Shira Stember
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Shira Stember
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Building @giftr 💞| Creating brands & products @byronfive ✨| Managing @internette | CEO of 👧🏻 👧🏻 👦🏼 🐶| NYC or nowhere🗽
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This year I went from brand and product studio owner to vibe coder to builder to full stack founder. Day to day it doesn't feel dramatic. It is just showing up, trying to make things work, and trying to deliver the experience I want. But looking back I can't believe how far I've come. I'm capable of things today I nev...
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Shipped some things, cleaned up the blah parts, and yes, cookies are coming.
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Kids Toys, Adult Issues A solo exhibition by Shampoooty at Long Story Short 52 Henry Street, NYC until Jan 25. Wild!
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This resonates. And it’s what I’m building with @giftr. Giftr isn’t a decentralized Etsy or Shopify. It starts from a behavior that didn’t really exist before: sending real/physical gifts to people you only know by a social handle, straight from the feed, without asking for an address, and delivering a thoughtful & de...
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It’s cool too see Vitalik clearly articulate his vision for Ethereum (now better than ever maybe?) Personally, these ideas were riveting in 2014. It’s what inspired me to get into crypto. But today it feels like the world has moved on, unfortunately. Blockchains are for
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Just getting started, so figured I’d start with a quick intro. I’m Shira, and I’m building @giftr a mini app where you can send real, physical gifts to friends using only their handle. I recently shipped community drops. One transaction, gifts to many friends. Real drops > airdrops. This is my public notebook where ...
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Help! This is what I see when I go to wallet.coinbase.com from the Coinbase Wallet browser extension. Is this no longer being supported? @base.base.eth @baseapp.base.eth
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Is there a way for me to return to legacy mode as opposed to base mode? My Coinbase wallet browser extension is not showing the USD value of my tokens and was hoping that I could use the app to check on my balances. Or any tips for getting the Coinbase browser extension to show balances in USD again?
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Is there a way for me to return to legacy mode as opposed to base mode? My Coinbase wallet browser extension is not showing the USD value of my tokens and was hoping that I could use the app to check on my balances. Or any tips for getting the Coinbase browser extension to show balances in USD again?
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When I try to read something on @paragraph on desktop the app is constantly flashing and refreshing and rotating between the splash screen and the publication. The mobile experience is fine. Anyone else have this issue?
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Started a public notebook on what I’m building, what I’m learning, and what I’m thinking about.
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If you're an artist, tinkerer or have a side-hustle making real things @giftr is designed to help you reach a community that values your work. Story driven drops. Simple fulfillment. Real people buying real objects to show real recognition. You get paid instantly. We handle the rest. If you want to drop a collection ...
I’m a believer in AI. It lets ideas that used to stay stuck in my head actually make it into the world. It’s also why someone like me can build @giftr. What I’m not a believer in is using AI to outsource the hard parts. The thinking. The taste. The point of view. There’s a difference between using these tools to he
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Is there such a thing as being too drippy?
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Tech has us trained to see normal life as an inconvenience to be escaped from. Automate this. Optimize that. Friction-maxxing is the counter movement. It's about building tolerance, patience, and appreciation for life with other people, in shared spaces, with things we can't fully control. If you’re looking to max o...
In 2026, We Are Friction-Maxxing
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I’m a believer in AI. It lets ideas that used to stay stuck in my head actually make it into the world. It’s also why someone like me can build @giftr. What I’m not a believer in is using AI to outsource the hard parts. The thinking. The taste. The point of view. There’s a difference between using these tools to he...
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One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned building in crypto is that the strongest communities and networks are the ones where incentives are aligned and understood by everyone involved. That’s why working with @skycastle feels so exciting. They care deeply about how founders, users, and partners all win together. This ...
$SKY <> $GIFTR* Skycastle is pleased to welcome @giftr as the sixth project in our network incubator. Giftr is building a Farcaster-native gifting rail that turns USDC into real-world gifts, abstracting identity, privacy, and logistics into a seamless onchain experience. We’ll be partnering on token design, incentiv
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