Kurt Thams

FinTech founder, Glider Pilot. CEO of Retired CTO of Economics enthusiast. Meteorology geek.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Really wonderful shot of my glider, taken by Jimmy Coray from a mountain peak as I rounded it at 12,000 feet.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Excellent use of @agoric Orchestration.

[Agoric @agoric]

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[PayNearMe @PayNearMe]

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#fintechbreakthrough #payments #fintech

[Agoric @agoric]

Let's make using web3 a piece of CAKE 🫡🍰

[Agoric @agoric]

Chain Abstraction is a vision for uniform access to web3 capabilities for a drastically better user experience.

Achieving Chain Abstraction requires programming and control of multiple independent activities on multiple chains, in an asynchronous world.

Enter Orchestration 🧵

[Rowland Graus 🛡️ @rowlandgraus]

There is a huge amount of liquidity to be Orchestrated

[Kurt Thams @thams]

@SwiftOnSecurity I'm so glad you're here.

[San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️ @flySFO]

WOW! @tapairportugal pilots filmed this on a night flight between SFO to Lisbon (LIS) 🤩 ✈️

📷 YouTube: @bestairplaneseat

#FlySFO

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Asked to pick up some (real) pseudo ephedrine.

Isn't that just... ephedrine?

[zooko🛡🦓🦓🦓 ⓩ @zooko]

Quick personal history anecdote about the genesis of @agoric. Bear with me because it has a point …

⤵️

[Kurt Thams @thams]

@AsfiShaheen Wise words, Asfi.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Long dirt road, Nevada.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Soaring over Utah.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park, from the glider, and on foot. Stunning hike. Unbelievable views.

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Copper mine, Eastern Nevada

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Good things happen in the sky #soaring #aviation

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Mono Lake from the glider. #soaring #aviation

[James Spann @spann]

Spotted over Miami Beach today… video from Leland Randleman. What do you think?

[Kurt Thams @thams]

@DavidDCain It was wonderful experiment, David! I'm really glad I partook.

[☀︎ luis · ᜎᜓᜏᜒᜐ͓ ⛆ @0camp0_luis]

northern lights appear to have made it to extreme norcal tonight.
📸: girard ridge 1 cam - @ALERTCalifornia

#CAwx #NorCal #wxtwitter #AuroraBorealis @NWSEureka @RobMayeda @MabrisaWX @danncianca @Holden_WX @CraigHerreraTV @JasonStiff @spann @geravitywave @LisaArgenABC7 @MaryKPIX

[Kurt Thams @thams]

Whoa! 😳 Not one but two low pressure systems circling each other.