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Good session on “Bitcoin Core Maintainers & the Path Forward” with Gloria Zhao, Niftynei, and Jess Jonas moderated by Steve Meyers at Bitcoin 2023. I appreciated three things:

  1. Loved that this was an all women panel!
  2. Great call out to help fund Bitcoin Core development via Brink. Donate!
  3. Call to action for Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund. Donate!

Really great! 🙌

Panel discussion on Bitcoin Core Maintainers and the Path Forward at Bitcoin 2023 Open Source Stage, with four panelists seated on stage before an audience. Four panelists seated in white chairs on stage at Bitcoin 2023 Open Source Stage, speaking to a seated audience.
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Interesting technical solutions to identity and privacy in the “Web 5: Open to Build” session with Daniel Buchner at Bitcoin 2023.

Crowded conference room audience watching a speaker at a podium present a Web5 Open to Build slide at Bitcoin 2023 Large conference hall audience seated in rows facing a stage where speakers present a Web5 SDK slide at Bitcoin 2023.
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The Bitcoin Mining Museum was a fun time. The USB miners were a crazy flashback. And the very first mining rig, the Avalon1. 🤩

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Apparently I’m at the age where I have to hang my sunglasses and my readers from my shirt. 😎🤓

Two pairs of glasses tucked into a shirt collar -- clear-lens readers and brown-tinted sunglasses -- on a white shirt printed with palm trees and hammocks.
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The Art Gallery at Bitcoin 2023 is a cool experience with a lot of interesting art.

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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 — small world! The code is on GitHub as well.

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Hot tub heated by a Bitcoin miner.

NiceHash branded inflatable hot tub heated by a Bitcoin miner at a conference booth with artificial turf and tropical plants nearby.Lifetime cooler filled with water and a submerged Bitcoin miner, connected to pumps and tubing, used as a DIY hot tub heat source.

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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. 🇺🇦

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