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Christoph Ono
gbks@nosta.me
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Designer & developer. Helping improve bitcoin design with many others at https://bitcoin.design . I write a weekly update at https://gbks.substack.com . ✌️
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GBKS 2 years ago
My fully validating, pruned node is now synced. Love it. Took 9 days on a 2+ year old Android. image
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GBKS 2 years ago
A quick 2 minute 25 second demo of an accessibility test of a bitcoin mobile wallet. Easy fixes all over the place that can really help people.
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GBKS 2 years ago
Two big projects launching soon. Super excited for it.
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GBKS 2 years ago
Alright, on the way to Advancing Bitcoin now. Excited to meet, chat and exchange.
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GBKS 2 years ago
Thanks to whoever send me some sats. I cannot tell where those came from or by whom. So... thanks internet. image
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GBKS 2 years ago
# #52 An even shorter one? _Half family trip, half work._ My work week started Wednesday afternoon after getting back from a family trip. Was a great time to get bitcoin off of my mind, and then it was straight back into action with core and community calls that afternoon. For [Saving Satoshi](http://savingsatoshi.com/), we are heads down now on getting our demo out. I spammed our [demo milestone]( with a ton of minor polish things that should be tightened up for a first low-key release. Lots of stuff to do across lessons content, story, design, image generation and development. But it’s the part of the project where a long to-do list of really small things is the modus operandi, and that’s totally normal. It can just feel a bit overwhelming due to the broad spread of the to-dos. ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2859547f-12cf-439e-85ff-853e443d086a_1536x1024.jpeg) The [Satlantis review call](http://satlantis.net/) was super interesting. Game design is a really intricate art, and there’s plenty of overlap with designing applications (like onboarding, designing for different types of player personas, etc). After a discussion came up around Nostr onboarding not being great (sparked by this [note](https://damus.io/note1skcywhsxkr545kmydfkka45u964ypy4u74ycgmw9gqx3t5850ugqe9nlte)), I shared some work-in-progress on a Nostr web app design I’ve been toying with. Everything is in this video (and a [live link]( The Bitcoin Core App ([design docs](https://bitcoincore.app/)) dev gang is working hard at wrapping up development for V1. Next week, Mo and I will put together some documentation around testing (test build is [here](https://github.com/bitcoin-core/gui-qml/pull/211)) and launch. Also need a bit more design documentation (small stuff like input field validation logic). But the big thing next week is [Advancing Bitcoin](https://www.advancingbitcoin.com/). Time to wrap up and release a new version of the [UI Kit]( and get that workshop ready. It’s going to be super exciting to meet all those builders that make this amazing ecosystem tick. 👋🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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GBKS 2 years ago
# 51 A short one... _A finger in every pot._ This week was a quiet one, a bit all over the place, so I’ll keep it really brief. Let’s start with [Saving Satoshi](http://savingsatoshi.com/). There’s the [weekly image generation](https://www.figma.com/file/0Fg2IiEbLI5o8juawKqkJM/Saving-Satoshi-images?node-id=103%3A915&t=BSgXEvq0ZL3TLSbR-1) for Chapter 4, along with various discussions and mini-tasks around milestones, personas, UX details, the story line, PR reviews, etc. The team is smack in the middle of building, pretty much. The project requires a lot of time and focus right now with so many moving parts. ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08a7ecae-df91-4dd2-970a-8e4f25af2bf4_1536x1024.jpeg) [Advancing Bitcoin](http://advancingbitcoin.com/) is coming up, so took care of a few tasks for our next milestone. I added the workshop video and some basic case study summaries to the [Bitcoin UI Kit website]( Had discussions with Chris around component structure and design system organization. Luckily Chris has some super handy plug-ins to keep things orderly, which is a surprisingly complex and opaque task. I’m excited for the next release and the conference. Planning for [BTC Prague]( is also progressing. Still early, but sounds super promising. Jarol is hammering away on the Bitcoin Core App. Latest pre-release [review PR is here]( Try it out and leave feedback if you have a moment. I enjoyed the call with the [Simple Crypto](http://simple-crypto.app/) team this week. Nice turn-out and a good conversation. Helped Mo a bit with her [PR](https://github.com/BitcoinDesign/Guide/pull/981) for adding User Personas to the guide. Also joined the [UX research call]( Super nice to see around 10 people in there, all excited about open research. Also wrote a [document]( listing out projects that happened in the design community, as a way to reflect and help decide what types of research and design tools are useful based on past needs. And the usual day-to-day conversations, planning, helping a little here and there, etc. I’ll be off until Wednesday for a short break with the family, so I took care of a few things for next week, like newsletter editing. Should be all in good shape there. And that’s it, have a good weekend. 🏂
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GBKS 2 years ago
Hooray, I received my first scam DM on Nostr 🚀