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Re:Show HN: Where do you find people to cowork with? on Monday September 19, 2022 @05:45PM (#32904465)
I've been looking for people to cowork with since I started my remote job. Can't wait to sign up - good find

Show HN: Get $10 of crypto on us through our Blocksend API

Posted by a_burns on Monday May 02, 2022 @09:17AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://app.blocksend.co/hngiveaway

A buddy of mine and I have been hacking on an api for crypto called https://blocksend.co.It's up and running and you can use it for all sorts of projects. One hack was allowing a web2 company to pay twitter followers with crypto from a dashboard, another was offering immediate washout on marketplaces.To show other founders what we're up to with it, we've loaded up a couple hundred bucks on it,...

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Re:Show HN: Blocksend- Get instant cashouts, in any currency, anywhere... on Thursday March 24, 2022 @02:35PM (#30793715)
For us, we see it as just a novel way to send cash. How it functions, these transactions are for the most part untraceable as well. Having run apps where cashouts can take a lot of time, this is a way we can make a better user experience

Show HN: Blocksend- Get instant cashouts, in any currency, anywhere in the world

Posted by a_burns on Thursday March 24, 2022 @02:27PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://blocksend.co/

We made blocksend because we thought sending cash be as easy as possible. On the receiving side, users can choose the coins they want to use to cashout.You can play with an example of this here: https://blocksend.co/An api we’re thinking about with this is here: http://api.blocksend.co/Using stripe cashouts, we’ve had to wait days to pay some of our users on past apps. This is a way to do...

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Re:Show HN: Track how long it takes to hear back from job applications on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:19AM (#27663046)
Thanks! I'm using invisible captcha to prevent spam and sanitizing inputs for now. As far as verification -- I could implement some sort of screenshot upload of application confirmation email / follow up email but seems like a bit overkill for now
Re:Show HN: Track how long it takes to hear back from job applications on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:44AM (#27661875)
Hey everyone. I’m a recent CS graduated and have been applying to lots of jobs. I found it extremely frustrating having to wait around and wonder when I was going to hear back about my applications’ statuses. So I made a site where everyone can anonymously submit how long it took to hear back (or not hear back) from companies. Feel free to submit your timelines and statuses on hearing back from tech jobs — the more we all contribute, the better visibility we get.