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vik sharma
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Founder of Cake Wallet 8B41eRDFHEPbgsuqvRpMfe5P3M9x6qqMh8oawSCD6HBUNJ9jJjtgfbk4S7mQUk9mB9hQJ2PaJQFztWdt5Sbi2955Mg8NULq sp1qqde9tz5xly9kxpz4ajwewcratnuv6p7ln0rp6n3arf3ylvawmt2pzqk2gtsn2kk4hr5qlc4zkw7ceq2sruxj6nmaxayydf4e2p6djmmhmvv37zq3

Either you #SelfCustody your #bitcoin or you’re doing it wrong! nostr:npub1j9qyxka5lck4tw50v7qfrs6gdwczz5ydt7ugqy6nhuva9p6dpy5q8rs2yg

So excited to be presenting at @BitDevsNYC ! See you all in #NYC on Aug 29th!

Thanks @BitcoinMagazine for the article on Silent Payments for #bitcoin with @cakewallet. Well written by Henry Fisher:

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/bitcoins-privacy-just-got-better-with-silent-payments

You can a put btc or xmr or ltc address in your bio. Then in Cake Wallet, you only have to put your nip-p5 name in the sender’s name

Replying to Avatar Seth For Privacy

# I'm leaving Foundation and joining Cake Wallet

It's time for a new chapter in my journey building freedom tech, and I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be jumping in to help Vik run Cake as VP of Operations starting in September.

## Why Cake?

I've known Vik for many years in the space, and have been watching from the sidelines as he's worked hard to bring together an amazing team to build out a wallet that prioritizes ease-of-use and powerful privacy no matter what cryptocurrency people prefer. That all started with being the first Monero wallet on iOS, and has rapidly grown to being a cross-platform, multi-cryptocurrency wallet used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world.

The best part? Cake Wallet has been paving the way in the privacy space for many years, including the latest push to be the first mobile wallet to include Silent Payments for Bitcoin and MWEB for Litecoin. My vision for Cake is to carry this privacy-first vision even further, continuing to push the envelope and let users access powerful privacy features with an intuitive, beautiful user experience that makes privacy easy.

The first three objectives I have will be improving and expanding Silent Payments support (especially improving the sync experience!), building out an amazing (and privacy-preserving) Lightning experience, and fine-tuning and improving the existing Cake Wallet that you all know and love across the board.

I can't wait to step into this larger role, especially with friends that I've already gotten the chance to meet and get to know over the years. I'm also thrilled to be able to dedicate a bit more time to expanding access and ease-of-use for Monero, especially in the wake of the takedown of Samourai Wallet and the broad attacks against Bitcoin privacy.

Monero is a more important tool than ever, and Cake has been a key part of making Monero more useful over the years.

## Grateful for Foundation

I have nothing but amazing things to say about Foundation and the incredible people I've gotten to work with so closely over the past two years. We've gotten the chance to build the best Bitcoin hardware wallet out there in Passport, and turn Envoy from a simple companion app for Passport to a powerful standalone mobile wallet with the best coin control in the space.

I especially wanted to shout out Zach Herbert and @qna, as they have been close friends and allies, giving me the chance to get started in the space and grow into what became a much larger role than originally planned with Foundation. Zach has gone above and beyond to empower me over the past two years, and his tireless efforts to drive Foundation forward and ensure we ship the best possible products has been inspiring.

@qna is the reason I'm even in Bitcoin in the first place, and was the key voice of reason that helped me understand the how and why of privacy in Bitcoin, as well as the power (and necessity) of going no-KYC-only. We've built a great friendship over the past two years and I'm honored to be able to have learned so much from him.

This has to be the most bittersweet move of my life, but I'm thrilled with the new prospects at Cake and know that those taking over in my place at Foundation are going to bring a unique approach to help them take the next step forward as well.

Now let's get back to building 🫡

P.S. - Keep an eye out, Cake and Foundation will be working closely together in the near future 👀

I’m thrilled to announce that @sethforprivacy is joining the team @cakewallet and @MoneroCom! As Seth mentioned, we’ve known each other for years, and I’ve always been impressed by his clarity, deep technical expertise, and industry knowledge. I’ve often sought his advice and opinions.

I’m excited to work with Seth to refine our existing products and bring you new features—like the #Bitcoin-only wallet for example, and many more privacy related features.

Stay tuned… things are about to get amazing!

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You can a btc or xmr or ltc address in your bio. Cake Wallet, you only have to put your nip-p5 name.

.@Ledger Stax working on @cakewallet #bitcoin

#Bitcoin2024

I sent two Silent Payment transactions to the same Silent Payment address as shown in the screenshots. Looking at the block explorer, @cakewallet generated 2 addresses using the the Silent Payment BIP. TxIDs:

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And

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@josibake @SomsenRuben

Silent Payments are for Bitcoin. I mistyped and wrote Monero. Monero is always silent.

Yes but silent payments are for monero

Look what address is in my profile! #silentpayment for #bitcoin! Yes it works in nostr:npub1j9qyxka5lck4tw50v7qfrs6gdwczz5ydt7ugqy6nhuva9p6dpy5q8rs2yg

Testing #bitcoin #Silentpayments on @cakewallet. First wallet ever to implement it.

If we at @cakewallet made a #btc  only wallet with L1 #bitcoin, lightning, and another secret feature, we would dominate that space!

If we at @cakewallet made a #btc only wallet with L1 #bitcoon, lightning, and another secret feature, we would dominate that space!