GM 😀 ☕ 👊 Today is my "satsbirthday" - I bought my first sats two years. I'm late to the game, but so glad to be here. Bought some sats this morning to celebrate and grateful that they are on sale. Have a great day! #bitcoin #classof2024

I probably have a very niche use case, but for my new business Perplexity Computer is a linchpin. It's simply is the best research tool. Claude Code and Codex aren't close. And for what it does it's not that expensive. Tonight it's Codex as the main worker, Claude Code offering feedback to Codes, Perplexity Computer to research. Very much looking forward to some Friday nights when I'm not working. Gotta make this new business go. #ai #claude #codex #perplexity #claudecode

I made something that I think will help me when I’m trying to get merchants to accept Bitcoin on their Square Terminal. I struck out pretty hard at my local coffee shop yesterday. Total non-starter. I’ll write about that separately. But it made me realize something: I didn’t have a simple way to show the owner what my weekly coffee habit would save them in card fees. And then it would be nice - if they're curious - to have them just scan a QR code and read a quick overview of why they can easily accept it, rather than read some flyer...which I tried in the fall. So I built a simple app that does this. The default is $10 purchase for 2 times a week. If somebody spends $10 twice a week at a Square merchant, that is $50 a year on credit card fees the merchant saves. If somebody buys a $5 coffee every day, the $0.15 Square charges the coffee shop adds up...to the tune of $100 for the year. The tool is simple - you just put in the sale amount, pick one purchase or repeat visits, and it shows: - Credit card fee - Bitcoin fee in 2026 - Bitcoin fee in 2027+ - What a regular customer adds up to over time At this point we hope we've gotten their attention, and if so, you click the QR code toggle. The merchant scans it and gets a short page explaining the fees they save, common questions, and links to Square’s resources for turning Bitcoin Payments on. There is a link to Square's onboarding video. I'm not sure it's been updated, and it's not as quick process, unless one of use is helping them, but again, I might have found an older video. The merchant will want to know if this gets automatically converted to USD. The docs I found say merchants can receive Bitcoin Payments as USD or BTC, yet recent Square release notes say USD is the default for new sellers, but the video made it look like they had to choose. It'd be great if we could get clarity on that. The bottom line is for people here care about merchant adoption, and I think this is useful...and not ai slop, but you be the judge.

Square Bitcoin Savings Calculator

Show a Square merchant what they save when they turn on Bitcoin payments.

@Cash App @miles 🌞 #merchantadoption #bitcoin

Summer can begin now that I have some summer reading. Most excited about Zach Wischler’s The Bitcoin Tao. He’s one of the few bitcoiners I’ve met in the flesh and he’s great (though I don’t know him well). #bookstr

I finally figure out that the mango pico needs more like than you’d guess and it was very good - sweeter than normal. Over-slated the guacamole though. The teenager was pleased so all in all it’s a win. #foodstr 🥭🥑🌮

I’m working on a dad-to-dad BIP110 guide for normal node runners because I need to teach myself how to do this. I have @Start9 running the latest @Bitcoin Knots and I want to support BIP110, but I want the wording to be correct. Is this accurate? - My node can support/enforce BIP110. - Miners are the ones who actually signal BIP110 in blocks. - If I add DATUM and point hashpower at it, then I can say I’m mining/signaling BIP110 and more importantly, move the needle a bit. What am I missing? And sorry if all of this is obvious. Thanks in advance for your help. #asknostr #DATUM #BIP110 @OCEAN @Unhosted Marcellus @Tauri @nomadshiba⚡ @ForrestHODL @Matthew Kratter

I started my gratitude practice 🌱

GratefulDay - Daily Gratitude Calendar

A Nostr-based daily gratitude calendar for personal reflection and community sharing