1) This is Jack Mallers, a 26 year old college drop-out. 2. 1.9m members in the Bitcoin community. 2. “1/ Quick thoughts on people calling #bitcoin a bubble: It is a bit absurd and laughable that people/"analysts" can declare #bitcoin a bubble in real time. Strike allows users to send any currency from pretty much any location, and the receiver will receive it in the currency of their choice. Retweeted. I don't think a neat little PayPal remake would have prevented the government/bank-induced crash in 08 - you know what would? The wallet is not very beginner friendly and is more suitable for advanced users. He started Strike, the new app that's empowering NFL's Russell Okung to put half his salary into BTC. Retweet. For instance, the Lightning network payment app Strike was developed after founder Jack Mallers saw his family's marijuana business struggle to secure payment processing. According to Jack Mallers, the founder of Zap, which created Strike, the company recently joined Visa’s Fast Track program, whose aim is to help fintech companies launch more efficiently. Russell Okung will be the first NFL player in history to be paid in bitcoin. Also, keep in mind that this wallet is maintained by a single developer (with some help on Github). Bitcoin is a distributed, worldwide … It was developed by Jack Mallers, a 23 year-old developer from Chicago Illinois. Discussion in 'The Kruse Longevity Center' started by Jack Kruse, Jan 3, 2021. --> an impenetrable store of value they can't inflate and manipulate away. 0 replies 2 retweets 38 likes. Long before bitcoin payments startup Zap announced a coveted partnership with Visa, the rapidly rising firm quietly raised $3.5 million, according to … Like. Zap, a Lightning Network payments startup backed by Visa through its Fintech Fast Track program, announced on Jan. 6 the rollout of Strike Global, a payments and remittances app using the Bitcoin layer-two technology.. An announcement by CEO Jack Mallers goes in-depth into the differences between standard fiat transfer mechanisms and the Lightning-powered mechanism in Strike Global. Reply. A bubble is declared in _hindsight_, ridiculous to declare one before the devastating crash.” The 32-year-old Texas native may not be the last professional athlete to be paid via digital currency. Just this week, CEO Jack Mallers announced the company’s payment application, which fully utilizes Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. 2) Jack doesn't care about fashion or accumulating things: he works from a Chicago mansion's empty massive walk-in closet. 38. This was revealed by Yahoo Finance, pointing out that this is not only the first player in American football’s top league to have his salary paid in BTC, but actually the first in any major US sports league. The BTC thread: When you need some answers, love, advice, or friendship.....come here. A community dedicated to Bitcoin, the currency of the Internet.