytime for meetup info
Logged first #nostrocket issue and it got solved now (1)
Tested bostr to auto generate QA bot based on nostrocket unprotocol (1)
Reading
What Sherry's August will look like:
Many cool things happening on nostr
I want to:
1. explore DVM
2. calendar event on nostr
3. learn how to make my code in a more clear structure
4. Update nip chinese translation
5. Some suggestions about accommodation and food if you travel to HK for nostrasia
6. my struggle by Karl Ove Knausgård (thank you nostr:nprofile1qqsdxpmyx4rhqdfhml00sywrm65k78u7snyzf83qqdf5ykfy4xgge7q28lsjd )
What else should I do or shoudnt miss?
This is awesome. You are more than welcome, and glad to see you are getting through the book. I hope you’re enjoying it. You have been a very busy gal. Love to see it.
If you need a President to decree Bitcoin a currency, you aren’t using it correctly.
When your fiat is converted to BTC, can you send your Bitcoin to your Bitcoin wallet immediately?
Understood. nostr:npub1ex7mdykw786qxvmtuls208uyxmn0hse95rfwsarvfde5yg6wy7jq6qvyt9 used to have this feature, but now does not. So I have to make a bank deposit myself onto the app. That was fine when I could withdraw my purchase immediately, but now they are requiring 3-5 day settlement periods. So, I am asking if I can withdraw my direct deposit purchase immediately on Cash App?
People using the Cash App direct deposit paycheck feature: what’s the fee and can you do same day withdrawals?
Delicious!