thunderbiscuit

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thunderbiscuit

@thunderB__

Bitcoin. Android. Currently @spiralbtc grantee for my work on the @bitcoindevkit. My weekend project is @padawanwallet. Blog https://t.co/rNKdgCEkF5

Toronto, Canada Katılım Haziran 2018

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·25 Haz

This is how I ended up working on bitcoin. Following people I "disagreed with" changed my life. Do it early, do it often.

Lyn Alden@LynAldenContact

It's a good idea to follow some people you disagree with. Otherwise you risk ending up in an echo chamber. Resist the temptation to tribalize and segment yourself, and instead focus on building connections and strength-testing your ideas.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·30 Eki

@secondhq We were talking about GitHub alternatives last week. What did you find was better/only available on GitLab than Codeberg?

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Second@secondhq·30 Eki

We love Codeberg, but we've migrated to GitLab for additional tooling and workflow features. Please head to the new repo for review and contributions in future.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·2 Eki

👀👀

TheRustyTwit@rusty_twit

I am sorry to interrupt whatever drama is happening in Bitcoin today, but I like the idea of bringing back Bitcoin's programmable money and untethering weird and wonderful Bitcoin creations.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·26 Eyl

Check it out! We've been hard at work cleaning up the app, adding translations, and preparing a *Swift* little surprise for you all (is this an announcement of an announcement???)

padawanwallet@padawanwallet

A new version of Padawan is out! We added a new French translation for the app, cleaner onboarding workflow, better screens on lessons pages, a ton of small translation fixes, and... less bugs! Let's get this to at least 100 downloads by the end of the day!

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·26 Ağu

This is an absolute travesty and must be fought tooth and nail. What a nightmare. Imagine having to register yourself (driver's licence, full legal address) just to publish a website. Absolute shame. So bad for users, so bad for devs. Everyone looses.

Mishaal Rahman@MishaalRahman

🔐BREAKING: Google will begin verifying the identity of ALL DEVELOPERS who distribute apps on Android, even if it's outside the Play Store! This is to prevent malware developers from using anonymity as a shield. Full details👇 Tip @Techmeme! 🔗androidauthority.com/android-develo…

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·30 Tem

The best launcher on Android by a mile is @lawnchairapp I have no idea why someone would use any of the stock launchers anymore. You don't even need to get it from the Play Store you can get the APK directly from a ton of sources. lawnchair.app you won't go back

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·29 Tem

@StephenDeLorme Flutter to me always feels like it's about to get dropped by Google. It's on continuous life support. People have forked it because its development team is so limited and unresponsive. I just... don't see it surviving the decade. Native Swift+Kotlin, _or_ KMP. That's my answer!

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·29 Tem

@StephenDeLorme Note that the question is hard to answer directly, because you often cannot separate the UI from the business logic of your app. So while Javascript (RN) _might_ be an acceptable way to build UI, it's a lower-tier choice for building your entire app by a country mile.

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Stephen DeLorme@StephenDeLorme·29 Tem

What's the best way to build the UI for a cross-platform mobile app (iOS and Android compatible)?

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FRANCIS ⚜️ BULLBITCOIN.COM@francispouliot_·29 Tem

Crazy that Bull Bitcoin wallet has over 10,000 downloads on Google play and it's still only the beta version for testing with zero marketing, doesn't even have a website yet 🤯

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·18 Tem

Don't fight it. It's the way.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·18 Tem

Quote: "And then you see it in some mockups, and this ₿-only format does, grudgingly, look pretty nice. Soon you’re kind of wincing anytime you see decimals or “sats” in your products." Yep 💯. The satoshi symbol has been with us this whole time. It's ₿... always has been.

Spiral@spiralbtc

Just ₿

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Spiral@spiralbtc·17 Tem

Just ₿

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·12 Tem

I think wallets should show fees in sats per Weight Units. It's intuitive even for beginners. You can imagine transactions have weight, and that has a unit. Makes sense. "Virtual bytes" on the other hand? Your first thought is wtf is that and how is it different than a byte? 👎

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·10 Tem

@BitcoinWifey @BTCComoxValley This is the exact use case for @padawanwallet! Check it out. Sends you Signet coins on startup, you use them to do the lessons, send coins to friends, learn a bit, break the bitcoin ice so to speak. Learn about addresses, fee rates, mempool. Android now, iOS app in the works...

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Joyce Dawn@BitcoinWifey·8 Tem

I’m building a much-needed #Bitcoin 101 course for @BTCComoxValley, but I feel like I’m spending a lot of time reinventing the wheel. Does anyone know of any high-quality, public-use educational materials I could draw from? Or even packages I can purchase?

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·10 Tem

@darosior @stevenroose3 @stevenroose @benthecarman @theinstagibbs @Ademan555 Another small way I've been trying to help and dig into this myself is by writing a new section on opcodeexplained.com called "Proposed Opcodes", where I am trying to write the pages for CTV and CSFS (and now I need to maybe add TEMPLATEHASH?). Not yet ready unfortunately.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·10 Tem

@darosior @stevenroose3 @stevenroose @benthecarman @theinstagibbs @Ademan555 Awesome! Happy to help any way I can. And no apologies needed, your post just made me realize that it's such a big ecosystem and we're often not aware of some of the work happening in other corners, so I just figured I should share more! It's not much but it's honest work.

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Antoine Poinsot@darosior·8 Tem

PR by a Core contributor to the infra to test soft forks maintained by another Core contributor, reviewed by 3 Core contributors. Letter signers nowhere to be found. It's not Core's fault if your ideas don't make it. The one exception is @stevenroose3. Unsurprising, this matches my observations of the soft fork landscape.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·10 Tem

@darosior @stevenroose3 I am not in a position to contribute to bitcoin core directly, but I can say that I am actively working and dedicating time to this, every week. @stevenroose if you end up building Erk with @benthecarman I pledge some of my time to try and make it into a PoC Android app.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·10 Tem

@darosior @stevenroose3 I'm just one data point of course, but since signing the letter I have dedicated a block of time every week to the furthering of the soft fork proposal, currently building a proof of concept Ark wallet using bark.

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·4 Tem

@GlasgowBitcoin I just found out about this conference! You're now added to bitcoinconferences.info.

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Peter Connor@GlasgowBitcoin·31 May

The Scottish Bitcoin Conference is happening on the 23rd of August in Glasgow Check out our speakers on our website: glasgowbitcoin.co.uk

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thunderbiscuit@thunderB__·24 Haz

I'm just going to come out and say it, using the ₿ symbol for displaying wallet balances in satoshis and letting go of the sats naming and visuals is cleaner, simpler, and more directly understood by most everyone. Goodbye sats, it's been a slice.

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@secondhq @lawnchairapp @StephenDeLorme @BitcoinWifey @BTCComoxValley @padawanwallet @darosior @stevenroose3