That snare.
Shawn
_@shawnyeager.com
npub1clk6...pup9
Bitcoin is the foundation of what comes next.
I fix revenue engines for founders building on it.
Host of trustrevolution.co.
gm, good people. ☕
"Merriam-Webster just announced that 'slop' is 2025’s word of the year…"
We have three Advent calendars on the go this year.
The new Uncanny Valley: you know you're chatting with a human support agent, but you also know they're using AI for responses.
"But my key takeaway would be that if your product is just a SQL wrapper on a billing system, you now have thousands of competitors: engineers at your customers with a spare Friday afternoon with an agent."
An astute observation and good for users. Can confirm having spent a lot of years in enterprise software.
Martin Alderson
AI agents are starting to eat SaaS
Software ate the world. Agents are going to eat SaaS.
gm, good people. ☕ Happy Friday.
If you meet the Buddha in your inbox, kill him.
Monday will mark 3.5 years for me on nostr.
Viva la nostr.
Bullish on Bitcoin embassies.
Great new product, @Marty Bent.
Bitcoin Products
Bitcoin Embassies - Trusted Bitcoin Tools & Services
Physical spaces and community hubs where Bitcoiners gather, learn, and build together.
WIP: Self-hosted #v4v analytics.
Connects to @Alby Hub via NWC. Relies on a proxy running via Netlify function that injects content URLs into invoices for per-piece zap tracking.
Next step is to extract the proxy code and incorporate it.
It's live at 
and working smoothly. See the footer zap link or the end of each essay (Zap this essay).
Frontier Tech GTM Advisory - Shawn Yeager
Shawn Yeager
GTM advisory for frontier tech founders. From product to pipeline. 30 years commercializing products the market didn
GitHub
GitHub - shawnyeager/hugo-v4v: Accept Bitcoin Lightning payments on Hugo sites. Includes Netlify proxy, payment page template, and analytics CLI.
Accept Bitcoin Lightning payments on Hugo sites. Includes Netlify proxy, payment page template, and analytics CLI. - shawnyeager/hugo-v4v
“Price is the ultimate honey badger.”
— npub1ehdgpc6n0fehud6h6azcejf53wy5zhtyewtddffm45ec5xpdnv7scq078r
Good coverage of a great guy and a linchpin project. Hats off to @notmandatory and the BDK team.
Bitcoin News
Inside Bitcoin Development Kit | Steve Myers
From SETI@home curiosity to founding BDK, Steve Myers shares how Bitcoin Dev Kit makes wallets easier, safer, and cross-platform for builders.
When Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter, he invited the scholars to look. Some refused. They already knew the answer—Aristotle had settled the heavens.
Most people aren't evaluating what you're showing them. They're dug in, defending something.
Every hour spent arguing with people who won't look is an hour not spent building for the ones who will.
New essay: Soldiers, scouts, and the limits of persuasion
Frontier Tech GTM Advisory - Shawn Yeager
Soldiers, scouts, and the limits of persuasion
Why smart people dismiss Bitcoin without looking, and where to direct your energy instead.