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Exactly one year ago I published The Genesis Book. Today, it's the highest rated Bitcoin book on sites like Amazon and Goodreads.
Really proud of that!
Thank you so much to anyone who bought, read and/or rated it!! 🙏🙏🙏
Aaron van Wirdum
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Aaron van Wirdum
@AaronvanW
Author of The Genesis Book.
Former Editor-in-Chief Bitcoin Magazine.
(Mostly quit X.)
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Joined October 2013
- Just walked into a McDonald's in San Salvador to see if I could pay for my breakfast with bitcoin, tbh fully expecting to be told no. But low and behold, they printed a ticket with QR that took me to a webpage with Lightning invoice, and now I'm enjoying my desayuno traditional!
- My friend @mikegermano from New York sent me $100 using Western Union, but after a $8 fee only $92 was left in San Salvador today :( To get it, I had to give them my passport (which they copied), phone number, email address and signature. I could keep my kidney this time 🙂 1/3
- Don't understand what Taproot lock-in means and at this point you're too afraid to ask? Here's a thread with all my Taproot and Taproot activation articles so far 👇
- The Walmart in San Salvador did not accept bitcoin for my Pepsi Light. Have fun staying poor, Walmart.
- Wow. Mario and his wife received north of $1000 worth of bitcoin through the #iceshaverchallange 🧊. That's about three times the average monthly salary in El Zonte. They have reinvested part of the money in a fryer and a coolbox, so they can now also sell fries and beverages.
- Chivo ATM ate my bitcoin today. No cash in return, no receipt, no response from customer service. I'll get by without the $40, but it's probably safe to assume that this also happens to Salvadorans who aren't on Twitter. Not good at all @chivowallet @nayibbukele @AthenaBitcoin.
- Amsterdam Airport Schiphol installs Bitcoin ATM as part of a six-month pilot. In statement: "With the Bitcoin ATM we hope to serve travellers by letting them easily exchange 'local' euros for 'global' bitcoin or ether."Overgebleven euro’s inwisselen voor Bitcoin of Ethereum op Schiphol: nieuws.schiphol.nl/overgebleven-e…
- Replying to @AaronvanWAlso today, @esiattorney sent $20 in bitcoin plus $0.22 in fees to a Chivo ATM, which I withdrew a few minutes later as a $20 bill. The Chivo ATM needed only my phone number. @esiattorney didn't need to know anything about me. Thread and video: x.com/AaronvanW/stat… 3/3
- Taproot, an idea first proposed by Greg Maxwell that's now being realized by several of the most prolific Bitcoin Core devs, can hide complex smart contracts in normal transactions, offering efficiency and privacy. My attempt at explaining how this works: bitcoinmagazine.com/articles/tapro…
- Today I'm open sourcing my research project on the prehistory of Bitcoin. Read, share, and make suggestions! 👇 thegenesisbook.com
