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sahillavingia ◴[07 Feb 19 16:33 UTC] No.19106256[source]▶

>>19105733 (OP) #

Hey, #1 on Hacker News! I don't think that's happened since...I launched Gumroad back in 2011:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2406614

Thanks HN for being a part of my journey!

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1. freedomben ◴[07 Feb 19 17:20 UTC] No.19106639[source]▶

>>19106256 #

Haha, it was crazy reading the discussion (in 2011) around whether Gumroad should take Bitcoin or not :-)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2407053

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2. phoboslab ◴[07 Feb 19 17:28 UTC] No.19106695[source]▶

>>19106639 (TP) #

Ha, didn't expect to find my own comment there.

I also mentioned selling jQuery plugins (remember jQuery?) and advertising my own game engine (now free) in the thread. Feels like such a long time ago.

Gratz for pulling it off, Sahil!

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