thunderbiscuit
@thunderB__
Bitcoin. Android. Currently @spiralbtc grantee for my work on the @bitcoindevkit. My weekend project is @padawanwallet. Blog http://thunderbiscuit.com
This is how I ended up working on bitcoin. Following people I "disagreed with" changed my life. Do it early, do it often.
It's a good idea to follow some people you disagree with. Otherwise you risk ending up in an echo chamber. Resist the temptation to tribalize and segment yourself, and instead focus on building connections and strength-testing your ideas.
I'm a simple bitcoiner. I see an effort to build consensus around covenants, I retweet. It's time we get this show on the road.
On February 28th, 2025, I will endorse a covenant upgrade plan. If you don't care what I have to say, that's fine. But a variety of folks have been asking me to weigh in, and I do not want to be in the position of gatekeeping the formation of consensus. I don't personally plan to…
Crazy that Bull Bitcoin wallet has over 10,000 downloads on Google play and it's still only the beta version for testing with zero marketing, doesn't even have a website yet 🤯
I think wallets should show fees in sats per Weight Units. It's intuitive even for beginners. You can imagine transactions have weight, and that has a unit. Makes sense. "Virtual bytes" on the other hand? Your first thought is wtf is that and how is it different than a byte? 👎
I'm just going to come out and say it, using the ₿ symbol for displaying wallet balances in satoshis and letting go of the sats naming and visuals is cleaner, simpler, and more directly understood by most everyone. Goodbye sats, it's been a slice.
Contributing to the maintenance of one of the most important codebases on GitHub is no easy task I'm sure, and Gloria does it well. Take time to read her thoughts. Top quote IMO: "Bitcoin’s long term success relies on us frying some much bigger fish than mempool policy defaults"
I posted a full writeup for the #32406 merge decision on the PR. These changes go into effect in v30, which is scheduled for release in October. The PR changes the defalt value of -datacarriersize. You will still be able to use -datacarrier and -datacarriersize options in v30,…
We're up to 25 conferences this year on bitcoinconferences.info. Check out the remaining 16 happening in 2025, and thanks to all contributors!
@the_charlatan_’s Bitcoinkernal Library has been on fire lately. A key accomplishment was the development of an initial version with an externally usable API library. A pull request for this API can be found at: github.com/bitcoin/bitcoi…
I finally completed the opcode encyclopedia at opcodeexplained.com! One page per opcode (all 256 of them). Check'em out. Use them as reference in docs, blog posts, or anything you like. Next up: adding content in the bitcoin Script section. 🚀
2025 Q1 Update: What Have We Been Up To? bdk_wallet 1.1, Book of BDK, Kyoto, and more! bitcoindevkit.org/blog/_2025-q1-…
2 new conferences added to bitcoinconferences.info! @bitcoinseoulcon + opnext.dev
I was trying to decide what bitcoin conferences to go to this year and wasn't able to find a clean, simple list of them. So I just built one. Hopefully it's helpful to others. There are probably a ton missing; help me fill it out! bitcoinconferences.info
Is there a public list or website of upcoming bitcoin conferences? If so where?
🚨 BULL BITCOIN IS HIRING SENIOR FLUTTER DEVELOPPER FOR WEB AND MOBILE BITCOIN APPS - Love to code? A no-management role: quality software and results only. - Join a global team of ~10 engineers with high standards. - Remote job, pays Bitcoin or fiat. bitcoinerjobs.com/job/1618088-we…
Bitcoin is a marathon. Patience and persistence pay off. Thanks for all the work!
2.5 years of work, finally complete! All my required ln-symmetry mempool policy pieces merged. 🥳