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Linda Xie

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taking a break to self study physics. previously: early @coinbase, cofounder @scalarcapital and @bountycaster, dev ecosystem @farcaster_xyz

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1Dec 23, '24Random but I bought one of those pricey red light masks since heard it's good for your skin. I've been using it 5x per week for 6 weeks and it's improved my skin noticeably with un28.8×684k5.9k1354.4k
2Mar 26, '25Converting old childhood photos to Studio Ghibli and sending to my parents :)20.3×483k7.6k197818
3Oct 22, '21My husband has a smart email system but it's so awkward every time 😂 Hotel: "What's your email?" Husband: "It's [his name]+[hotel name]" Hotel: "Whoa your email has the hotel name19.1×09.3k2.1k926
4Nov 21, '24Gary put his personal, political motivations above everything else and forced so many good actor founders and companies in crypto to spend immense amounts of time and resources fig18.1×430k1.6k19536
5Dec 16, '21My beginner's guides on DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and social tokens: - DeFi (Jan 2020) - NFTs (Jan 2021) - DAOs (Mar 2021) - Social tokens (Nov 2021)16.3×04.4k1.1k3.2k
6Jul 14, '25I'm grateful Coinbase gave employees a 7 year window to exercise stock options after leaving. When I left I didn't have the capital to exercise (all of it went to starting my busin11.8×279k1.6k50177
7Dec 8, '17I put together a list of beginner's guide articles I've written on various cryptoassets. The ones I've covered so far are Ethereum, Ethereum tokens, Monero, Litecoin, 0x, Tezos, Bi11.3×05.3k1.7k68
8Sep 18, '23After 6 years of running Scalar, I have bittersweet news that I'll be transitioning out of being a full-time investor and going back to building. Starting Scalar with @jcliff42 has11×261k9478141
9Mar 15, '21Consolidating the beginner’s guides I've written on DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs which are 3 very important areas in crypto to learn about! - DeFi (Jan 2020) - NFTs (Jan 2021) - DAOs (Mar 10.6×03.3k7961.8k
10Sep 6, '24The really weird part about VC is that the feedback cycles are so long that people can build up reputation as being a popular or even good VC without actually having made any inves9.2×218k1.4k90168
11Oct 25, '24HOLY SHIT we just got a Farcaster AI agent to post a bounty on Bountycaster from donated HIGHER tokens it received. AI agents paying humans for work. Every Farcaster user already h8.5×203k63197137
12Jul 30, '24Happy 9th birthday Ethereum!! Our @ethereumfilm documentary team released a short film “Community.eth” to celebrate 100% of mint proceeds go to @protocolguild to support Ethereum R8.0×189k629147104
13Apr 7, '25I made a 5 min video sharing what Farcaster mini apps are and why build them! Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to reach out if you’re interested in building one!7.5×179k759336233
14Mar 9, '25If you're on crypto twitter and not on Farcaster at all, what are the reasons why? Anything I can help clarify about Farcaster?7.3×174k57741133
15Jun 3, '185 books that crypto people often recommend: 1. Sapiens 2. The Sovereign Individual 3. Cryptonomicon 4. Antifragile 5. Debt: The First 5,000 Years6.6×03.1k648464
16Feb 20, '18I'd love to get more women interested in cryptocurrencies. I'm setting aside time each week for a 1:1 call with women who are new to the space and have questions. Each month I'll s6.1×03.1k7285
17Oct 18, '21Newsletters I recommend: Crypto - @Unchained_pod - @maariabajwa's Crypto Weekly Ethereum - @ethhub_io - @WeekInEthNews DeFi - @DefiantNews - @todayindefi - @defipulse NFTs/culture 6.0×01.7k3471.3k
18Sep 9, '21Crypto has got to be the only space where even people whose full-time job is to keep up with it feel perpetually behind5.9×03.6k37745
19Jun 23, '23You can tell a lot about someone based on how much they acknowledge luck as a factor in their success5.7×135k7035029
20Dec 16, '19My friend in SF told a guy she was seeing that it wasn't going to work out and he asked to run through a post-mortem together about it4.4×02.8k17966
21Apr 14, '25The @EthereumFilm documentary is available globally on Apple TV and Amazon Prime Video tomorrow! 🎉4.2×100k81418588
22Jan 30, '23Wow, tonight’s The Last of Us was the single best episode of a show I’ve ever seen. I was bawling at how beautiful the story was4.0×96k739625
23May 2, '21"The bee doesn't waste its time trying to convince the fly that honey is better than shit."4.0×02.2k379115
24Feb 24, '25My cofounder @pirosb3 and I are joining the Farcaster team! We’re extremely optimistic about Farcaster and couldn't be more excited to contribute to its growth Between the incredib3.8×89k8703231
25Aug 3, '20Spoke with one bank about getting a mortgage. The guy said my cryptocurrency holdings are the equivalent of holding marijuana so I don't think they are going to give me a mortgage 3.6×02.2k12239
27Jul 3, '24Our @EthereumFilm documentary has been in the works for over 3 years and it’s almost ready to share with the world! We’re releasing a feature documentary "Vitalik: An Ethereum Stor3.5×83k907117101
28Sep 3, '25I've been an angel and fund investor for 8 years now. The best returns have consistently been when I just bet on the founder because I really liked them and didn't overthink it3.5×83k1.2k42156
29Dec 13, '17Remember the people who helped you learn about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies when you first started. There's a lot of new people coming into the space that want to learn so please b3.3×01.8k4051
30Sep 10, '24Pretty wild that our @EthereumFilm "Vitalik: An Ethereum Story" documentary is premiering next week after 3 years in the making! You can watch in person on Sep 18th at different th3.3×78k5887182
31Jun 11, '21Can't believe I am just learning the word mortgage comes from an Old French term meaning "death pledge"3.1×01.9k24356
32Feb 2, '22web1 me vs web3 me3.0×02.1k10724
33Aug 3, '19Deleted my Facebook and Instagram and now I just find myself spending that extra time on Twitter 🙃3.0×02.1k655
34Sep 3, '21So many crypto teams are hiring for non-engineering roles right now. If you have a background in people ops, marketing, growth, recruiting, design, or community management and are 3.0×01.4k173317
35Jun 15, '22This would be my third bear market working in crypto and it's by far the most optimistic I've ever been in one. Just look around at the talent and products being built. We were now2.9×01.8k21327
36Nov 19, '21I wrote a beginner’s guide to social tokens post which covers what social tokens are, some examples, and why they are exciting! I expect many more creators and communities to issue2.8×0932186437
37Dec 5, '24Throwback to manning the Coinbase booth at UC Berkeley in 2014 where we gave out 0.015 BTC to each student that stopped by (now worth $1,500 if they held onto it!)2.8×66k9842943
38Jan 28, '21This Robinhood / $GME situation is the perfect opportunity to learn about decentralized finance (DeFi) if you haven't already. Here's an explainer I wrote on it last year2.7×01.1k328203
39May 19, '19My dad won’t wear the Coinbase shirts I gave him anymore since he says people stop him in public to talk about the price of bitcoin 😂2.7×02k1014
40Jun 7, '20It'd be neat if there was a way for employees at different startups to be able to swap a small % of their equity with each other. It would help each de-risk a little and build a sm2.5×01.5k9089
41Jan 20, '18Be selective about which blockchain events/conferences you attend. There’s many out there set up to cash in on the hype. It should focus on the tech and not people promoting their 2.5×01.3k2870
42Aug 23, '18My friend Andrew made this LinkedIn message generator and it is everything I could have hoped for2.4×01.1k32729
43Dec 28, '18At the Computer History Museum: The Internet community was nimble... but it scared off some potential adopters because nobody seemed ”in charge”2.4×01.1k35421
44Mar 15, '18A government outright banning use of a privacy coin validates the need for privacy coins to exist.2.3×01.3k2681
45Jan 8, '22Ran a 1 hr workshop on crypto/web3 onboarding. Items we were able to cover in that time, in case interested in helping others get set up: - set up @MetaMask, explain wallets - regi2.2×083972395
46Jan 2, '21I'm looking through some of my old bitcoin transactions and seriously regretting that time I paid my roommate 2 BTC for that month's rent 😅2.2×01.6k3618
47Dec 22, '21For those that joined crypto/web3 in the past year, what was the lightbulb moment for you?2.2×069738224
48May 6, '22Dynamic NFTs that visually incorporate people’s on-chain activity / off-chain behavior is an under explored area of incentive design. For example, your NFT starts looking a lot coo2.1×0986100147
49Mar 19, '19Underrated: Sending a follow-up to someone who has helped you (e.g. made an intro, gave advice, etc) on how things went. I received two email updates out of the blue and it complet2.1×01.4k12837
50Sep 4, '18The Bitcoin white paper was 9 pages. Your white paper doesn’t need to be 10x the length to get your idea across. If it does, I think you’re trying to build too many things.2.1×01.2k19311
51Apr 4, '21My friend signed a new lease in SF w/ utilities included and it specifically states in the terms that cryptocurrency mining is prohibited 😂2.0×01.5k4111
52Aug 3, '21More people are going to start renting CryptoPunks to display as their profile pic for social signaling. Found out exists where owners can sign a transaction giving the borrower ri2.0×067911966
53Jun 21, '23First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they file bitcoin ETFs1.9×46k65611010
54May 4, '21Put together an "Intro to DeFi" deck for a 15 min talk I did today. Of course couldn't cover everything in DeFi in such a short time but sharing the deck in case helpful to some or1.8×0642113297
55Jun 3, '22If you were recently laid off or had your offer rescinded from a crypto/web3 company, please DM me and I’ll try my best to help find another role among teams I work with.1.8×091913171
56Feb 4, '25I'm limiting my crypto twitter intake for some time. I've been feeling pretty down about all of the blatant grifting, get rich quick schemes, and toxicness. I know that's not the e1.8×42k6441224
57Sep 30, '25If you're doing marketing, growth, or running socials at a crypto company, I would love to chat! Excited to learn from you and can give my advice wherever is useful to you on crypt1.7×41k62831110
58Nov 18, '181/ Narrative that got my parents to understand cryptocurrencies (took many conversations and patience): If you were to create ideal money from scratch (forget what we know now), yo1.7×071121874
59Feb 15, '19I’m actually excited about JP Morgan’s coin because of the attention it brings to crypto. I presented to a university endowment board this morning on bitcoin/crypto and there was m1.6×01.1k1016
60Aug 9, '18It’s astounding how much Silicon Valley glorifies founders. The moment I left Coinbase to try to start something, people were already treating me very differently despite me not ha1.5×01k688
61Nov 23, '24Checked in on my former roommate who I had paid 2 bitcoin for my share of rent and she is still holding it!1.4×34k6361115
62Sep 25, '21I'm really excited about more utility around NFTs beyond trading and displaying e.g. using as collateral in DeFi, lending/renting, creating social experiences around NFTs, using as1.4×059151134
63Oct 8, '21Many people looking to join crypto from traditional companies now. I went through the same joining Coinbase from AIG, def not a brand name for tech. I applied online (didn't know a1.4×063239207
64Oct 2, '18I got offered to speak at a crypto conference and in return they will give me a discount on my own ticket purchase. I’m going to start a folder for all of these ridiculous emails. 1.4×0971501
65Nov 22, '17I was the obnoxious person that gave bitcoin as a present to family and friends for their birthdays and holidays a few years back. I just sent a follow up message to some of them u1.4×0875980
66Jan 20, '22New profile pic! @AzukiZen 🥰1.4×0969474
67Nov 15, '21Music NFTs are going to be another huge wave in the NFT space. If this is an area you're interested in, there's an incredible startup (in stealth) hiring for a designer and smart c1.4×07407580
68May 10, '18I talked to someone in SF today who had never heard of bitcoin before and it was kind of refreshing.1.3×0943260
69Jul 17, '21We raised $2 million in our Ethereum documentary crowdfund on @viamirror!! Blown away by the amount of support from the Ethereum community, THANK YOU! We are working our hardest to1.3×07828419
70Jun 23, '18I loved the “praise” slack channel at Coinbase where employees post thanks to their colleagues for their hard work, help on something, etc so I brought it over to Scalar and the te1.3×07949121
71Jul 29, '18It's awesome to hear multiple teams tell me that my "intro to crypto" video is part of their onboarding for employees who are new to crypto. Thanks @smc90 @jess @kimbatronic for al1.3×063991117
72Nov 7, '20Whenever one of my friends has a baby, I often send them BTC and ETH and tell them to hold onto it for their kid until they are old enough to use it. I'm really excited to see how 1.3×08353418
73Nov 8, '21A major reason why I've spent almost all waking hours thinking about crypto for years is it's so clear that it'll improve access to opportunities for people all over the world. It’1.3×07467938
74Jan 16, '18Favorite resources: Token metrics: @onchainfx, @TokenData, @coinmetrics Newsletters: "Token Economy" by @stefanobernardi and @yanroux, "Proof of Work" by @wheatpond, "Week in Ether1.3×07121521
75Jul 29, '18People keep saying they missed the boat on bitcoin.. "There's a scene in Forest Gump showing that he made a ton of money from Apple stock purchased in the 70s. When we saw that sce1.3×06811499
76May 18, '19Two of my closest friends are in their first year of medical residency and every time I get the rare chance to talk to them (sometimes after they’ve gotten off a 24-hour shift) I’m1.2×0791626
77Feb 14, '19The guy sitting next to me on the plane has been playing a shooting game on Oculus the entire flight. He keeps turning his head to me and aggressively hitting his controls 😂1.2×0834393
78Jun 11, '22I don’t think I’ve seen a more beautiful place in my life1.2×0827828
79Jun 19, '19My most facepalm moment when talking to an institutional investor about bitcoin after a full hour of explaining what it was and how it worked was at the end getting the question “s1.2×0759477
81Sep 8, '20My husband needed to do something in the middle of his Call of Duty game and asked me to take over for him. Uh that was incredibly stressful1.2×0876208
82May 17, '21This is very random but I'm just going to throw it out there. I'm interested in producing a documentary about the crypto space but don't know how/where to start so if anyone has ex1.2×06282842
83Oct 23, '18Every time I travel to a country where I have to pay a large spread/commission fee to exchange my cash into the local currency and end the trip holding leftover coins/bills I won't1.1×06811002
84Feb 28, '18I often get asked how the mainstream public could ever use bitcoin since most people don't understand how it works technically. While people should try to understand it, I don't se1.1×05771431
85Aug 14, '18I'm in a large crypto group chat where the only rule is "don't be an asshole" and it actually works. People have been talking about tech and not each other. This should be the rule1.1×07436210
86Aug 16, '21Wow @Jihoz_Axie just pointed out to me that I have "axie" in my name. Never going to be able to look at my name the same way again 😂1.1×0686981
87Jan 13, '18I respect some of the people featured in this article but I have to say this is not a good look for the community. I hope to see more articles about the tech and what is being buil1.1×06351030
88Dec 4, '18It took me 3 years to fully grasp Bitcoin's potential. Quote from a cringeworthy paper I wrote in 2011: "Bitcoin is an interesting concept but it will never be a viable currency." 1.1×05475712
89Mar 7, '18One of the most common themes from these calls is that the people I speak with know a surprising amount about cryptocurrencies but don’t feel they understand enough to join the spa1.1×06101075
90Feb 2, '18My friend and I are thinking about starting Between Two Chains where she awkwardly interviews crypto people. Would you watch this and who would you want as the first guest?1.1×0664430
91Jun 30, '18Crypto twitter can be brutal but I eventually learned to mute those who demonstrate they can’t engage in rational, thoughtful debate. I follow people with opposing views to make su1.1×0697614
92Mar 19, '22What really stands out to me about the Ethereum ecosystem is how kind and good-hearted the most prominent builders are. Rarely do I come across someone in an influential role who i1.0×06925017
93Mar 1, '21Came across a potato Airbnb in Idaho1.0×06623629
94Aug 10, '20Still don’t get the Bitcoin vs Ethereum debates. Bitcoin acts as a better digital gold. There’s known supply, conservative changes, resonates w/ traditional investors. Ethereum exp1.0×0594626
95Oct 22, '21My one piece of advice for early-stage crypto investing is it's impossible to keep up with everything and that's okay. Lean into things you are genuinely interested in and you'll b1.0×05617633
96Jul 21, '21Niche job that could be very successful: therapists who specialize in dealing with crypto people 😅1.0×05863410
97Jan 31, '18I often hear people say ICOs are disrupting VCs. While it's easier to fundraise in the crypto space, I believe good VCs will be increasingly valuable because of their network and e1.0×0547980
98Nov 27, '21I’m really happy to see so many people joining crypto/web3. There’s more talent, creativity, and diversity of thought! I think it’s inevitable though we hit another bear market so 1.0×06185620
99Apr 24, '18The number of LinkedIn requests I get is highly correlated to the price of bitcoin.0.9×0612341

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