Thank you, Keybase, for buying us a family dinner

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I’ve been using Keybase for years, most recently as a way to transfer things like Azure and AWS credentials to partner organisations. Back in 2019 they added some kind of cryptocurrency wallet to their app as part of a deal with Stellar, and in doing so furnished all of their users with some XLM Lumens. At the time, around £50 worth. I happily took the handout and, with little interest in cryptocurrencies, happily ignored it.

But when I opened the app earlier this month I noticed that my wallet was worth nearer £420, which is a sum to pay attention to. I figured out how to transfer the Lumens to Coinbase and from there into pounds in my Monzo account. And then £400 into savings, and the remaining £20 into pizza via Papa John’s.