Apparently I’m at the age where I have to hang my sunglasses and my readers from my shirt. πŸ˜ŽπŸ€“

The Art Gallery at Bitcoin 2023 is a cool experience with a lot of interesting art.

Worlds Smallest Bitcoin Hobby ATM

This Bitcoin ATM is one of my favorite things I’ve seen at Bitcoin 2023. You put coins in the device, I put 3 pennies. You tap the screen and it gives you a Lightning code to scan and I got 99 sats in my wallet. 🀩

Orange 3D-printed box with a coin acceptor slot and a small screen reading Bitcoin ATM 10% charge, next to a pile of pennies on an orange tablecloth. Lightning Network payment receipt showing 99 sats received, about 0.03 USD, status PAID, zero fees, noted as Bitcoin ATM, dated May 20 2023

Update (May 23):

I did some digging and found that “Tortcher” is the one who made this awesome device. I found him online and was excited to see that he is selling the World’s Smallest Bitcoin Hobby ATM. I’ve ordered the Multi-ATM and can’t wait to show people how fun, easy, and fast Bitcoin and Lightning can be with it! 🀩⚑️ Oh yeah, and Tortcher lives in the Twin Cities area β€” small world! The code is on GitHub as well.

Hot tub heated by a Bitcoin miner.

Happy Vyshyvanka Day

TeamSPS in Ukraine celebrated Vyshyvanka Day together.

Vyshyvanka Day is an international holiday that aims to preserve the Ukrainian folk traditions of creating and wearing ethnic embroidered clothes called vyshyvankas. It is celebrated the third Thursday of May. Vyshyvankas are, along with pysankas (traditional Ukrainian Easter eggs), one of the best known symbols of Ukrainian culture.

More pictures on Instagram. I’m going to find a Vyshyvanka of my own for next year. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

Group of coworkers wearing traditional Ukrainian embroidered vyshyvanka shirts gathered around a kitchen island with food and drinks

Google Cloud & Voltage party at Backyard.

Three men posing for a selfie poolside at an outdoor party, wearing lanyards, tropical shirts, and caps including one reading Satoshi.

Jack Mallers of Strike closed out Friday at Bitcoin 2023 with massive announcement of global expansion and Lightning improvements. ⚑️

Speaker on stage at Bitcoin 2023 conference facing a large screen displaying the event logo with the Bitcoin symbol.

Excited to see Arthur Hayes and Michael Lewis on stage at Bitcoin 2023.

Two men seated in white chairs on a conference stage with a large Bitcoin 2023 logo backdrop featuring red 3D blocks.

Lyn Alden taking Nakamoto Stage with Natalie Smolenski at Bitcoin 2023 sharing deep financial insights.

Two women seated in white chairs on a large conference stage with a glowing Bitcoin logo backdrop at Bitcoin 2023 Two people seated on a darkened stage at Bitcoin 2023 conference with large LED screens and colorful stage lighting before a packed audience.

Michael Saylor of MicroStrategy with Bill Miller IV on Nakamoto Stage at Bitcoin 2023.

β€œThe universal frequent flyer mile is the Satoshi.” Interesting concept of using Sats to enable very different systems.