similar boat to you on this. i love paper but found note books annoying because they cant be organised. so now just use individual sheets and a clipboard ao it's easy to write on the go. the sheets can then be organised afterwards and discarded or archived once they've served their purpose. also find Linear a really nice project management tool for managing tasks that have made it past the paper stage.

hahah whooaa, wouldn't wanna splash out on tuna just yet! should keep it ramen to extend that runway as far as possible ;)

also yeah planning to give the geyser project a brush-up soon and re-write the story on there so it better represent the project as it currently stands - things have progressed a lot since it went live

Defo gotta have staying alive as one of the main goals. There was a pretty low point this summer but hopefully that's history now. Things are looking solid. Have a plan to get revenue flowing in by Q1 next year which will keep things afloat on that front, and then another big angle is simply to avoid burnout. Taking breaks helps so much with that. And celebrating all the small wins!

Like @PlebLab says in their recent blog post: "When you’re building a Bitcoin company, staying alive is way more important than it feels in the early days."

I'm taking this to heart and making it the plunda.co mantra until escape velocity has been reach out of ramen mode.

and yeah, one last note, plunda.co headquarters will be seeding a large quantity of collectibles into the marketplace next year. plunda.co is working with several coin dealers who supply bulk coins, they're then photographed and listed for sale. when they sell, plunda.co re-invests the money into building the app and buying more collectibles. the buyer of the collectible can then re-sell or withdraw. initially, user deposits of their collectibles will be small, overshadowed by the plunda.co supply. however this may change over time as more and more users see the benefits of having plunda process, photograph and handle their collectibles. they save a lot of time and effort by using the plunda.co asset deposit feature.

yeah @BlokchainB has been super generous! in my mind there will be a few user categories, and each would be drawn to plunda for different reasons. i'm kinda building some user personas right now and talking to users to see how these personas line up with reality and test my assumptions about them.

The collector Looking to build up their collection over time, fill gaps in their collections, swap duplicates they already own etc. For them, physical ownership is much more important than the other users. They want to receive their collectibles physically, as well as deposit their physical collectibles with plunda.co, if they are looking to liquidate an old unwanted collection or maybe duplicates they own more than once.

The trader This user is interested in profit, they'll probably want more technical tools to manage their assets, charts and insights etc. they're looking for undervalued assets and arbitrage opportunities. etc They may be a hybrid trader who actually buys collectibles in the real world, deposits them with plunda, and then trades them virtually. they'd probably want withdrawals in sats, fiat or potentially high values coins/cards, but are unlikely to withdraw large collections of physical assets.

The gambler They're here to unwrap loot boxes and love the thrill of the chase. They're aiming for some big hits on their loot boxes. So features they'd like would be showing more details on what loot boxes contain and the odds etc, as well as gamification and having more low probability but high value prizes. e.g. Jackpots

The evangelist I'd probably put @BlokchainB in this category (correct me if i'm wrong haha!) They wanna see cool things get built in Bitcoin or the collectibles space more generally. Love to try new things and experiment with technology and aren't put off by MVP user interfaces. Also likely to have been a collector in the past, or collects to this day, but not necessarily the collectible types currently available on plunda. (antique coins)

I think the collector persona is essential to figure out, because they will bring repeat revenue in a sustainable way to plunda which will fund further development of the platform. However, the other personas also bring a lot of value and won't be ignored. For example, the trader and gambler will bring liquidity to the marketplace in different ways. and without the evangelists probably nothing would happen because i'd have already given up. They spread the word, keep the positive vibes up and provider super valuable feedback in the early days.

yeah for now. i get that this won't be popular move with some people and i didn't take this route lightly. there's a lil more context here: #1329911

before sat withdrawals would be added it'll be asset withdrawals, which is actually what i thought you meant when you posted about withdrawals a month or so back (IIRC).

I want to primarily appeal to users who are collectors of coins and trading cards etc so that I can start building up a business that will actual make money selling the collectibles which will fund further development of the platform into a thriving marketplace.

Down the line, hopefully in 6 months or so, i'll revisit the funding flows. the ideal functionality will be that each user just chooses what currency they use in the app, and then conversions take place at the point of sale.

so let's say you want to deal only in sats, but another user only wants to deal in gaming chips or dollars or whatever. you see all prices in sats, pay in sats, and receive sats, etc. so when someone buys an asset from you in gaming chips it just get converted at transaction time into sats and that's all you see.

so yeah, the plan is defo to re-visit the funding flows and add withdrawals. but for now, physical asset withdrawal is more of a priority so that collectors can actually receive the collectibles they buy!

having said that, if you, or anyone else who has deposited sats wants to withdraw them, i can manually process the transaction and remove the balance from your plunda account. just send me an email with the amount that you deposited and your plunda username

ok cool, nice name :)

i'll be firing over all these new accounts some Christmas loot soon too, keep an eye out for that

I'm seeing two vouchers claimed recently that were created by @BlokchainB, one looks like it was snagged by your account

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that's spot on @Car, defo my line of thinking. by Q1 next year will have the product in a solid place and with asset shipping enabled too, and at that point can really focus on getting the fly wheel spinning! from then on the "magic of compound growth" post PlebLab recently shared on SN will be the playbook.

take a look at the comment there if you have a minute, be really interested to know your thoughts!

appreciate the post @BlokchainB!!!!

also posted on #builders #1329024

hey just a little more context as i was afk and couldn't reply in detail.

the price of gaming chips is fixed in relation to the other loot types. e.g. 1k chips = 1 arcade token, 10k chips = 1 elite token

the tokens are backed by physical collectibles so it's important that the price doesnt fluctuate wildly and imo it's nice to know a fixed numerical number that they are worth.

the value of gaming chips is pegged to a basket of fiat currencies including dollars, euros and pounds. additionally it is also designed to deflate over time at a rate of 10% per year. gaming chips get more expensive over time, and the intention here is to counteract the inflation that is inevitable in the basket of fiat currencies.

this 10% increase will not necessarily be fixed forever, the gaming chip is a managed currency and the intention is to attempt to maintain price stability over time.

the main goal/idea is that over time the physical assets backing the arcade tokens etc. will be worth more in fiat money because of fiat inflation, so gaming chips are meant to counteract that and maintain a stable peg.

keen to get feedback on this system!

yeah that's right. something more stable iw important for several reasons.

nice, yeah give it a try. keen for feedback 🙂

the flicker/refresh rate of LEDs can also affect your mood.

thank you for sharing. this will be my bible for 2026.

this is awesome! but are you sure that QR was blurred enough?

ah nice haha i figured you might. gunna reach out to them at some point and see if they want to do a partnership or something. but yeah loads of other asset classes to be added too. first wanna get the product to a stage where it's got all the core features.

yeah it's super exciting. wanna get it polished and released asap.

then will move on to another large but super exciting feature that'll overhaul how the loot inventory work and make loot WAY more interactive + pave the way for hundreds of new loot types and loot use-cases.

after that, i'll build asset withdrawals and deposits. so users can actual withdrawn and self custody, as well as deposit their own coins (and hopefully other collectible assets soon! bitcoin trading cards???).

once all that's done (hopefully in a couple of months) i'll start really focusing on user growth and getting more collectibles on the platform.

there are also some really exciting smaller features that'll level the app in a big way. such as, vouchers for assets so they can be shared them with a code, burning assets so you can convert them back into loot, also wanna release the already built ebay integration publicly, and yeah a TON of new loot types that'll just add a lot of use cases.