Block (formerly Square) is looking for the necessary talent to help develop its bitcoin mining machine and physical wallet (BTC). The positions are full-time and based at Block’s San Francisco headquarters.
Block (Ex-Square) and Bitcoin: job openings for Asics and physical wallets
Jack Dorsey’s Block has posted two job openings dated Jan. 7 and Jan. 11, 2022, on LinkedIn that embody the company’s commitment to offering specific hardware to support Bitcoin’s development.
The first job posting for a custom digital design lead position is for the development of “the next generation of mining ASICs.” The position will help “validate the prototype of tomorrow’s Bitcoin miner”.
The second job posting for the position of global fulfillment & logistics lead, hardware wallet – global fulfillment & logistics lead, hardware wallet – is another step for Block in its ambitions to manufacture and distribute a physical bitcoin wallet in more than 100 countries.
Jack Dorsey had announced in a series of tweets on June 4, 2021, Square’s plans for open-source development of a BTC hardware wallet, which could be integrated with the company’s Cash app.
Former Twitter boss and Bitcoin: Satoshi Nakamoto fan but Web 3.0 critic
While Jack Dorsey is an ardent supporter of Bitcoin, he has a different position on the web. He has publicly displayed his skepticism towards the web3 since he resigned as CEO of Twitter. In particular, he has criticized the hold of venture capitalists on the web3, explaining that despite appearances, it would still belong to them as much as the classic web.
Theoretically, web3 is supposed to belong to everyone, so no one should own it. Web 3.0 refers to a decentralized version of the world, including public blockchains, metavers, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and decentralized finance (DeFi), among others.
Jack Dorsey sees Bitcoin as the future native currency of the internet. Through these job postings, Block is building the various blocks that will undoubtedly contribute to the global adoption of Bitcoin.