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Designing Bitcoin at Square and Block

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npub1nqc4zvkk4wx0usz082qydwpnd42979y5k93mdmn2vwguttkzfrysqjy5lh

NIP-05 Address

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsfsv23xtt2hr87gp8n4qzxhqek64zlzj2tzcakae4x8yw94mpy3jgpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsk65rck

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npub1nqc4zvkk4wx0usz082qydwpnd42979y5k93mdmn2vwguttkzfrysqjy5lh

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2025-10-29 22:06:51 UTC

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💥

2025-10-23 12:51:33 UTC

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You’ll need to get in touch with the owner. It’s a sensitive process from a legal/compliance/regulatory pov. But once they decide to turn it on it only takes a minute.
I would lead with the basics:
1. Zero processing fees until 2027
2. Never miss a sale. An emergent way for customers to pay
3. Instant, no chargebacks, and can be settled in USD so its business as usual
4. They can order a free marketing kit from the Square shop and update their window stickers and table tents

2025-10-23 12:36:25 UTC

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Not yet but very soon. We partnered with btcmap.org so Square businesses with bitcoin payments can opt in to display on the map.
We also built it directly in Cash App so it has a fully integrated discover/navigate/pay experience.
You’ll be able to find it in the bitcoin applet by Nov. 10 (official payments launch day)

2025-10-18 00:17:14 UTC

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👀

2025-10-17 23:56:15 UTC

I need to buy a gift from lightning.store but the site is down. Anyone know how to contact him? Can’t find on here anymore and his bird app is deleted 🥀

2025-10-16 22:06:47 UTC

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Yeah it’s tough. I live in NY too! Nothing I want more than to onboard my small town’s main street.

2025-10-16 21:23:55 UTC

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Definitely at some point

2025-10-16 21:23:14 UTC

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Never say never 🥹

2025-10-16 14:13:07 UTC

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Good suggestion. We can look into this but probably should wait until/if it becomes a meaningful amount 😅

2025-10-16 14:03:54 UTC

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That’s secondary to it. I won’t bore you with the details but because bitcoin is so regulated (with nuances at the state level in some cases), auto-on even as USD is extremely tricky.
We’re working to unlock this as much as possible but it requires taking a very methodical approach that focuses on specific segments at a time.

2025-10-16 12:59:16 UTC

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For payments specifically? That’ll be generally available on Nov. 10 but here’s what to expect:
Go into Payment Settings in the Square app and you’ll see a new row for Bitcoin with an Activate button next to it.
We do a bunch of eligibility checks so activation will be quicker for some than others (depending on your business structure, geolocation, 2FA status, etc)
But everyone will have the option to choose USD or bitcoin settlement, and another surprise feature we’ll have at launch 👀
We’re looking into ways to auto-on bitcoin payments with USD settlement but as you can imagine it’s challenging from a legal and regulatory perspective.
Separately you can enable payments from Bitcoin onboarding (in Square Banking) where you can also configure your card sale conversions and set up your wallet.

2025-10-16 12:36:44 UTC

would anyone be interested in a Square Bitcoin AMA?
reply or just tag me in any questions going forward and I’ll answer whenever I’m on

2025-10-09 00:56:32 UTC

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👀

2025-07-18 01:00:54 UTC

₿ gang
#note1s9q…k9s2

2025-07-04 14:51:58 UTC

attic progress: 85%
https://image.nostr.build/aa05397742eb67ae8700b6f379685260da1200e9b6c8092b8cb236f697a217f4.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/6d430a243660c3639a6c1e6ea7aaa2139f22bfd0ba4e1eb716c642964a5e857e.jpg

2025-07-03 00:13:17 UTC

How do I befriend my yard bunnies?

2025-06-29 13:57:45 UTC

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Damn yo you got me by 9 months! Congrats bud your Caviar gift card is in the mail.

2025-06-28 12:25:36 UTC

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Ancestry might be the better option since they aren’t bankrupt and ready to be sold to the highest bidder

2025-06-27 04:25:58 UTC

₿
#note15nv…r3s4

2025-06-12 23:55:43 UTC

I can’t stop working

2025-05-29 15:27:34 UTC

gm from the place I should have been going all along #coffeechain
https://blossom.primal.net/e7fa9d7a6decd9af9a8867e2fc9b03bf021138fd587872507eef6ba96694cc62.jpg

2025-05-28 16:45:16 UTC

gm from the starbucks line #coffeechain
https://image.nostr.build/a69613bb98347ef365bc48bdbb64e4e7e1cc7726ed2a01bbe3ea0c89cf81d028.jpg

2025-05-28 05:53:15 UTC

if you run a business you should scan the QR code in the Square announcement today 👀

2025-05-28 04:04:54 UTC

guess how many people were confused and outraged when encountering ₿ instead of sats today

2025-05-28 03:06:01 UTC

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How’d I do

2025-05-28 03:04:34 UTC

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🤝

2025-05-27 21:41:35 UTC

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paging @npub1tw0…kly0 who is sitting right next to me

2025-05-27 16:37:11 UTC

🙃

2025-05-27 02:27:24 UTC

dude what GET THIS THING OFFA ME
https://image.nostr.build/390c4ca3d3afaef5a327ca5d237ee38755379e77c2ce30a8e81a2c1d8792d149.jpg

2025-05-26 13:37:10 UTC

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✅

2025-05-26 13:33:43 UTC

Anyone have last second podcast recs before I board this flight?

2025-05-23 16:34:57 UTC

Just found out we’re having another girl. Girl dad x2! 👯‍♀️
Pray for me 😅

2025-05-23 16:31:25 UTC

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If only I had a B initial

2025-05-23 13:09:20 UTC

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Accept bitcoin payments? Sounds good, I’m on it!

2025-05-23 13:02:00 UTC

What is this section in the Bitcoin 2025 app? Are they going to fly me to Thailand? I am very confused. ☹️
https://image.nostr.build/185e8e207fe1ad249d0bab0e0f15142a6d8442c917051a33353a0d9edca102b4.jpg
#note1sn0…hws3

2025-05-22 23:18:43 UTC

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“Poo-ket if I know”? 🥴

2025-05-22 21:48:20 UTC

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I know. When my haircut is only ₿5 I’ll be embarrassed I used to pay so much.

2025-05-22 16:43:54 UTC

Just got a haircut for only ₿31,434 including tip.
Small towns rule.

2025-05-22 16:42:06 UTC

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You can call them whatever you want but the symbol is ₿ 🤝

2025-05-22 13:01:07 UTC

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Oh wait now it’s ₿24,887
WHAT’S HAPPENING

2025-05-22 12:58:16 UTC

You can buy two large pizzas from Papa John’s today for ₿25,109
We are so back

2025-05-20 13:08:27 UTC

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haha

2025-05-20 12:45:32 UTC

gm 🌞 #coffeechain
https://image.nostr.build/8ffb57b05cd3fa937591f661f509b6e0b89d2678ac7fb59d140a0a0499f2a102.jpg

2025-05-19 16:05:55 UTC

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There are a lot of aspiring influencers in this space who have never built or done anything that wasn’t in service of expanding their own influence.
That’s the distinction for me.

2025-05-19 00:00:12 UTC

Every sats maximalist on earth captured in one photo
c. 2025, jpeg
https://image.nostr.build/f0ffaa71071200769bab13218ddea46326d1d723e1c7461c39b685d9c3283d8f.jpg

2025-05-17 17:39:34 UTC

Getting closer. Can’t wait to become an attic dweller
https://image.nostr.build/9bcef1d3a87adbb7455e8c4dfaa30e5cb50acf92e49f7dcbfe05fefb7f4a07ba.jpg

2025-05-17 16:49:26 UTC

Smackeroos the standard

2025-05-17 16:44:23 UTC

I only call dollars smackeroos. It’s the best term because it’s been around forever. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smackeroo

2025-05-17 14:46:02 UTC

lol
https://image.nostr.build/c17324705ca8964afe7e71c6dfc089551bdba6adeb8306e77475710d9da75fd8.jpg

2025-05-17 03:37:39 UTC

It’s not too late to admit that sats was a mistake.
https://image.nostr.build/92d58f18e1ca68655e40256738f9af24af92e2f10b0b419d677f507da9852b0b.jpg

2025-05-17 03:05:05 UTC

0.00000500 BTC 😬
500 SATS 😵‍💫
₿500 😍

2025-05-17 02:34:09 UTC

You mean Nostr is full of sats maxis no wayyy

2025-05-17 01:46:33 UTC

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Less than 4% of the world owns bitcoin. Probably even less know what sats are.

2025-05-17 01:42:49 UTC

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Do you think sats was a good product decision or are you just sentimental about it?

2025-05-16 19:41:21 UTC

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I thought about it. I might try actually

2025-05-16 15:21:47 UTC

Say hi #bitcoin2025
https://image.nostr.build/d184735f2bb490f1780a75d9ee4c52078e29cfec31ec095d435e7c38c1072da6.jpg

2025-05-10 16:40:53 UTC

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Bitcoin would need to hit $46 billion per coin to beat the top-end MSTY scenario in 23 years (my time horizon). More if you account for taxes.

2025-05-10 16:40:13 UTC

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Theta decay works in MSTY’s favor.

2025-05-10 16:31:58 UTC

Convince me to not drop $7k on MSTY in my Roth IRA
Full drip ofc

2025-05-09 20:13:36 UTC

This is the best tri-state area and it’s not even close
https://image.nostr.build/f6a4ed25d99bc6bb789a2c903571d721882c6303591efd4ec91b02a483651ebe.jpg

2025-05-06 15:52:21 UTC

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In my case they very much amplify my capabilities, and also time.

2025-05-06 15:51:04 UTC

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Haha again, I’m not an engineer and Claude writes like 95% of my code, with me just going in and tweaking variables, adding modifiers (mostly do swiftui), and other little designer-friendly adjustments. I just find that I get the best results when I’m playing the role of orchestrator and executing on a vision and architecture that’s already in my head, as opposed to letting Claude go nuts and start bootstrapping its own ideas, which I think are usually pretty bad. Basically just try to achieve the design/eng pair flow state to build something specific, but it’s just me and the LLM that requires a lot of reining in.

2025-05-06 15:31:27 UTC

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If you mean AI then yeah, to an extent. But that means surrendering a lot of control. I’ve done the whole “let’s talk this through, ask clarifying questions, create a plan, break it into sections etc” thing and the results are still pretty bad even if the code is in a better place. The models are still not very good at interaction design or product thinking. Maybe this isn’t the case forever but it certainly is today. In other words the design bar is pretty low, and if you want something that’s well-designed it takes a lot of slow and deliberate steering.

2025-05-06 15:19:52 UTC

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I’m not an engineer but I quickly realized one-shots are bullshit and if you go in without a plan you’re not going to build anything objectively good or scalable. You need a vision that you tackle methodically and deliberately. In my experience at least.

2025-05-06 15:16:11 UTC

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Vibe build components. Vibe build models. Vibe build services. Vibe integrate APIs. Vibe connect it all together. Vibe ♾️

2025-05-01 15:34:26 UTC

sometimes you just gotta blow 500 fast premiums just to burn it all down and rebuild in 50 with 10x’d vibes

2025-04-27 12:06:45 UTC

Reading #coffeechain after getting your espresso machine plumbed in this weekend
(do it)
https://image.nostr.build/906da58f880f9d98dab53310723265760215cf51614b88e620cf9df134432960.jpg

2025-04-26 18:36:10 UTC

This is the new design crit
https://image.nostr.build/e6ff3bd2b38d7c45a9ae7c46885d58594ec211111e1ee61e8617f744f381ed90.jpg

2025-04-26 06:00:56 UTC

>be me
>2am
>vibe coded all night
>out of fast requests
>still crushed
>laying in bed
>didn’t push to testflight
>didn’t want ppl to get that email
>vibing till 2 on a friday night, what a nerd
>can’t even test my new features
>do the haptics even work?
>guess i won’t know until monday
>feelsbad
>anyway, time to sleep
>gn

2025-04-25 23:19:17 UTC

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Feels more like play than work, but in the process, makes your work 10x better
Cursor/Goose pointed at different things. Mostly Xcode
We need better processes for working with engineers. Still very early and therefore kind of awkward

2025-04-24 13:39:00 UTC

That doesn’t look right
https://image.nostr.build/9f4716784d1b66667e7e282d9624aae9c1cdfe8673338fbf537bfd7ad1d3f428.jpg

2025-04-24 12:50:56 UTC

based
#note1pc5…ts8r

2025-04-24 12:49:26 UTC

gm, make sats bitcoin again

2025-04-24 02:41:46 UTC

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I should try that. I think I know what writing a test means

2025-04-24 01:43:16 UTC

Vibe coding is all fun and games until you have to build in business logic and error handling

2025-04-24 00:25:05 UTC

This is my daughter’s special bedtime song. She is the coolest https://open.spotify.com/track/4gc0YaIv8E5Ny4Rtlhtuz3?si=V561VfD4SZmZucS3Azp1eA

2025-04-23 01:21:41 UTC

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Cursor and SwiftUI

2025-04-22 12:23:36 UTC

hm
https://image.nostr.build/f902d444b4ce0ceffe0d2f1ebc750805a890da9d37fa32092c100ba85e80e275.jpg

2025-04-22 12:18:52 UTC

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they’re huge in the bay. walnut creek boys. agree they’re so so good

2025-04-22 12:11:24 UTC

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Yeah something just felt off about mixing display format since the setting is global

2025-04-22 04:55:07 UTC

Late night glitchy vibes
https://video.nostr.build/e8cb85fe1ded31d836915a73e2d3db8b6e5be3452b3d3df5016f2cf925e100a8.mp4

2025-04-22 02:41:26 UTC

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i’ve listened to what you don’t see like 1000x no skips

2025-04-22 02:07:42 UTC

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We’re pushing it hard at Block. Hundreds of designers are vibe coding now. It’s like a design renaissance.

2025-04-22 02:04:22 UTC

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Make designers feel like they can code and they train the models to design better 🧠

2025-04-22 01:24:24 UTC

It’s kind of crazy I can spend most of my time at work vibe coding and it’s not only ok but encouraged

2025-04-19 16:35:24 UTC

Vibe coding but building like it’s real software >

2025-04-19 15:14:33 UTC

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Yes

2025-04-19 13:13:36 UTC

I might have permission to start posting some Square Bitcoin stuff I’m working on would anyone be interested in seeing that

2025-04-19 02:05:10 UTC

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To make matters worse its for error handling so the vibe is already off

2025-04-19 02:01:33 UTC

Rare vibe wall hit and cursor is in slow mode

2025-04-17 00:55:51 UTC

how is App Store Connect real

2025-04-16 22:49:41 UTC

must protek old beams
https://image.nostr.build/910a0884817f45d17e34064d255d52c5989b308a54c10a355a393f4e05ebf2ae.jpg

2025-04-14 14:55:55 UTC

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Makes sense but you are a die hard bitcoiner and a technical person. It’s asking a lot of the average joe just wanting to buy a bagel.
I dunno man, I just really feel like we’re squandering the bitcoin brand by excluding it from the payments experience in favor of some weird term, or including it but asking normies to think in some insane decimal format.

2025-04-14 14:39:56 UTC

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We’re nowhere near $1m per bitcoin and slowing NGU doesn’t put us there any time soon. This also breaks again once $1m is exceeded.
I’d just rather get away from fiat models altogether and just spend bitcoins, and spend less of them over time as fiat number goes up.

2025-04-14 14:35:28 UTC

Only thing dumber than sats are bits (abstract an abstraction) and the sats symbol itself.
“Sats aren’t hostile to normies enough? Let’s express them in Chinese!”

2025-04-14 12:36:18 UTC

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It’s a shame the term bitcoin is wasted on something that 99.9% of the world will never own a single one of. Could be so much better utilized for transacting as MoE. Instead we have the sats abstraction that requires a massive mental leap.

2025-04-13 18:13:47 UTC

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Let’s do it. Who’s bullish on the sats symbol? Show yourself

2025-04-13 18:06:59 UTC

Remember when we used to have a heated debate over the sats symbol every 5-6 months

2025-04-13 16:36:37 UTC

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100,000,000 bitcoins can be called a Satoshi

2025-04-13 16:34:04 UTC

What if we just called sats bitcoins
https://image.nostr.build/d58ef4d1e2b3a36111705eeed06f341933d4e8909481887e106e722f3a5846ff.jpg