Spiral

https://spiral.xyz

Making bitcoin more than an investment.

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Last Notes

2024-07-23 19:43:57

Every Bitcoin plushie delivers itself in a 1975 GMC High Sierra that you get to keep.https://m.primal.net/Jbhm.jpg

2024-07-22 02:40:34

Catnip also affects Bitcoins. That's why he looks like a talkative scarecrow just revealed the secrets of Stonehenge to him.https://m.primal.net/JZcg.jpg

2024-07-20 18:01:59

Just because bitcoiners are on the carnivore diet doesn’t mean Bitcoin has to be.https://m.primal.net/JXpr.jpg

2024-07-19 20:02:57

Summoning the fiat gods to a crumbling, otherworldly landscape somewhere to finish this thing once and for all.https://m.primal.net/JWij.jpg

2024-07-18 17:40:42

We caught the grind but missed the backflip. https://m.primal.net/JVPO.jpg

2024-07-11 19:05:56

Perhaps our best Spiral newsletter ever, this extremely late post covers all the bases: weather-induced spirituality, cosmic Jerome Powells, and, most importantly, the phrase “senior technical fungus.”
https://spiral.xyz/blog/spiral-quarterly-update-h1-2024/

2024-07-10 21:06:20

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Do it.

2024-07-09 21:27:38

Your bank could already be insolvent. It’s not like they’d tell you.

2024-07-03 19:53:49

We’ve got more herecomesbitcoin.org stickers, this time featuring @npub17xv…c9as, @npub1sg6…f63m, @npub1j8y…vrvg, @npub1cn4…3vle, @npub1jfu…m0gx, @npub10pe…n34f, @npub1z3s…tq8s, and Brink.
Plus Black Ops Bitcoin, Girls Night Out 2, Ride the Lightning Bitcoin, and Old Charlie “Can O’ Beans” Bitcoin.
Will your brand 100% go under unless it gets its own anthropomorphic Bitcoin mascot? Weird problem, but relatable. https://m.primal.net/JGwO.jpg DMs are always open.

2024-06-27 19:39:09

Mining visualized. https://m.primal.net/JACN.gif

2024-06-14 05:13:31

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Soon. Very soon.

2024-06-14 05:03:13

Perfect money doesn’t just happen. https://m.primal.net/IjvA.png

2024-06-13 18:40:50

Bitcoin on a Ferris wheel. You can’t hear him because it’s a gif, but Bitcoin is doing Daenerys’ wheel monologue except it’s about the wheel of fiat currencies and how bitcoin eventually breaks it. https://m.primal.net/IjTu.gif

2024-06-11 21:12:25

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good call. Messed up formatting is only on primal desktop web.

2024-06-11 20:50:59

Ooph, Nostr botched the formatting. Regardless, the content is the same.
#note1p5r…kazt

2024-06-11 20:43:11

Bitcoin marketing projects from our many long years at this company we are not allowed to leave:
500 Headlines About Bitcoin: https://www.500headlinesaboutbitcoin.com/
Spiral Presents: The Lightning Development Kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOT78Bgy1Qw
Bitcoin Mythology Volumes 1 & 2: https://bitcoinmythology.org/volume-1-bitcoin-mining/
Who is Bitcoin?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHUOr8ruMw
Here Comes Bitcoin: https://www.herecomesbitcoin.org/

2024-06-08 06:35:19

Mo is one of the greats.
#note14lh…h6sa

2024-06-07 18:00:18

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Catnip.

2024-06-07 17:33:34

Nostr Implementation Protocol, or… https://m.primal.net/IcGC.png

2024-06-05 18:16:57

One of our first projects just turned 5. https://www.500headlinesaboutbitcoin.com/

2024-06-03 17:18:32

https://m.primal.net/IXRg.gif

2024-05-31 18:49:08

Early DALL-E was wild. This was supposed to be an abstract of @npub1ug8…d9ry, but it went photorealistic. https://m.primal.net/IRyc.png

2024-05-28 22:07:12

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Steak and potatoes. Very Tuscan.

2024-05-22 21:37:45

Few things are nicer than all your friends, acquaintances, and professional connections coming together to celebrate bitcoin and pizza for a day.

2024-05-20 22:26:44

Only banks and vampires try this hard to convince you that they’re human.https://m.primal.net/IIus.jpg

2024-05-15 22:04:06

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Of course, we can’t forget Hieronymus Bosch Bitcoin, Orangepeace Industrial Cyber Skull God Bitcoin, Bitcoin de Milo, and Level 18 Beholder from Dungeons & Dragons Bitcoin.
https://m.primal.net/IHDI.png
https://m.primal.net/IHDJ.png
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2024-05-15 17:28:52

Been having so much fun beta testing these stickers that no one on our team has spoken to their families in years: https://m.primal.net/IGww.png
Signal: https://signal.art/addstickers/#pack_id=f7989aea6da1a9a4f33505fb57440f9a&pack_key=4bdd509c7b570abbd327e15c1d6bc4ae000f1abd6fc690b89d318d7aaaee2bc0
Telegram: https://t.me/addstickers/herecomesbitcoin
Giphy: https://giphy.com/herecomesbitcoin

2024-05-15 16:05:20

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Glad it makes sense to someone.

2024-05-15 15:49:37

Two broken hands and a neck brace later, I don’t have to imagine.
#note1raa…qev6

2024-05-15 04:40:19

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It loves you too.

2024-05-15 02:51:16

They’re for sale but not for long. After that, you have to guess an 18-word BIP39 phrase in order to even be considered for the waiting list: https://www.spiralswag.xyz/product/the-21m-faces-of-bitcoin-mug/4?cs=true&cst=custom
#note1ljn…64l6

2024-05-13 18:35:32

Someone translated our bitcoinmythology.org project into Spanish without telling us and we love it. If you need proof that the spirit of open source extends well beyond code, here it is: https://mitologiabitcoin.veintiuno.world/volumen-2-seguridad-bitcoin/

2024-05-13 03:34:30

I dunno. It’s a Sunday night.
https://m.primal.net/IGFw.png

2024-05-08 18:42:59

Brand guidelines aren’t very bitcoin, so we did a pseudo-quasi-semi brand guidelines, which isn’t very anything except dumb. Anyway, herecomesbitcoin.org https://m.primal.net/IEfr.png

2024-05-07 17:53:44

22 new Bitcoins are available on herecomesbitcoin.org, including several created specifically for brands we wanted to partner with. If your team wants an HCB partnership of their own, DM us here on Nostr or email [email protected] https://m.primal.net/IEKZ.png https://m.primal.net/IEKb.png https://m.primal.net/IEKc.png https://m.primal.net/IEKd.png

2024-04-19 00:26:04

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Yay for reasons galore.

2024-04-18 16:37:39

The future of finance isn’t a seven hundred page securities contract prepared by a stadium’s worth of lawyers but a cartoon interpretation of digital currency that walks into a bandsaw every four years as dictated by an open-source protocol. https://m.primal.net/Hwnl.png

2024-03-15 16:01:50

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2024-03-14 00:21:09

The podcast gods are cruel but fair.
#note1x95…u3lc

2024-03-08 17:32:08

Our inability to embrace and be content with simplicity is the root of our discontent.

2024-03-06 15:07:29

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This resonated.

2024-03-05 20:08:40

Doing what we said we’d never do and crossover posting between Twitter and Nostr to bring you guys the dumbest accounts on TikTok and YouTube Shorts, which is saying something. If there was ever a time to promote your most inane bitcoin content, it’s now:
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@herecomesbitcoin
YouTube Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@herecomesbitcoin/shorts

2024-03-01 21:45:48

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How dare you.

2024-03-01 18:26:41

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It’s not even his shirt. He borrowed it from me.

2024-02-29 21:01:44

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Same goes for meeting your partner on Nostr vs. Twitter. If they can commit to never being able to delete posts, they can commit to a relationship.

2024-02-29 20:58:08

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Slight technical difficulties. Back up soon. In the meantime, please help yourself to some embarrassing content.

2024-02-29 20:22:45

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Be sure to follow us and retweet everything we post no matter how bad it is.

2024-02-29 19:31:48

Businesses will never accept bitcoin as a form of payment.
Corporations will never put bitcoin on their balance sheets.
Countries will never accept bitcoin as legal tender.
Regulators will never allow a bitcoin ETF.
Bitcoin will never become the planet’s dominant currency.

2024-02-28 18:42:57

I accidentally forgot to stay humble while stacking sats this morning. Now, as punishment for my hubris, the Lord of All That Is Orange has condemned me to an eternity of having to stack sats one by one.
#note1hca…esmt

2024-02-27 22:29:57

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al8UHnjusq0

2024-02-27 22:18:04

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Only the Bitkey team and a small gathering of ancient crones can say for sure.

2024-02-26 21:14:27

Ask not what your bank can do for you, ask what you can do without your bank.

2024-02-26 21:10:11

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He’s in SF. But if you really want to see him, just stand in front of any mirror and say “Bitcoin” 21 times.

2024-02-26 21:07:51

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Done. You’re on the hook if this doesn’t work out.

2024-02-24 03:56:09

Someone tell me how to long pineapple and jalapeño pizza orders. https://m.primal.net/HenD.jpg

2024-02-24 03:09:07

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Missed this. We were all in SF last week. Most of us aren’t in New York (minus me), but I’ll try to swing by next week. Look for the dude in a fox mask and wizard cloak.

2024-02-20 22:20:07

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Sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is less.

2024-02-19 19:42:28

People trying to create a “better bank” in 2024 might as well be trying to create a better trebuchet.

2024-02-14 04:10:23

No idea why this is sideways. But if the Social Media You Can't Delete Gods decree it, so be it.
#note1f5f…xk2p

2024-02-14 03:23:24

No stopping any time.
https://m.primal.net/HchX.jpg

2024-01-29 16:48:35

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Reporting for duty.

2024-01-10 22:23:11

It's fun to think about all the time, energy, and money they spent fighting the inevitable all these years.

2024-01-10 18:43:16

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Your call but I know for sure which one is more fun looking on paper.

2024-01-10 16:03:52

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Nostrcago.

2024-01-04 16:52:21

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Welcome.

2023-12-08 02:07:31

https://www.tiktok.com/@herecomesbitcoin/video/7310005942081309998?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=mobile&sender_web_id=7310022141969073694
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2023-12-05 19:53:54

What separates Nostr from other social media platforms isn’t that it’s decentralized or censorship-resistant, it’s that everyone is really nice on here.

2023-12-04 03:16:23

Heading to the mempool. https://m.primal.net/HSRQ.png

2023-11-27 17:22:34

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2023-11-20 18:23:25

Bitcoin is the first currency made by consensus instead of commandment.

2023-11-16 19:20:29

We’re trying not to cross-post content between Nostr and Twitter, but since the Nostr community is 3,000,000% more likely to understand what’s going on in our quarterly updates, we’re giving ourselves a cheat day: https://spiral.xyz/blog/spiral-quarterly-update-q4-2023/

2023-11-16 18:07:29

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🌀🔥🕯️🕯️🕯️🙇‍♂️ ✅ 🙇‍♀️🕯️🕯️🕯️🔥🌀

2023-11-16 17:54:07

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Nah. Never got around to it. Don’t think there would have been huge demand for them.

2023-11-15 21:26:10

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Imminently.

2023-11-15 20:38:13

These bitcoin mining and security myth-dispelling children's books never took off when we originally posted them on Twitter. We think they’ll do better here since, even at its peak, Twitter never had Nostr’s fortitude and commitment to the cause. https://bitcoinmythology.org/

2023-11-09 18:25:51

We have a document that’s as old as our grant program. It has rough and final announcement copy for every bitcoin grant we’ve given since the first. As of today, it is 101 pages long. Our grant program is a novella long.

2023-11-08 17:04:04

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https://m.primal.net/HPgn.gif

2023-11-06 18:18:34

You don’t hear enough about how profoundly hopeful the bitcoin community is. It is tech’s most hopeful sector and the only one that can use the “we want to make the world a better place” cliche without even a trace of cynicism.

2023-10-17 18:13:51

A little known secret of bitcoiners is that although they want bitcoin to conquer fiat, what they really want is to spend four days wandering around a major city with a giant, anthropomorphic bitcoin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHUOr8ruMw&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F&source_ve_path=Mjg2NjY&feature=emb_logo

2023-08-22 02:27:04

Cross-posting here so no one misses the only thing in a while worth missing about Twitter. https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e2cf186a5ed51ff122253af21435e9fb16c58e767b2b3caa2abc6160e9dca69a.jpg

2023-07-31 17:33:06

Grant renewal. @bitcoin_design community pillar @mogashninaidoo is a UX researcher, believer in open source/working in public, and blogger at https://mogashni.substack.com/. Her plan for grant #2 is to “go into the ecosystem” and test the UX Research Toolkit she built with grant #1.

2023-07-27 18:25:21

The problem with publishing a popular quarterly blog post is that people will expect you to keep publishing it. So here it is, back and longer than ever, with more links than ever, detailing every good and bad thing that we’re involved with: https://spiral.xyz/blog/spiral-quarterly-update-q3-2023/

2023-05-02 19:11:11

It’s hard to explain why stacking even pennies worth of sats is so satisfying, yet if I lose an equivalent amount of change in the couch, it’s gone forever. I’m never going after it.

2023-04-27 19:19:43

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Not at this time.

2023-04-27 18:51:42

To date, we’ve issued 70+ grants worth $7M+ to 40 grantees and 10 projects across 20+ countries. A dozen now work full-time bitcoin jobs. Rather than fire off statistics, we gave current and former grantees a chance to talk FOSS bitcoin in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VFWx9mkm8U&t=3s
In case you don’t have 4 minutes (come on, you’re on Twitter), the takeaway is this: Every org that benefits from the work of FOSS devs and designers should be supporting them. This way, devs, and designers get paid to do what they love, bitcoin gets better, and everyone wins.
OKCoin, HRF, OpenSats, Bitfinex, Strike, Coinbase, Kraken, Chaincode Labs, mitDCI, Brink, the btrustteam, and others are with us. Don’t have the resources to run a grant program? Donate to orgs like Brink or let employees take sabbaticals to work on FOSS.
We are always accepting grant applications. If you have an ambitious idea for how to improve bitcoin, email us at [email protected]. It worked for this testimonial video’s stars: thunderbiscuit, Daniela Brozzoni, John Cantrell, Justin Moon, Steve Myers, Stephen DeLorme.

2023-04-25 04:24:04

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No, we’re not.

2023-04-24 20:32:19

We're building an R&D team of bitcoin wizards to improve security, decentralization, privacy, and scaling across all layers of bitcoin. Wizards will identify and drive projects forward in collaboration with the Spiral team and the greater bitcoin development community.
Hypothetical projects that wizards might take on include those pertaining to novel cryptography, developing existing protocol proposals, creating new protocol proposals, etc. Learn more here: https://spiral.xyz/blog/spiral-is-hiring-bitcoin-wizards/

2023-04-19 18:03:04

Steve’s gotten really good at podcasts, especially if you compare his appearances to what they were like two years ago. We’re all really proud of him. ☺️
Here he is on the brand new Bitcoin Builders podcast with Nathaniel Whittemore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42S4x0F_jM&feature=youtu.be

2023-04-17 21:16:45

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Working on it.

2023-04-17 18:08:19

The good news is that we’re finally on Nostr. The bad news is that half our engineering team has been trampled by heavy, high-speed, flightless birds.