
#Blake2b miner Founder of @PaperclipPool Toxic Lightning & Ark Maxi
Joined April 2023
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This is how XBT gets spent before merchants adopt it.
A Lightning bridge swaps XBT for bitcoin in one atomic step. Both legs settle or fail together, and the shop sees a normal Lightning payment.
How it works:
xbt.live/news/pay-bitcoin-li…
Paying for lunch with bitcoin (where the recipient takes spamcoin) is pretty simple
youtube.com/shorts/w75RIugdp…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Now in both directions.
And now I have competition:
lightning.paperclip-xbt.xyz/…
xitter.cf/Kilombino_/status/2111…
⚡ Got a Spamchain Lightning invoice📲? Pay it with Bitcoin Lightning (BLAKE2b), from Kilowallet or any browser:
🌐bridge.kilombino.com
🧅li7nwmrffmt6iut2ygolrs6mgrzw…
🔐 Non-custodial: your payment is held until the invoice is paid.
Artists: 0.5 XBT up for grabs 🎨
Paperclip is paying 0.1 XBT for each of up to 5 winning Bitcoin / XBT sticker designs. Original, human-made art preferred. Prizes are paid in XBT on the BLAKE2b chain.
Entries close Nov 1, 05:59 UTC.
paperclip-xbt.xyz/sticker-co…
Bitcoin / XBT Sticker Design Contest!
Create a sticker celebrating Bitcoin / XBT. Paperclip will choose up to 5 favorite designs, awarding 10,000,000 XBT sats (0.1 XBT) per winning design!
Rules:
- Submit your own original artwork; no copied designs.
- Human-created art is preferred; please avoid AI-generated artwork.
- Designs should be suitable for sticker printing.
- Winners must provide a print-ready vector or high-resolution file.
- Each artist may have no more than 2 winning designs.
Entries close October 31, 2026. Winners will be selected based on creativity, visual appeal, and printability.
paperclip-xbt.xyz/sticker-co…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Yes, yes we did
Replying to @Kilombino_
Di you really fork LND and implement splicing before they did? 😂 github.com/lightningnetwork/…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Paying for lunch with bitcoin (where the recipient takes spamcoin) is pretty simple
youtube.com/shorts/w75RIugdp…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
LND is becoming what it was always meant to be
⚡ Thunderhub XBT 0.19.0-xbt.2: splicing on BLAKE2b Lightning.
Grow or shrink your channels without closing them, and see the fee before you confirm.
Needs Lightning Fork .19+ with splicing turned on at both .conf ends.
StartOS, Umbrel and Docker:
github.com/Kilombino/thunder…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Replying to @PaperclipPool
Thank you for hosting this sticker event. I'm really excited for this and have already submitted some stickers for week 1, and more are waiting.🧡🧷 @PaperclipPool
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Alright so now we basically have to do 365 days.
Replying to @TwhitNub101
My response to the question "What harm do you think will be caused by extending the maturity to a year?"
I consider the below response the tip of the ice burg, it is not exhaustive.
I think it hits us (XBT Protocol) on literally every layer. On the social layer, it makes us seem immature and hasty. I think the sha256 core coin brigade that loves to troll will absolutely jump on this, but that isn't new. However, it gives them some really solid ammo. The BIGGER problem on the social/brand layer is, it is us NOT moving like a mature protocol/organization. It looks, silly and crude.
If I didn't know you guys and wasn't already involved and I saw this happening? People message me all the time "can you list this coin? (pool/swap)" I would not even take a project seriously that has a one-year CoinBase maturity in place.
Economically, there are so many ramifications. Miners who mine through that period or pick up toward the end of it will likely just dump. Anyone who got screwed now will never forget lol. They will stick around and remind everyone what happened a year from now too, I guarantee that.
It just brands the whole thing as a risk now. Even after the period, who wants to be exposed to that level of volatility in protocol design?
If executed, its something that can never be undone.
It's a "temporary" measure that sets a precedent with a litany of economic outcomes and a stain that will follow the project literally forever.
The cohort of community supporters will probably shrink cause this proposal doesn't have mass support. It is extremely controversial even within the community it seems.
I have more to say cause the ripple effect is really deep but this is basically a X spaces discussion level at this point lol.
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Bitcoin / XBT Sticker Design Contest!
Create a sticker celebrating Bitcoin / XBT. Paperclip will choose up to 5 favorite designs, awarding 10,000,000 XBT sats (0.1 XBT) per winning design!
Rules:
- Submit your own original artwork; no copied designs.
- Human-created art is preferred; please avoid AI-generated artwork.
- Designs should be suitable for sticker printing.
- Winners must provide a print-ready vector or high-resolution file.
- Each artist may have no more than 2 winning designs.
Entries close October 31, 2026. Winners will be selected based on creativity, visual appeal, and printability.
paperclip-xbt.xyz/sticker-co…
We’re building it.
xbt.live/spend: every shop, service and business that accepts XBT, verified before it’s listed.
Accept XBT, or paid with it somewhere?
Add the merchant there or drop it in the replies. Free to list.
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Replying to @cguida6
1XBT deploying now across 10 connections. a larger one to @ConnorsLabYT paperclip pool, and a bunch of others..
an ark probably by tomorrow as well...
i dunno about a pool wallet for it,
but that probably as well...
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Most important detail about the attack.
The Ark server is just a coordinator, not a custodian. Attacks on the server do not compromise user funds.
Replying to @secondhq
4/ User funds were never at risk because VTXOs sit on pre-signed exit paths the server can't spend. The only bitcoin the vulnerability exposed was our own liquidity. The design did its job, even if we'd rather have demonstrated it another way.
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Replying to @Scotthew82 @Ned17Flanders
Join the lightning discord! That's where all the cool lightning builders are hanging out
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Paperclip Wallet v0.8.3 beta is available for Umbrel and Start9.
This update adds Lightning payment prechecks, clearer payment status, and automatic reimbursement of eligible failed-payment recovery costs.
Back up your complete wallet, then update:
ark.paperclippool.xyz/wallet…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Paperclip Wallet 0.8.2
Ordinary Ark transfers use 33.5% less recovery funding on the updated Paperclip ASP: 2,660 sats without change or 3,990 with change for one input.
ark.paperclippool.xyz/wallet…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Rebranding: "Kilowallet" gets a new logo.
Passphrase option when creating and restoring wallets.
Coin control for Ark coins.
And a few more bits and pieces...
20k sats to anyone who wants to try it out.
zapstore.dev/apps/naddr1qqdx…
Connor's Lab ⚡️ #BLAKE2b retweeted
Ark server has a niche on the Blake2b chain! That’s the third live captaind based on Bark
Paperclip Ark Beta is live.
Based on @secondhq’s Bark, Paperclip is bringing Ark capabilities to XBT. Pay lightning invoices without managing channels and much more.
Find out more at ark.paperclippool.xyz



























