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Christoph Ono

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Christoph Ono

@GBKS

Helping improve bitcoin design with many others at bitcoin.design & Bitcoin Design Foundation. I write a weekly update at gbks.substack.com

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Joined April 2007

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Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Dec 30, 2024
Last post. Time to vote with my feet. Owner of this place is getting too problematic.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Aug 5, 2021
While doing UI explorations, I started wondering if we can get away with not mentioning the term Lightning whatsoever? As a user, my need is not to “use Lightning”. What I want are instant, cheap payments to pay for things hassle-free.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Apr 18, 2023
My fully validating, pruned node is now synced. Love it. Took 9 days on a 2+ year old Android.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Jul 11, 2024
Glad I’m not attending. If I had plans, I’d cancel them. Not interested in corrupt authoritarians. Bitcoin is a peaceful revolution.
Bitcoin Magazine
@BitcoinMagazine
Jul 10, 2024
OFFICIAL: 🇺🇸 DONALD TRUMP TO SPEAK AT THE WORLD'S LARGEST #BITCOIN CONFERENCE THIS MONTH!
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Oct 6, 2021
While testing Lightning wallets, I had routing issues and encountered some unhelpful error screens. Pretty important to communicate well in these moments and help users get over the problem. Builds trust and confidence and lets people do what they came for.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
May 11, 2023
Bitcoin pop-up space at a Munich mall. Amazing initiative by @BitcoinMunich.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Oct 16, 2023
Seeing lots of tiny fonts and tight spacing when exchanges, wallets, etc ask me to verify addresses. Making this bigger is an easy fix that can lead to fewer mistakes and eye strain, but might lower sales of magnifying glasses.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Mar 5, 2021
Here's a Figma community file with various #bitcoin hardware device outline illustrations. I created them for the wallet UI kit and design guide and thought they might be useful for others. Anything missing? figma.com/community/file…
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Apr 12, 2021
Still a lot to do on the Bitcoin icon set, but making good progress. A dedicated site for it is coming soon. @bitcoin_design @_Bosch_ github.com/BitcoinDesign/…
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
May 25, 2021
A bird's eye view of bitcoin.design. Lots getting done, lots to do.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
May 5, 2024
Can wallets not warn people about these address poisoning attacks? Seems like a simple pattern to detect. Something like this...?
Conor Okus
@conorokus
May 5, 2024
cc @bitcoin_design
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Jul 22, 2020
Quick concept mock-up of a bitcoin node that runs in the background and only does things when my computer is idle. It would just need a small widget to check the status and maybe toggle the sync mode.
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Dec 2, 2017
Replying to @pieratttt and @pieratt
I just started helping the Monero team with design for their wallet (total WIP). Crypto peepz really like the dark themes. github.com/GBKS/monero-wa…
Christoph Ono
@GBKS
Jul 19, 2021
Having way too much fun messing with this concept. Thanks for all the feedback on the first post (probably a million things wrong still).