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dev focused on #Bitcoin / Lightning⚡️ / Nostr DevRel @voltage_cloud Resident plebdev @pleblab Founder/Instructor: @pleb_devs

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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
I acquired most of my Bitcoin as a delivery boy for Jimmy Johns over the course of 4 years No funny games, no yield, no shitcoin flipping, just $10-$20 of tip money per day. FEW
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Went to my first @AustinBTCclub and I won an S9 😮
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
5 years
Switching from community college to @LambdaSchool has been like going from a flip phone to the IPhone. Their education model is the future, I have no idea how universities are going to keep up at this point.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Took about 100 tries but I just built my first P2SH script from scratch on Bitcoin testnet Now I'm onto SegWit 😤
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Excited to be starting at @fold_app today as their newest frontend engineer! They've given me so many free sats at this point - about time I pay it forward
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
I WAS A PLEB THROUGH AND THROUGH NO SKILLS LEFT SIDE OF THE BELLCURVE SOFT CHIN I DECIDED I WAS TIRED OF BEING ON THE SIDELINES IF I CAN DO IT ANYONE CAN
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The best decisions of my life: - Dropping out of high school to play music - Dropping out of college to go to coding bootcamp - Getting married young - Going all in on #Bitcoin
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Sad to report I had to part ways with Fold. With that being said I’ve never been more excited to start looking for a new opportunity to work on Bitcoin/Lightning/Nostr No updated website/resume yet, but the proof is in the work: Onwards 🫡
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
250 students signed up for PlebDev course #1 ! Bear markets are for building 🫡
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here! Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS Let’s level up together 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
It took me 8 months in the Austin Bitcoin community to transition from having no opportunities and saying yes to almost anything to having too many opportunities and saying no to almost everything.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Dude lightning is so cool, it actually works today!? Instant global payments, sending hard money, nearly for free, we're so early...
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Thanks for having me on @johnkvallis it was a huge honor to share my bitcoin/dev story
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Just finished my final @base58btc homework building a nested segwit multisig from scratch and spending from it 🤯 It’s been challenging but amazing going through this course, thank you @niftynei and @stakamoto21 for setting this up and helping me level up my Bitcoin skills!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
Running my first #bitcoin node @mynodebtc has made this a fun and easy experience setting up Now I just need a @COLDCARDwallet
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
Second Life released in 2003 is still 1000x better than anything “web3” or “metaverse” that's been made
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@ODELL calls it like it is: Bear markets are a test of the true builders/plebdev learners. Surviving the burnout is the real challenge. Only those who make consistent progress, grow, survive and stay humble will emerge on the other side Another reason community is so important
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
My first year trying to build on Lightning was a disappointing struggle I thought I was dumb After some time I realized I was actually just early.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@A_Sovereign_Man Wow you must be smart, can I buy your trading course?
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
Last day as a delivery boy, tomorrow morning I start my first day as a software engineer :)
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The @PlebLab PlebDev course #1 has been live for 24 hours now and we have over 100 individuals that have signed up and started! Thank you everyone for sharing/supporting
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@FitFounder We trade our time for money that gets arbitrarily devalued
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
My goals for '23 - Build more - Help other build more - Be consistent AF
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
After 6 months on the job search and 179 applications I'm excited to share that I just accepted my first software engineer position at an exciting AI startup! This was my first Github commit almost 3 years ago🥲
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
11 months
Just finished recording the last episode of the next plebdevs course! Keep an eye out 👀
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proud of U 🥰
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
⚡️ first plebdev workshop happening in an hour! Come through to @PlebLab or stay tuned for the recording - How to use Github - Intro to web apps - Build your first React app
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
obligatory TAB selfie LFG
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The building never stops ⚡️ Come join the first live hack session this Saturday in the plebdevs community discord where I'll be implementing lightning payments into a web app from scratch using @voltage_cloud / @lnbits
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
Think I'm gonna be releasing my first app tomorrow 😬
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@StackingHats Yep, most of what I've learned about Bitcoin / software development came from 6 hours of podcasts a day for like 5 years straight Still had to put that knowledge into action though
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Introducing Pulsar a private nostr chat app. Pulsar was originally prototyped by @SuperTestnet and I joined him a few weeks ago to build out the frontend and add all of the basic features to reach an MVP.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
As I interact with the PlebDevs more, I find myself increasingly drawn to the idea of building a fullstack developer bootcamp with a focus on developing Bitcoin and Lightning applications. A lot of things to build before this is possible though
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@BTCGandalf Relays will need to implement either micro payments or micro proofs of work
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
The first plebdevs course has reached about 430 students across 50+ countries and 13 different languages This is a response that has absolutely blown my mind The need is there, the hunger is there, the plebs are ready to become plebdevs, the time is now! 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
If you’re a new developer in Bitcoin do what you can to get to Austin and @PlebLab . The opportunity here to level up fast, work on cool projects, and make connections is unparalleled.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Y'all talking about building AGI but you still can't even build an API
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Feeling a lot of imposter syndrome being around all of these genius Bitcoin builders lately Nothing to do but step up to the call though
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
A @ctdl21 vol. 1 spotted in the wilds of the U.S. Could it be?
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Thanks to everyone that came out to the first plebdev workshop! Please give me any feedback, if we moved to fast, or what you would like to see in the next plebdev workshop. Lets level up together 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
5 years
This just came in, I can’t describe how much this means to me.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
7 years
@ everyone who’s ever stiffed me on a delivery I have your name on a list, and I’ve built a killbot to hunt you down.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
P2WSH is definitely a lot easier to work with than I expected, just built my first TX!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Currently coding on a plane running Bitcoin core/LND on regtest a frontend server and backend API #plebdev
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Unbelievably stoked for @tabconf Last year was huge for me. Made progress on my bitcoin/lightning dev journey, contributed to a FOSS project, met a ton of cool people, met a few hero's, and went to like 7 parties in 4 days😂 If you're going come say what's up if we haven't met!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Starting today in the plebdevs discord I’m opening up free 1:1’s that you can schedule with me for talking through project ideas, getting help, code review, career advice, or anything that will help you with your developer journey! 🤝 Check it out
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The future I want to help manifest: A thousand high quality Bitcoin FOSS projects maintained by a hundred thousand principled plebdevs
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The next PlebDevs Live Hack is happening tomorrow at 2:00 PM CST! I will be continuing building out the backend for pleb-wallet using NodeJS / Express / Knex / SQLite / LND 8th week in a row now 🫡
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Community is a cheat code for accelerating your learning / building Working at @PlebLab everyday and being around other focused builders motivates me to learn and do more than I thought possible Consider a hotdesk at if you're looking for the same
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
Just a calculator
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
8 years
How I want bae to see me vs how she does
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Yesterday at pleblab breaker of JPEG’s, today at pleblab breaker of locks. There’s something new and exciting happening everyday here @PlebLab come see what the hype is about!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
@cdixon Nearly 70% of Ethereum nodes are run on cloud services (mostly AWS) Most individuals can't afford to run a full validating eth node And It only gets worse when you go down the list of shitcoins and "eth killers" This is why "web3" isn't decentralized
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@AustinBTCclub Some of you all dont realize the value of non-kyc Bitcoin, fuck the electric bill!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Absolutely thrilled to have been sponsored to participate in Base58’s upcoming bitcoin protocol course! This is a huge opportunity for me to accelerate my Bitcoin development journey and complete my transition from Bitcoin pleb to bitcoinplebdev Thank you @base58btc !
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Base58: software eng on a bitcoin standard
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Thanks to everyone who's applied so far! We just sent out our first acceptance email to a candidate!!
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The only thing cooler than getting your code to work is helping someone else get their code to work 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
@DigiEconomist Have you considered forking off? Or perhaps crying harder?
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
Austin is the place to be as a builder in Bitcoin! I was lucky enough to show up a year and a half ago and be welcomed with open arms by the community. I've leveled up a ton since getting involved with @PlebLab @bitcoincommons and all of the bitcoin meetups/haackathons/hangs in
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Gustavo Flores Echaiz
10 months
The story of @bitcoinplebdev , as of many other builders in the space, is truly inspiring. I worked at the @PlebLab for the last month and got to meet great guys building cool stuff. Bullish on the Pleblab and the Austin #bitcoin community.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Tonight at 6:30 I’ll be streaming part 1 of my journey through the Rust book! Been wanting to take the time to pick up Rust for awhile now, I’m traditionally a python/JS dev so this will be my first experience with a lower level language, let’s see how it goes! 🦀
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
If you have a problem with Bitcoin and you wanna change it, you have three choices: - make a BIP and gain consensus - fork off - cry harder
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Excuse me sir you dropped this 👑
@super_testnet
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Wait did I just break ordinals?
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@ViktorBunin “Fights for crypto and decentralization” 😂
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
@100trillionUSD That's not a star, it's a black hole.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The more I explore the app development space focusing on lightning the more I'm convinced that this is the plebdev stack: (the easiest stack for building a full stack lightning enabled app) - @nextjs - @MongoDB - @voltage_cloud - @lnbits
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The next PlebDevs Workshop is happening tomorrow evening at 6:00 PM CST! We'll be building a simple lightning node management dashboard with WebLN using @getAlby / LND / @lightningpolar The building never stops 🫡
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Hit me up on nostr! Still need more plebs to follow 🤝 npub1s9etjgzjglwlaxdhsveq0qksxyh6xpdpn8ajh69ruetrug957r3qpklxzl
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
I dropped out of highschool my junior year but if I could go back I would drop out as a freshman
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
5 years
Jana literally made a book about me for my birthday! She is the sweetest human, a beautiful writer, and a constant inspiration in my life. I’m so grateful you’re my partner I love you!! @seymoursister
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Doing another live PlebDevs Workshop tomorrow: "Build your personal plebdev portfolio site using HTML templates" The party doesn't stop 🫡
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Check out my first blog post on my new website below 👇 "From Bitcoin pleb to bitcoinplebdev (my coding journey from zero)"
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Another Tuesday night stream out of @PlebLab 🫡 Live Coding / Q&A - currently working on ln-inbound
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
If things keep progressing in such an authoritarian way in Canada we will soon see the first modern bank run in a western country Wont be pretty
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
The Bitcoin developer ecosystem self selects for mission driven individuals over opportunists Any notable Bitcoin dev could make 3X more building spy tools for FAANG, but it's not about money, it's about fixing the money. This is a huge contrast to the Shitcoin / AI space
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
PlebDevs from all over the world are learning and building 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@dergigi How do you just keep busting these threads out 🤯
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
S/O to the legend @BitcoinScoresby
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
Working on native app as we speak 👀
@nobsbitcoin
no bullshit bitcoin
1 year
Pulsar: Private Nostr Chat App That Protects Metadata
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Just released the first stable build of my coding tutor bot using ChatGPT on the PlebDevs discord! You can send the bot a dm with any kind of coding question and get a pretty sophisticated response with code snippets! Here's me asking some questions 🙂
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
The next PlebDevs live hack is happening tomorrow at 2:00 PM CST We'll be continuing to build "pleb-post" a full stack lightning app that will be a project in the 2nd PlebDev course Stay humble and stack commits 🟩
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
The last 2 years have been all about going from zero to getting a developer job, now 2022’s focus will be finally getting a job in Bitcoin.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
To the junior developers wanting to build apps on Lightning: What is the biggest barrier of entry for you? What do you get stuck on? What do you not understand? What is the guide / template you need to get to the next step in your journey?
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
Don't have any experience coding but want to get started?? Check out the first plebdevs course which will walk you through writing your first lines of code to building a simple lightning wallet frontend: THEN you'll be perfectly setup to continue your
@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here! Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS Let’s level up together 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Doing another PlebDevs Live Hack stream this Saturday at noon ⚡️ Building a Lightning App Template with Express / Vite / LND
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
This Sunday tune in for a new Plebdevs Workshop! @da_goodenough will be leading this workshop and going live at 1:00 PM CST on the recording will be posted on Youtube like always Repo for this workshop:
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
Me and my son in 2021
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
3 years
@APompliano Coinbase should actually buy some Bitcoin lmao
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
There were two Bitcoin meetups in Austin today... Unstopable
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
1. Write your first code with plebdevs course #1 and build a simple Lightning wallet: 2. Take your basic plebdev skills and dive into the backend with course #2 to build a server/API/Database and deploy your own Lightning node for your Lightning wallet
@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
10 months
The PlebDevs Backend Course is here! Learn Backend from scratch and build a simple Lightning Wallet backend with a server, API, Database, and Lightning node using NodeJS Let’s level up together 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Check out the course here: Join our discord here if you want to connect with the other plebdevs taking the course get direct help from me and get access to additional workshops and resources 🤝
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
4 years
First interview in a minute I forgot my pants
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
Announcing the 100k challenge Come to @PlebLab and beat me at a best of three in smash Ultimate and you'll win 100k sats, no need to put up your own sats. New challenger approaching❗️
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
So stoked for the next few months: - @base58btc course starts today - Moving to Austin later in May - @btcplusplus conference in Austin on June 7th Excited to step up my learning/building in Bitcoin
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
6 years
I just hit this kid at work with a bofa, ligma, and a sugmuh all in one day. Poor soul.
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
2 years
@niftynei @pgsdesign @CaptainSiddh @base58btc Random traffic light in ATX last week 🔥
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
5 years
This is me preparing to receive a golden chalice of Baja
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2 years
First day in the office was a success
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Austin
2 years
@MKjrstad @brian_armstrong Coming from a .eth 😂
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@bitcoinplebdev
Austin
1 year
The next PlebDevs live stream is happening this Saturday at 11AM CST! I'm gonna be chatting with the plebdev legend @bitdern We're gonna be talking about: - Bitdern's coding journey - His experience taking the PlebDev course - Landing your first Bitcoin gig
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