Conor Okus
@ConorOkus
Open-Source PM @spiralbtc ₿itcoin Address: ₿[email protected]
like @spiralbtc has done, we're giving grants to developers who work on goose open source to make it the best self-sovereign development tool out there.
🚀The goose grant program is now open! We're funding $100K grants to accelerate open source agentic AI Looking for innovative ideas in: 🎥 Multi-modal interactions 🤖Agent autonomy 🔃Self-improving systems 🏠Real-world automation ❓Other novel ideas block.github.io/goose/grants
Remitly lets you send money to many African countries using your European or American payment card. But if you try to send to the same African countries using an African card, it tells you "no" and gives you no reason why. That same African card can be used to make payments…
I'll also take a stab at vibe coding a bitcoin wallet in 15 mins 🚀
Join us tonight at 7pm in the upstairs lounge @BitcoinGrove to kickoff a new socratic series tackling product & design topics We'll have pizza thanks to @spiralbtc 🙏 You can find the topics we'll cover tonight here: github.com/Bitcoin-Grove/… RSVP here: lu.ma/073nda9k
Just wired up my ⚡️BOLT-12 offer from @getAlby straight to my ₿itcoin Address via easybitcoinaddress.me — now anyone can send me bitcoin asynchronously with just a human-readable link. Future of Lightning getting easier each day. 🧡⚡️ ₿[email protected] 🚀
2/ BOLT-12 Offers 🔩 The wait is over, you can now generate BOLT-12 offers straight from your Hub Go to Receive, BOLT-12, add a description and voilà - your BOLT-12 Offer is ready! 🧾
BIP 353 is a huge leap forward in security and UX for common payments from hardware wallets. Yet, sadly, it’s stuck in a three-way chicken-and-egg problem between the software wallets that people use, the hardware wallet firmware, and recipients. No one wants to do the work to…
Silicon Valley—help us DESIGN FUTURE MONEY Announcing Bitcoin Design Week @PresidioBitcoin Sept 15-19th We’re inviting Silicon Valley-based product designers to join us for a week of free events to learn about—and shape—the future of bitcoin this fall. RSVP or Apply to attend
We continue our Friday tradition at @BitcoinMagazine to publish a long read for the weekend. Today, a banger of a mathy CoinJoin piece by @not_nothingmuch @spiralbtc bitcoinmagazine.com/bigread/how-co…
we're dedicating a team of engineers and designers to work full-time on goose open source, and starting a grant program for contributors all over the world. we intend to make goose the greatest programming system out there so everyone can be a builder. roadmap at end of thread:
goose now has a dedicated open source team. full autonomy. independently funded.
We're meeting tomorrow at 7pm for the monthly socratic seminar at @BitcoinGrove meetup.com/miami-bitdevs/… You can still drop topic rec's as issues on the gh repo: github.com/Bitcoin-Grove/… Stick around afterward for a look at @polybeaming!
You can also use herecomesbitcoin.org assets for your next hackathon project, enterprise software endeavor, or vibe coded whatever. And with 19 new images recently added, there’re more ways than ever to show people how easily amused you are even as an adult by dumb cartoons.
🚀 Excited to share my project for the NWC @geyserfund Hackathon: Nostrpay! A playful, parent-controlled Bitcoin Lightning wallet based on Nostr Wallet Connect (NWC), designed for kids to learn, save, and spend sats safely and with a smile. Learn more at nostrpay.org
The new stratumprotocol.org is live! 🎉 Now with clearer explanations of why Stratum V2 matters and its features. Available in 🇺🇸🇨🇳🇷🇺 Let us know what you think!
🚀 Launching the Bitcoin Grants Common Application! Apply once. Reach multiple Bitcoin grant orgs.